“It’s the first time we’ve ever done it like a couple — we’re both singing it,” The Beatles member tells PEOPLE of their song ‘Home to Us’

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• Ringo Starr spoke to PEOPLE about collaborating on the 2026 duet “Home to Us” with Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney
• “Home to Us” marks the first time both artists have performed full vocals on a song as just a duo
• The song is from McCartney’s 20th solo studio album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, which came out on May 29

Ringo Starr opened up about what’s so special about his 2026 duet, “Home to Us,” with Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney.

At his Peace and Love 86th birthday event in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 7, Starr discussed working with his fellow Beatle, 84, on their new song from McCartney’s latest album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane.

“Well, it’s the first time we’ve ever done it like a couple — we’re both singing it. I’ve sang a few choruses on his tracks. He’s played on my tracks. He’s come over with the bass,” Starr exclusively told PEOPLE.

He jokingly added, “It’s not like we don’t know each other.”

Starr went on to sing McCartney’s praises after collaborating again.

“I loved it because we were in this band together, and it’s just the best band ever. And Paul, his bass playing is incredible, and he’s a songwriter. I mean, I can go on forever. He’s just a wonderful lad,” Starr said.

“Home to Us,” which came out on May 8, is the second single from McCartney’s 20th solo studio album, which was released on May 29. 

Previously, Starr played drums on McCartney’s Flaming Pie in 1997, McCartney played bass on Starr’s Give More Love in 2017 and he played all instruments on Starr’s Rewind Forward in 2023, among other projects.

Starr also released a country album, Long Long Road, in April. 

“I’ve always loved country. I did a country album 50 years ago, [Beaucoups of Blues]. That was great because it just came about [by chance]. George [Harrison] was making a record, and I was playing on it after [the Beatles] had broken up,” he recalled to PEOPLE at the time.

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“He had called this guy Pete Drake from Nashville to come over and play on it. And for whatever reason, we sent my car to Heathrow Airport to pick him up. And he comes in and says to me, ‘Hey, I see you like country music’ — because I had a lot of country cassettes in the car,” he continued. “ ‘You gotta come to Nashville and make a record.’ I said, ‘I don’t think so, I can’t spend months in Nashville.’ He said, ‘[Bob Dylan’s] Nashville Skyline took two days!’ ”

Starr added, “So I went to Nashville and did a record in two days. We got up in the morning, talked to the songwriters and we found songs, and in the afternoon we recorded them. That was a really good experience.”

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