McCartney, Paul - Too Many People Lyrics

This one of Paul's greatest songs.

WTF 174 dislikes from people who like millennial garbage music of 2010s that music of today has no meaning like this song did lol

I heard this song when it first came out in a bar in Lower Manhattan while I was with my dad. It brings back so many good memories from the song to someone I love and miss.

And if they said
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You are such an idiot
This is an old knowledge
You suck and can't do the math. Shame on you

Ahhh the first diss track

Absolutely love the song and love the message because I think it's ever so much more relevant today. Because I'm a Believer in what the Georgia Guidestones say in edict one that the New World Order is working on that research it if you don't know. Maintain the population at 500 million In Perpetual balance with nature. But at 2 minutes and 15 seconds what the hell is going on with the lead guitar he sounds Out Of Tune I've always wanted to say that publicly. I love you Paul but I have no idea why you used Denny and it sounded so strange to me even when I was a kid.
If I would have played on that tune now you would have liked it better haha.

"Too many people preaching practices."
All Macca's staff have to be vegetarian, or so I've read. I'm a vegetarian, but I'd never force that on other people.

I don't think that is completely true. I've only heard him say he doesn't allow meat on tour when he's supplying the food which I think he has every right to do. If I am wrong, I would like a link if you have one.

"That's what your fist mistake you bit the yakuza cake"

Paul’s pre-Wings solo albums are brilliant.

Hey, what is Sir Paul about to do to that sheep?

This song is just awesome to jam to, honestly, even ignoring its purpose as a diss track. Whereas "How Do You Sleep" is barely listenable crap (IMO). Plus Paul was all sneaky about his barbs. Score one for Paul.

Too many people reading into shit.

this little guitar line at 0:58 reminds me of paranoid android & white rabbit

damn i love him

Wow, this takes me back. Like listening to the AM battery operated home-made radio under the covers. I remember soldering that kit as a kid. Anyone else?

Paul always had good head on his shoulders. Still is a legend in his own time live the dude.

3:04 "Ono".....as in Yoko?

We can all agree that too many people Is a better song and how do you sleep a better diss track

It's all about the opinion, mate. I am more about Blues, than Pop, so I prefer How Do You Sleep? over Too Many People.

Grew with them

Hey... I actually dig this song! Not one of the more commonly played songs from his repertoires.

Ram is one of my 85 favorite Paul McCartney albums, and I am so serious.

Ram was way better than John Lennon

This guy uses Paul McCartney's name but he is not the original Paul. 'Faul' is nothing more than a celebrity imitator. The real Paul McCartney disappeared in late 1966, legally today he would be considered dead. ...;';

You idiot nowone believes in our anymore

Nowone believes in our anymore you idiot

Yeah pid is trash

Great tune, great album and I love the sentiment against rock stars and other celebs attempting to use their bullhorn to ideologically spoonfed everyone.

Don’t eat meat ! Don’t own a firearm ! Save the planet! Vote Hillary !
Hey Paul, listen to your own song and stfu !

so do you, sit back and let the show go! I adore the Beatles. Macca says what he thinks, why wouldn't he? To each his own

esta música é a cara dos beatles e como é uma boa canção jamais deveria ser esquecida .. (this song is the beatles face and as it is a good song should never be forgotten ..)

Brilliant song my favourite .

Harry Styles ate mushrooms and laid in the grass blasting this album. 💕

Too Many Soros Migrant Invaders.

Ernst Eck you’re an idiot.

Great album, I hated all of what Paul did with Wings though.

wow grew up w/The Beatles. as I read through the comments, was like stunned. I never cared so much about the Fab 4s personal stuff, the drama, propaganda etc...But I knew truly believed songs were written just for me. we all can relate..all they were doing. im glad never got caught up in all drama..gave me more listening time. How Blessed am I that im not the only one with Too May People. Peace

Fuck Paul. Egocentric narcissist. "You took your lucky break" meanwhile Lennon's post-Beatles ouevre is significantly less shitty than McCartney's. Who was lucky here?

did Ono take John away from Julian?....no, John took himself away from his first son....you would think John would have wanted a better life for his son(Julian) than he had growing up....

