"Four Notes – Paul's Tune"
Single by Paul Harvey & BBC Philharmonic
Released22 October 2020
Length2:37
LabelRedrocca
Songwriter(s)
  • Daniel Whibley
  • Paul Harvey

"Four Notes – Paul's Tune" is a song performed by Paul Harvey and the BBC Philharmonic. The song was released as a digital download on 22 October 2020.[1] Proceeds from the song were split between the Alzheimer's Society and Music for Dementia.[2] The song peaked at number thirty-two on the UK Singles Chart, and number one on the UK Singles Download Chart.[3]

Background

Paul Harvey went viral in September 2020, when son Nick posted a video online of an "old party trick" where Paul (a former music teacher living with dementia) composed a song from just four notes. It was picked up by BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House for World Alzheimer's Day; The show's host later arranged for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to record the song.

Chart performance

On 2 November 2020, the song was at number seventy-one on the Official Chart Update in the UK. On 4 November 2020 the song was heading for the official UK top twenty with over 11,000 downloads.[2] On 6 November 2020, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number thirty-two, the song also reached number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart and Scottish Singles Chart.[4]

Track listing

Digital download[1]
No.TitleLength
1."Four Notes – Paul's Tune"2:37

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[5]

  • Daniel Whibley – Composer
  • Paul Harvey – Composer
  • BBC Philharmonic – Orchestra

Charts

Chart (2020) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[6] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 32
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[8] 1

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United States 22 October 2020[1] Redrocca

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Four Notes – Paul's Tune – Single by Paul Harvey & BBC Philharmonic". Apple Music. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Paul Harvey's dementia charity single heading for Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "four notes | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Ariana Grande scores Official Chart Double with Positions". Official Charts Company. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Credits / Four Notes – Paul's Tune / Paul Harvey – TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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