Inheritance
Single falsetto note
[Little Richard] would say, 'I taught Paul everything he knows'. [...] I had to admit he was right.
— Paul McCartney, Twitter (2020)
Paul McCartney sometimes sings a single note in falsetto, in imitation of Little Richard who did it before him.
Related
Connection
These songs share
- A lyric
- A sequence on the word "waterfalls" that descends from 7̂ to 6̂ and then to 5̂ (though the 7̂ is flat in McCartney's case)
AV Club: TLC ripped off Paul McCartney? I had no idea!
Paul McCartney: I think so.
— AV Club interview (2007)