Macca walked John like a dog here without going overboard but John retort song was juvenile going way overbearing.

John wasn't very emotionally mature.

This one is a five thumbs up, Paulie song! 👍👍👍👍👍. A favorite forever. Timeless tune!

Paul, please provide the chord signatures of that opening 4 grip-change intro. Beautiful pattern derived off the G major, maybe I'm amazed at what one can create using a base G chord.

listening to this song I remember when I was a boy and my first contact with the energy of rock and realized how much music can influence our brief youth eager for great emotions (ouvindo esta música lembro-me quando garoto e meu primeiro contato com a energia do rock e percebi o quanto a musica pode influenciar a nossa breve juventude ávida por grandes emoções)

Too many people going underground
Too many reaching for a piece of cake
Too many people pulled and pushed around
Too many waiting for that lucky break
That was your first mistake
You took your lucky break and broke it in two
Now what can be done for you?
You broke it in two
Too many people sharing party lines
Too many people never sleeping late
Too many people paying parking fines
Too many hungry people losing weight
That was your first mistake
You took your lucky break and broke it in two
Now what can be done for you?
You broke it in two
Too many people preaching practices
Don't let them tell you what you wanna be
Too many people holding back
This is crazy and baby, it's not like me
That was your last mistake
I find my love awake and waiting to be
Now what can be done for you?
She's waiting for me

many 2 many !@#$%^& luv it 234567890

The only person who could shut John up.

oh, so u were there? Peace

what a GREAT ALBUM, loved it as a kid!

Up next in the Youtube autoplay- How do you sleep, youtube knows the diss

Dumbest comment on here by a Nazi half wit concretely thinking song is about eugenics. The half wit does not get lyrics point out bad behavior of too many people not there being too many people. I flagged for hate speech as Nazi commenter had anti Semitic garbage in it.

Between the PIDers and the tavistock conspiracies kook kids, Macca videos get by far the worst troll comments and the man has done nothing but work his entire life, produced prolific amount of great music with a positive message yet attracts a large amount of hatred but they probably hate him BECAUSE is a survivor with a positive message. Macca always the elusive complex one, though John got all the credit for that. This comprehensive, expansive music and lyrics even if his solo too much for all but the most complex.

John went wild and got other two Beatles to do how do you sleep when heard this, but this by far and away superior song, as how do you sleep is juvenile.....this was period of John and Paul song wars and Paul did dear friend as an olive branch. Their song and press wars were BIG news then, and probably sold a lot of solo albums for them.

McCartneys lost weekend in Scotland shearing sheep and smoking MJ awesome

i bought 'uncle albert' on a 45 record back then, i guess you have to be older to remember what that was.
This song was on the flip side, never liked it LOL Paul's the best tho

The Beatles even invesnted diss tracks lol


PIONEERS

"too many people preaching practices...don't let em tell ya what you wanna be" - great line.
Now who is doing all the finger pointing and lecturing!!

Listenning this after reading the article in rolling stone about Harry styles

Most badass guitar solo of all time

Too many hungry people losing weight. Great voice.

beatle Bill,... the fraud from Billy Pepper and the Pepperpots.

Cliff Note , OUTING another CLOSETED PAUL ADDICTION FANBOYS, you’re a tard, not born during Beatles or that joke Beatles tribute album. Peeking in your closet Paul fanboy. Flagged. You are addicted to him and imagine him as your BOYFRIEND.

@Joy Stinson eat it ass...his name is Billy!

Stop the crap. William Shepherd, the studio musician and a member of Pepperpots, was much older than Paul by 15 years or so and died in 1988. You people need to get a life.

Hugh Mccracken is the lead guitarist on this song/track , sounds like paul but it ain't him

All this. And GOERGE has best selling solo album of all the BEATLES

Which album?

This was rip on john

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God music critics get ON MY NERVES. I didn't find this. I discovered it.

BRING BACK MY NAME IS EARL

Fkn good song. Thanx🤸

Fkn GREAT song! Born in 55 and a life time Beatles fan. They were light years beyond in time compared to future entertainers.

