Most UK chart singles by a songwriter

Sir Paul McCartney (UK) has written or co-written 192 songs that have charted on the UK's Official Singles Chart since its launch in 1952. This total includes 32 hits with The Beatles, 21 with Wings and 36 as a soloist or as part of a duo or group. McCartney's 192nd and most recent chart entry was "All Day", a collaboration with American rapper Kanye West that peaked at No.18 in 2015.

Thirty-three songs penned by McCartney have reached No.1 in the UK, including 17 as a member of The Beatles, one with Wings ("Mull of Kintyre"/"Girls' School"), one with Stevie Wonder ("Ebony and Ivory") and one solo ("Pipes of Peace"), as well as 13 songs written for other artists, among them the 1960s chart-toppers "Bad To Me" by Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas and "World Without Love" by Peter & Gordon, both written with John Lennon.

"All Day" boasts no less than 20 co-writers, including McCartney. It followed two other collaborations that saw the ex-Beatle return to the UK chart as a songwriter with new material for the first time since 2007: "Only One" (Kanye West feat. Paul McCartney) and "FourFiveSeconds" (Rihanna feat. Kanye West & Paul McCartney).