10 Perfect Beatles Songs From Their Solo Careers

10. Jenny Wren - Paul McCartney

As Paul McCartney made his way into the '00s, it looked like he was comfortable leaving the Fab side of his life behind. It had been nearly half a century since he was in one of the biggest bands of all time, and we all have to find a way to move on from the past sometime. That doesn't mean you forget where you came from though, and Chaos and Creation in the Backyard gave us a look back at the Macca of old on Jenny Wren.

With nothing but an acoustic guitar driving most of the song, this is the kind of Paul that most of us remember from songs like Yesterday and Blackbird from the Beatles' days. There's even a bit of a story in the lyrics on this one, where McCartney describes the life of a girl trying to make her way through life, not unlike what we saw happening on songs like Eleanor Rigby or She's Leaving Home off of Sgt. Peppers.

Granted, this might also fit into the realm of what John Lennon would have called "granny music," which would have made it a bit of a hard sell if this were to go under the Beatles' mantle. Then again, there's enough sincerity behind the lyric to actually make it more than just the sentimental garbage that we were used to. If something like Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Ob La Di Ob La Da can find their way onto Beatles recordings, we shouldn't have to worry about a thing with this song.