If “When I’m Sixty-Four” sounds so simple a child could have written it, that’s what kind of happened. A very young Paul McCartney wrote the original version of this bouncy tune at the family piano ...

In April or May of 1956, a 14-year-old Paul McCartney started contemplating his future self and what it would be like one day, when he was in his 60s. Written inside McCartney’s family home at 20 ...

When Paul McCartney was a teenager, he wrote a song that looked decades into his future. “When I’m Sixty-Four” appeared on The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band. Years after ...

A 14-year-old Paul McCartney penned the beginnings of what would become “When I’m Sixty Four.” Though he was a ways away from hitting that milestone when he wrote it, it feels markedly tender now that ...

Paul McCartney is known for bringing a bit of inspired silliness to his songwriting — after all, one of his most famous his is called “Silly Love Songs!” Paul said he added a dark line to The Beatles’ ...

Paul McCartney wrote the song, “When I’m Sixty-Four” at the age of 16 and later recorded it in 1966. I have listened to it most of my life. I remember reciting the lyrics in my youth, thinking of the ...

Songs with negative lyrics about growing old such as the The Beatles’ classic “When I’m Sixty-Four” can affect the confidence of people in later life and encourage health problems, researchers have ...

Paul McCartney wrote the song, “When I’m Sixty-Four” at the age of 16 and later recorded it in 1966. I have listened to it most of my life. I remember reciting the lyrics in my youth, thinking of the ...