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"Sir Paul McCartney turned the grand age of 70 today, and continues to perform as regularly as he did 20 years ago. Through his time with The Beatles, Wings, experimental group The Fireman, many collaborations and duets, his classical works, and not to mention his ongoing solo career, McCartney is responsible for many of pop and rock music&amp;#039;s highlights over the past 50 years. Earlier, Digital Spy took a look at some of the great man&amp;#039;s biggest career highlights, and now here are some deeper cuts and hidden gems by McCartney that you may not have heard. &amp;#039;Junk&amp;#039; (1970) Originally passed over to be included on Abbey Road and The White Album, McCartney thankfully kept faith in this little gem for his debut solo album McCartney. A beautiful and short lullaby, the album also features an instrumental version that is almost as lovely.      &amp;#039;Little Willow&amp;#039; (1997) A moving ballad that McCartney wrote for Ringo Starr&amp;#039;s children after his wife Maureen died of cancer in 1994. He said in the Flaming Pie liner notes: &amp;quot;I wanted to somehow convey how much I thought of her. For her and her kids. It certainly is heartfelt, and I hope it will help a bit.&amp;quot;      &amp;#039;The Long and Winding Road&amp;#039; (Naked Version) (1970/2003) McCartney had always said that the original version of this classic had been ruined by Phil Spector&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Wall of Sound&amp;#039; style production. This laid back version which was eventually released on the Let It Be... Naked album gave a clearer picture of what he had originally intended. Already fantastic, this stripped update somehow possibly improves it.      &amp;#039;This Never Happened Before&amp;#039; (2005) A perfect love song that I am hoping my future wife will agree to be played as our first dance. Simple, but it encapsulates everything about realising that you are suddenly head over heels about someone. It should be held up there as one of McCartney&amp;#039;s best ever love songs. Used to brilliant effect in The Lake House with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock.      &amp;#039;Feet in the Clouds&amp;#039; (2007) McCartney uses vocoder shocker! A great and fun album track from his latest &amp;#039;normal&amp;#039; album, it shows that he still has the ability of crafting brilliant pop songs. If you were a casual Beatles fan and were told this was on Magical Mystery Tour you may have believed it.      &amp;#039;Heal the Pain&amp;#039; (with George Michael) (2008) A bit cheeky including this on the list as it&amp;#039;s not a McCartney track, but it deserves to be heard. Already a brilliant song by George Michael in 1991, it was originally written as a tribute to his hero in the style of his music. In 2005, the pair re-recorded it as a duet, and it was eventually included on Michael&amp;#039;s 2008 Twenty Five collection. Their two awesome vocals blend so well together, and you wonder whether maybe they&amp;#039;re unknowingly singing the same thing to the same girl.      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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