Paul McCartney reveals the one Beatles song John Lennon praised him for

The musician has also announced he's to release a children's book

Paul McCartney has claimed that John Lennon only ever complimented his songwriting abilities once.

The musician's “surprisingly intimate” profile with 60 Minutes is set to drop this Sunday. Reporter Sharyn Alfonsi spent two days with the former Beatle at his UK recording studio.

During the interview, McCartney breaks down the well-documented competitiveness with fellow band member Lennon, who he claims only ever praised one song he wrote.

“It was 'Here, There and Everywhere' (from 1966 album Revolver),” McCartney reveals. “John says just as it finishes, ‘That’s a really good song, lad. I love that song.’ And I’m like, ‘Yes! He likes it!'”

McCartney says that he would pay Lennon compliments, usually when "a little drunk”.

The musician, who recently released his new album Egypt Station, has just announced that he's also publishing a children's picture book, called Hey Grandude.

“I've got eight grandchildren and they're all beautiful and one day one of them says to me 'Hey Gran-dude!'. I said 'What?' and I thought, I kind of like that, so from then on I was kind of known as Grandude. I thought, you know what, it's actually a nice idea, so I started to write some stories, and then I talked to the book publishers and they liked what I was doing."

The book, illustrated by Kathryn Durst, will be published in September 2019.