Tug of War is the third solo studio album by the English musician Paul McCartney, released on 26 April 1982.

The productive sessions continued until 9 December, the morning McCartney woke up to learn that his former songwriting partner and fellow ex-Beatle, John Lennon, had been murdered in New York City the previous night.

Abandoning that day's session (in which he and Denny Laine were recording future B-side "Rainclouds") part-way through, both Martin and McCartney felt it was best to leave the project for the time being and start anew once they were ready.

The sessions were held at AIR Studios in Montserrat, in the Caribbean, and lasted from 3 February to 2 March, ending with "Ebony and Ivory" and "What's That You're Doing",[7] two songs featuring Stevie Wonder.

[17] In The Boston Phoenix, M. Howell felt that the album "is bouncy, joyful, sweet and melodic — things we expect from Paul McCartney.

[21] In March 1982, McCartney's duet with Stevie Wonder, "Ebony and Ivory", was released to considerable commercial success, reaching number one in many countries.

[23] In 1993, Tug of War was remastered and re-issued on CD as part of The Paul McCartney Collection series.

In 2007, Tug of War was remastered and re-released on the iTunes Store adding a solo version of "Ebony and Ivory".