Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr recently recorded their first duet on the song “Home to Us,” which appears on Mr. McCartney’s new album “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” news outlets report.
Mr. Starr initially joined Mr. McCartney to play drums on his album but ended up sharing full vocal credits with Mr. McCartney for the first time in their more than 50-year solo careers after The Beatles’ breakup in 1970.
Mr. Starr told People magazine at his 86th birthday event that although they’d sung on each other’s tracks before as fellow bandmates, this was the first time they’d done a song together “like a couple.”
The song reflects on their working-class Liverpool roots, with Mr. McCartney referencing Mr. Starr’s upbringing in England’s rough Dingle neighborhood.
In a statement, Mr. McCartney said the song reflects the theme of rising up from humble beginnings, recalling that Mr. Starr “used to get mugged coming home,” because he worked.
“Home to Us” is the second single released from the album, following “Days We Left Behind.”
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