"Calico Skies" is the sixth song on English musician Paul McCartney's 1997 album, Flaming Pie.
McCartney had been staying on Long Island when the category-three storm Hurricane Bob that made landfall had hit in August 1991.
The song was co-produced by George Martin and McCartney, being started, finished, and mixed within a single session on 3 September 1992 in Sussex, England.
"Calico Skies" was arranged for string quartet; this version was included on McCartney's 1999 album Working Classical.
[2][3] Mike Nugent and Nancy Sirloni covered the song on the album "Let Us In" Nashville: A Tribute to Linda McCartney, consisting of country-themed covers of McCartney songs by various artists, released on 21 November 2011, a benefit album for The Women and Cancer Fund.