{{Short description|1993 single by Paul McCartney}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox song | name = C'mon People | cover = Pm cmonpeople.jpg | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = Paul McCartney | album = Off the Ground | B-side = *"I Can't Imagine (7") *"Keep Coming Back to Love" (CD Single) *"Down to the River" (CD Single) *"Deliverance" (CD Single) | released = {{start date|1993|2|22|df=y}} | recorded = December 1991 – July 1992<ref>https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/album/off-the-ground/</ref> | studio = Hog Hill Mill, Icklesham | venue = | genre = | length = 5:47 | label = Parlophone | writer = Paul McCartney | producer = * Paul McCartney * Julian Mendelsohn | prev_title = Hope of Deliverance | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = Off the Ground | next_year = 1993 }} "'''C'mon People'''" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney, released in February 1993, by Parlophone, as the second single from his ninth album, ''Off the Ground'' (1993). The song reached number 41 on the UK Singles Chart.

== Music video == The accompanying music video for "C'mon People" was directed by ex-10cc member Kevin Godley and shows McCartney at the piano singing the song while workmen speedily deconstruct it and re-build it around him. It was produced by Iain Brown/Geoff Foulkes for Medialab and released in February 1993. Described by Godley as a "cross between a Bing Crosby ''Christmas Special'' on acid and 'All You Need Is Love' on wheels", the video was shot over three days at Bray Studios in Windsor. A further week in a motion control studio incorporated difference mattes, a technique which created the illusion of a piano transforming from a shell into a complete Steinway.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-01-23.pdf#page=31|title=Promos In Production|magazine=Music Week|date=23 January 1993|page=23|access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>

== Track listings == All songs were written by Paul McCartney except "Keep Coming Back to Love", co-written by Hamish Stuart. * '''7-inch single''' # "C'mon People" – 5:45 # "I Can't Imagine" – 4:30

* '''CD single''' # "C'mon People" – 5:45 # "I Can't Imagine" – 4:30 # "Keep Coming Back to Love" – 4:59 # "Down to the River" – 3:30

* '''CD single''' # "C'mon People" – 5:45 # "Deliverance" – 8:44 # "Deliverance" (dub mix) – 7:41

==Personnel== According to The Paul McCartney Project:<ref>https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/album/off-the-ground/</ref> *Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, piano, celeste, electric guitar, whistle *Linda McCartney – backing vocals, moog synthesizer *Robbie McIntosh – acoustic guitar, electric guitar *Hamish Stuart – backing vocals, bass *Paul Wickens – synthesizer, congas *Blair Cunningham – drums, congas *Violin – Donald Weekes, Galina Solodchin, Michael Rennie, David Ogden, Roger Garland, Roy Gillard, Pauline Lowbury, Irvina Arditti, Alan Brind, Benedict Cruft, Miranda Fulleylove, Rita Manning, Bernard Partridge, Jonathan Rees, Celia Sheen, Barry Wilde, Jeremy Williams, David Woodcock *Viola – John Underwood, Ken Essex, Roger Chase, Andrew Parker, George Robertson, Graeme Scott *Cello – Robert Bailey, Paul Kegg, Ben Kennard, Anthony Pleeth, Roger Smith, Jonathan Williams *Bass – Paul Cullington, Chris Laurence *Trumpet – Guy Barker, Derek Watkins *Horn – Frank Lloyd, Nicholas Busch *Oboe – Josephine Lively, Richard Morgan *Flute – Martin Parry, Jane Pickles *Harp – Skaila Kanga *Percussion – Tristan Fry, Terence Emery

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1993) !Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|Australia (''ARIA'')<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2025/05/week-commencing-24-may-1993.html| title=Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 24 May1993 |website=Bubbling Down Under|access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref> | 132 |- |align="left"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=9681gbedh2nqp3vife6346et33&q1=paul+mccartney&q2=&interval=20|title=Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|date=9 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109131455/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=9681gbedh2nqp3vife6346et33&q1=paul+mccartney&q2=&interval=20|accessdate=7 December 2020|archive-date=9 November 2014}}</ref> | 80 |- |align="left"|Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-04-03.pdf|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=14|date=3 April 1993|page=22|access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref> | 33 |- |align="left"|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/|title=Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|website=www.offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=7 December 2020}}</ref> | 41 |- |align="left"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2611493?iabr=on#page/n1/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (22.–28. Apríl)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=37|date=21 April 1993|access-date=24 June 2025}}</ref> | 33 |- |align="left"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/paul-mccartney/paul-mccartney-c-mon-people-13860|title=Paul McCartney – C'mon People|accessdate=30 July 2021|publisher=top40.nl|language=Dutch}}</ref> | 4 |- |align="left"|Netherlands (Single Top 100 Tipparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Paul+McCartney&titel=C%27mon+People&cat=s|title=PAUL MCCARTNEY - C'MON PEOPLE|accessdate=29 July 2021|publisher=dutchcharts.nl|language=Dutch}}</ref> | 15 |- |align="left"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18538/paul-mccartney/|title=Paul McCartney &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|accessdate=7 December 2020}}</ref> | 41 |}

==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"|United Kingdom |22 February 1993 |{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD1|cassette}} |rowspan="2"|Parlophone |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=19|date=20 February 1993}}</ref> |- |1 March 1993 |CD2 |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=19|date=27 February 1993}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Japan |28 April 1993 |Mini-CD |Odeon |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/19616/products/270610/1/|title=ポール・マッカートニー {{!}} カモン・ピープル|trans-title=Paul McCartney {{!}} Cmon People|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=28 September 2025}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Australia |3 May 1993 |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |{{hlist|Parlophone|EMI}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Release Summary – Product Available from : 03/05/93: Singles|magazine=The ARIA Report|issue=169|page=20|date=May 2, 1993}}</ref> |}

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