Paul McCartney Talks Reuniting With Beatles Bandmate Ringo Starr for First-Ever Duet

Beatles legends Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have reunited 56 years after the band called it quits for their first-ever duet, “Home To Us” — a tribute hometown of Liverpool, England.

McCartney was working on his new album, The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, when he came up with the idea for their new song, which was inspired by his and 85-year-old Starr’s tough upbringing.

Speaking at a listening event in Abbey Road studios in London, 83-year-old McCartney explained that album producer Andrew Watt lives closely to Starr in L.A.

“Ringo went round to the studio and drummed a bit. I said to Andrew, we should make a track and send it to him. So this song is done totally with Ringo in mind,” McCartney told the crowd, per a press release obtain by Closer. “In writing the song I’m talking about where we came from. In common with a lot of people, you come from nothing and you build yourself up. Ringo was from the Dingle, and that was well hard. He said he used to get mugged coming home, because he worked. Even though it was crazy, it was home to us.”

“I made the song around that idea and sent it to Ringo. He sent me back a version where he just added some lines to the chorus, so I thought, maybe he doesn’t like it,” added McCartney in the press release. “I rang him and he said he thought I only wanted him to sing one or two lines, and I said I’d love to hear him sing the whole thing. So we took my first line, Ringo’s second line, and then we had a duet. We’d never done that before.”

McCartney added backing vocals on “Home To Us,” with Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri helping out.

The single is out on Friday, May 8, and  with album The Boys Of Dungeon Lane set for release on Friday, May 29.