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Run Devil Run
Studio album by Paul McCartney
Released	4 October 1999
Recorded	1 March - 5 May 1999 (Abbey Road studios)
Genre	Rock & Roll
Length	40:46
Label	Parlophone/EMI (UK), Capitol Records (US)
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas and Paul McCartney
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Paul McCartney chronology
Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition (1999)	Run Devil Run (1999)	Paul McCartney's Working Classical (1999)

Run Devil Run is an album of mostly obscure 1950's rock and roll songs recorded and released by Paul McCartney in 1999. As his first project following first wife Linda's death in 1998, McCartney felt the need to get back to his roots and perform some of the music he loved as a teenager. On December 14, 1999, Paul McCartney returned to the Cavern Club stage to play a set publicising the new Run Devil Run album.

"Elvis McCartney", drawing by Klaus Voormann for the album Run Devil Run.

Wanting to keep things fresh, a lesson he had learned from his experiences working on The Beatles Anthology project and put to use on Flaming Pie, McCartney planned to cut the album as quickly as possible in order to capture the excitement of a live-in-the-studio performance, in much the same way The Beatles had recorded many of their early songs. Asking Back to the Egg co-producer Chris Thomas to reprise that role again, McCartney booked time in Abbey Road Studios in early March to undertake his quest. Wanting to work with reliable and empathetic musicians, he called up Pink Floyd's David Gilmour to play guitar (having already worked with McCartney as early as the Dark Side of the Moon sessions where McCartney recorded some voice-overs which were not used; Gilmour later worked with McCartney during the Rockestra, Give My Regards To Broad Street and Flowers in the Dirt projects), as well as Mick Green (who previously played on McCartney's CHOBA B CCCP album), Pete Wingfield on keyboards, and on drums Ian Paice and Dave Mattacks. McCartney, naturally, played bass although he did play electric guitar in some instances. After a few more sessions in April and May, the album—featuring three new McCartney songs among the old classics—was complete.

The title Run Devil Run was inspired by a herbal medicine shop in Atlanta with products by that very name (the picture modifies the actual Rexall drugs sign). It appealed to McCartney as a great title for a rock and roll song, which he duly composed. This storefront at 87 Broad St, is the only recognizable place pictured on any of his many album covers.

Released in October, Run Devil Run, a sort of second stab at CHOBA B CCCP, received rave reviews and performed respectably, reaching #12 in the UK and #27 in the US. A special limited edition of the album, featuring a bonus interview disc, was simultaneously released, as was the double A-Side single "No Other Baby"/"Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (including a special mono version) with the exclusive B-Side "Fabulous", which reached #42 in the UK.

1. "Blue Jean Bop" (Gene Vincent/Morris Levy) – 1:57
2. "She Said Yeah" (Larry Williams) – 2:07
3. "All Shook Up" (Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley) – 2:06
4. "Run Devil Run" (Paul McCartney) – 2:36
5. "No Other Baby" (Bishop/Watson) – 4:18
6. "Lonesome Town" (Knight) – 3:30
7. "Try Not To Cry" (Paul McCartney) – 2:41
8. "Movie Magg" (Carl Perkins) – 2:12
9. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (Chuck Berry) – 2:27
   • Featuring Chris Hall on accordion.
10. "What It Is" (Paul McCartney) – 2:23
11. "Coquette" (Green/Kahn/Lombardo) – 2:43
12. "I Got Stung" (Hill/Schroeder) – 2:40
13. "Honey Hush" (Joe Turner) – 2:36
14. "Shake a Hand" (Morris) – 3:52
15. "Party" (Robinson) – 2:38

1. Paul McCartney: Hofner Bass guitar, additional guitars, vocals.
2. David Gilmour: Fender Esquire on all tracks, Gibson lap steel guitar on "Run Devil Run", backing vocals.
3. Mick Green: Fender Stratocaster.
4. Pete Wingfield: Keyboards.
5. Ian Paice: Drums except as noted.
6. Dave Mattacks: Drums on "All Shook Up" and "Try Not to Cry".

• JPGR's Beatles site: Paul McCartney's Run Devil Run