![]() ![]() Thinking of linking, people are gonna get married, gotta write that! '" While attending the cinema with his friend and bandmate George Harrison, a commercial advertising Link Furniture caught his attention with its concluding tagline, "Are you thinking of linking?" In a 1987 interview with author Mark Lewisohn, McCartney recalled: "I came out of there thinking 'That should be a song. ![]() Having written several songs, he began making a conscious effort to listen for interesting phrases that could be used in a new composition. Paul McCartney wrote "Thinking of Linking" at his childhood home, 20 Forthlin Road, likely between January and May 1958. They showed an ad for Link Furniture: "Are you thinking of Linking?" Paul said, "Oh, that would make a good song", and he wrote one that went, "Thinking of linking my life with you". I remember once sitting with Paul in the cinema on the corner of Rose Lane, not far from where he lived, near Penny Lane. ![]()
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