Why people say it's about John? It's not really obvious, unlike How Do You Sleep that clearly referred to Paul

Good point. Maybe because John believed it was and retaliated. His song was very obvious and very mean spirited. Paul never admitted the song was about John that I know of, but who else could the line "you took your lucky break and broke it in two" be referring to?

There were no more subtle messages to Lennon after his return fire of How Do You Sleep. Lol

PISS OF cake

the very first LP record that I bought.
of course vinyl. when i was 14.

Song with line too many people preaching practices that set John on fire and provoked how do you sleep and getting other Beatles involved, beginning their writing songs to each other. Always the extremist, John went overboard, and my husband noted when he died they played how do you sleep on radio a lot. They fought like junkyard dogs and warring clan brothers.

Some people never know

Too many people moving to Portland, Oregon...........Too many people in Portland can't drive a car...............

what will the world be like with no living Beatles???

More COWBELL!!

Mac at his best

I'd say macca came into the world whistling a tune. Master of melody 🎶🎶

How Do You Sleep Poll?

"How Do You Sleep?"
"I sleep just fine, thank you very much."

"On a pile of money!"

How to piss off the rest of the Beatles. What a knob.

Damn, there must be so many people in this world who have no idea Paul McCartney was ever this good. If only songs like this got more airplay.

Corporate radio will only play the TOP 50 all day long, over and over ad nauseam. Assholes in suits!

tooo many looking for that lucky break!!

"Piss off, Cake" (a.k.a. Piece of Cake), "Too many people, preaching practices...", "You took your lucky break and broke it in two. Now what can be done for you..." All messages to John. This is a brilliant album that stands alone between The Beatles and Wings, and it is definitely a Paul and Linda collaboration. It wouldn't be the same without her. What a great song. I love you, Paul!

I have the 45 rpm single of this unique song on Side B.
I prefer to listen to this song than Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey.

The song had some musical phrases found in the diverse Beatles music from '67-'69.

If there were too many people then its doubled since.

R.I.P. Linda Eastman / McCartney.

Cheers.

The first album i bought , back in the spring of 71. Great then , Great now.

"That was your first mistake, you took your lucky break and broke in two... Now what can be done for you? You broke it in two..."

bloody awesome !

Is this for John?

On this date 45 years ago. This song was the first played on the midwest iconic radio station KYYS Kansas City KY102 RIP 1974-1997

Piece of caaaay ake.

There was a local jam around the hub city in the seventies. Too Many People". Like they would bring along the brass section with the sax and do slot of "Chicago".
numbers. They were all over town , we had them at the VieW a few times they played the Venice more often. Local bands from around here
Then there was "Marlon King and the Koker's Wild". like a local version of Rick Derringer. They would do "Rock & RoLL Hoochie Coo". We never had the Jokers Wild.

if you don't like this fuck off. End of.

There are indeed too many people on earth

Too many people going underground
Too many reaching for a piece of cake
Too many people pulled and pushed around
Too many waiting for that lucky break
That was your first mistake
You took your lucky break and broke it in two
Now what can be done for you?
You broke it in two
Too many people sharing party lines
Too many people never sleeping late
Too many people paying parking fines
Too many hungry people losing weight
That was your first mistake
You took your lucky break and broke it in two
Now what can be done for you?
You broke it in two
Too many people preaching practices
Don't let them tell you what you wanna be
Too many people holding back
This is crazy and baby, it's not like me
That was your last mistake
I find my love awake and waiting to be
Now what can be done for you?
She's waiting for me

Am I the only one who thinks Ram is a better album than Band on the Run?

No, but BOTR is a close second.

How do you sleep > too many people

does anyone know the exact chords that start this song??? i LOVE it

it wasn't even the A SIDE, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsley, was. The single did go to number 1, but the B side was the far better song.

Too many people don’t know this song.

Excellent song when ur stoned 😎

Lennon had too much to say

146 people can go f@€k yourself

Vastly underrated, one of the very best!❤🎶

Great song from the period when I could still listen to him. Ram and his first album are his 2 best in my humble opinion.