Hope of Deliverance
Paul McCartney
1993
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1992
Release: 1992Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The official archive documents the single in December 1992, before its February 1993 album appearance.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1993.html, 1993.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Hope of Deliverance - official original single archive
The original single was released 28 December 1992, before Off the Ground in 1993; the page explicitly identifies the album relationship. The published first-release year is 1992.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
McCartney wrote the song as a message of hope during troubled times.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1993.html, song-list position 94
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 1993.html
Original list position 94; annual selection retained from supplied material, not independently corroborated.
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