Paul McCartney may be one of the world's greatest songwriters, but he respects quite a few other songwriters from his era.

Quite a few songs out there have been written in a short amount of time, but three minutes is cutting it pretty close.

In honor of Paul McCartney's birthday, here are four cool songs by famous artists you might not have known feature the Beatles legend.

Paul McCartney once called 'God Only Knows' the "greatest song ever written" – a sentiment that's agreed upon by fans, find out more here.

Paul McCartney holds profound respect for the late Beach Boys star Brian Wilson, calling one of Brian's songs the "greatest ever written." Music legend Brian Wilson passed away at 82, as announced ...

In a 2007 Radio 1 interview, Paul said: "God Only Knows’ is one of the few songs that reduces me to tears every time I hear it. It’s really just a love song, but it’s brilliantly done.

Beyoncé praised Paul McCartney's "Blackbird" as one of the best songs ever written after performing it during her "Cowboy Carter" tour. She wore a "Blackbird" shirt designed by McCartney's ...

In one of John Lennon‘s final interviews with David Sheff, months before his death in December of 1980, he revealed a song Paul McCartney had written for the Beatles that he wished he had penned ...

In his book 'The Rough Guide to The Beatles', Chris Ingham wrote of 'Penny Lane': "Elusively ear-catching, it's perhaps the most vivid and magical of McCartney's story songs". It turned a suburban ...

To read about the polymath was to marvel at how much he was venerated by the best and seemingly brightest. As no less than Oprah Winfrey once said, Nichols was the individual that everyone wanted to ...

Paul McCartney often cited Pet Sounds as his all-time favorite album and "God Only Knows" as "the greatest song ever written", declaring in 1990 that "no one is educated musically 'til they've ...