By Georgina Littlejohn, The Daily Mail Online
He said he wanted to do something to mark his milestone
birthday after citing him as one of his biggest musical influences.
So Paul Weller decided paid tribute to Sir Paul McCartney in
the best way he knew how - by recording one of his songs.
The former Jam frontman rerecorded the Beatles song Birthday
as a present for Sir Paul, who turned 70 yesterday.
The track was originally on the Beatle's White Album and
Weller said he had recorded the song in 24 hours at his Black Barn studios in
Ripley Surrey.
Proceeds from the song will go to the War Child charity and
Weller said: 'I saw him play live recently and he inspired me just as much as
ever. He was brilliant.
'I just hope he likes our little version, a token of my and
the band's love for him and his music. Rock on Macca.'
He added that 'it was him and his three friends that made me
want to pick up a guitar in the first place'.
Sir Paul and Ringo Starr performed the song together on
stage in New York for Starr's 70th birthday in 2010.
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