Paul McCartney Releases Single for Upcoming Album 'New' [LISTEN]

Paul McCartney released his first single, "New," today from his upcoming album of the same name, and fans love it. It is currently streaming on YouTube for free, and is available for download on iTunes.

The "new" upbeat, horn-infused pop song, produced by Mark Ronson, sounds similar to his "Revolver" material.

The days leading up to the single's release, McCartney took to Twitter and posted teasers having to do with the title, such as "Zealand, "Orleans," "sreel," "lyweds," "fangled," "sworthy," "moon," "born," "York."

The new album, which drops Oct. 15 in the U.S. (Oct. 14 in the U.K), is the first studio set of original work since 2007's "Memory Almost Full," which came in at No. 3 on Billboards Top 200. His 2012 effort, "Kisses on the Bottom," was mostly covers. According to Rolling Stone, McCartney worked with a variety of producers on the album, including Paul Epworth, Giles Martin and Ethan Johns.

Johns described the experience of collaborating with McCartney in his Rolling Stone interview.

"He plugged in his bass, I put a microphone in front of it, walked upstairs into the control room, pushed the fader up, and [that sound] came out of the speakers immediately. I didn't have to do anything! It was a pretty major light bulb for me," he said. "People get so fixated on the equipment and the gear, and those things are important — but ultimately, the bass sound on "Revolver" is Paul. Paul could be playing anything and he will get that sound."

"New" is available for pre-order on iTunes, and more details on the album will appear in the coming weeks.

What do you think of the new track?

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