Jenny Wren

"Jenny Wren" is a song from Paul McCartney's 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. It was released 21 November 2005 as the second single from the album in the United Kingdom.

Background

Jenny Wren was written in Los Angeles, and is about a character of the same name from Charles Dickens' novel Our Mutual Friend. It also refers to an English bird known as the wren, which is reported to be McCartney's favourite. McCartney wrote the tune in the same sort of finger picking style found in "Blackbird", "Mother Nature's Son" (The Beatles) and "Calico Skies" (Flaming Pie). The song earned a nomination for the 2007 Grammy Awards in the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance category.

The solo is played on an Armenian woodwind instrument, called duduk--a first in Pop music history-- played by Venezuelan born, world winds specialist & multi-instrumentalist Pedro Eustache.

Covers and References

The song has been covered by several artists, such as the Norwegian jazz trio SOLID! who recorded an instrumental version on their 2008 release "Happy Accidents" (AIM Records).

This song was sampled on the song "Brown Girl" by Amanda Diva from her EP Life Experience.

In the 2006 movie "Failure to Launch" the name of Tripp's wooden boat is Jennie Wren.

Track listing

Digital single released 31 October 2005
"Jenny Wren" (radio edit) - 2:09
7" R6678
"Jenny Wren" - 3:47
"Summer of '59" - 2:11
CD CDR6678
"Jenny Wren" - 3:47
"I Want You to Fly" - 5:03
Maxi-CD CDRS6678
"Jenny Wren" - 3:47
"I Want You to Fly" - 5:03
"This Loving Game" - 3:15

Chart positions

Jenny Wren charted as #22 on the UK Singles Chart.

Translation

The phrase "Jenny Wren" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, Indonesian.

Translation in Polish: Jenny Wren (singel).