A Leaf

{{Infobox song

| name = A Leaf

| cover = A Leaf.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Paul McCartney

| album =

| released = 21 April 1995

| recorded = 23 March 1995

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Classical

| length =

| label = EMI Classics (CD LEAF I/7243 8 82176 2 0)

| writer = Paul McCartney

| producer = John Fraser

| chronology = Paul McCartney

| prev_title = Transpiritual Stomp

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Come Together

| next_year = 1995

}}

A Leaf is a classical piece written by Paul McCartney, with assistance from John Fraser,{{cite book|last=Everett|first=Walter|title=The Beatles As Musicians:Revolver Through the Anthology|url=https://archive.org/details/beatlesasmusicia00ever_844|url-access=limited|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199880935|page=[https://archive.org/details/beatlesasmusicia00ever_844/page/n303 283]}} and performed by Anya Alexeyev{{cite magazine|last=Borzillo|first=Carrie|title=Classical, Motown Specials On Tap – McCartney Shows His Non-Rock Roots With 'Leaf'|magazine=Billboard|date=30 September 1995|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=94}} on piano.{{cite book|last=Everett|first=Walter|title=The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver Through the Anthology|url=https://archive.org/details/beatlesasmusicia00ever_844|url-access=limited|year=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199880935|page=[https://archive.org/details/beatlesasmusicia00ever_844/page/n388 368]}} The piece is split into 7 parts.{{cite book|last=Hinson|first=Maurice|title=Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetopianistsr00hins|url-access=limited|year=2000|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=Bloomington [Ind.]|isbn=9780253109088|edition=3rd|page=[https://archive.org/details/guidetopianistsr00hins/page/n554 508]}} It was recorded live in front of Prince Charles as part of the "An Evening with Paul McCartney & Friends" concert, on 23 March 1995 at Royal College of Music, and it was debuted on US radio as part of a radio special titled Classical McCartney.

An orchestral version, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, appears on McCartney's 1999 album Working Classical.{{cite web|last=Calkin |first=Graham |url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/cdc56897.html |title=Working Classical |publisher=Jpgr.co.uk |date= |accessdate=25 February 2013}} Another orchestral version was recorded on 23 July 1996, at AIR Studios, in London, but remains unreleased.{{cite web |title=The McCartney Recording Sessions - 1996 |url=http://webpages.charter.net/ram71/1996.htm |accessdate=28 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226063252/http://webpages.charter.net/ram71/1996.htm |archive-date=2013-12-26 |url-status=dead }}

An original arrangement for piano duet of A Leaf is part of the album British Music for Piano Four Hands.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/19669705-Duo-Caron-British-Music-For-Piano-Four-Hands |title=Duo Caron - British Music For Piano Four Hands |website=Discogs |accessdate=January 10, 2013}} CD entry in Discogs{{cite web|last=Laverdière |first=Michel (2009). Duo Caron : trésors perdus et retrouvés...British Music for Piano four Hands (Article) |url=https://www.beatlesquebec.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Magazine_Beatles_Quebec_Vol15-No1.pdf |title=Beatles Québec magazine, Volume 15 no 1 |page=12 |language=French |accessdate=July 16, 2021}} Commissioned by XXI-21 Productions Inc., this album was recorded in 2009 by Duo Caron, on Fazioli piano, at the Bon-Pasteur Chapel in Montreal, Canada.{{cite web|url=http://xxi-21.com/ |title=Société Métropolitaine du Disque / Espace 21 |publisher=Martin Duchesne |accessdate=January 23, 2010}}