SNL Stats / Musical guest file

Paul McCartney.

Every billed musical-guest appearance, with song-level credits and official performance links wherever they have been verified.

Billed appearances

Indexed performances

May 17, 1980

First · S5

May 16, 2026

Latest · S51

Season 5, Episode 19

May 17, 1980 · Host: Steve Martin

Episode

Performance attribution under research.

This episode billed multiple musical guests. Its program includes "All-Night Television", "Coming Up", but the archive has not yet assigned each selection to an artist.

Season 18, Episode 13

Feb 13, 1993 · Host: Alec Baldwin

Episode

01
"Get Out Of My Way"
Musical performance · broadcast position 6
Official video not yet indexed
02
"Biker Like an Icon"
Musical performance · broadcast position 10
Official video not yet indexed
03
"Hey Jude"
Musical performance · broadcast position 15
Official video not yet indexed

Season 36, Episode 9

Dec 11, 2010 · Host: Paul Rudd

Episode

01
"Jet"
Musical performance · broadcast position 9
Official video not yet indexed
02
"Band on the Run"
Musical performance · broadcast position 13
Official video not yet indexed
03
"A Day in the Life", "Give Peace a Chance"
Musical performance · broadcast position 15
Official video not yet indexed
04
"Get Back"
Musical performance · broadcast position 17
Official video not yet indexed

Season 38, Episode 10

Dec 15, 2012 · Host: Martin Short

Episode

01
"My Valentine"
Musical performance · broadcast position 6
Official video not yet indexed
02
"Cut Me Some Slack"
Musical performance · broadcast position 9
Official video not yet indexed
03
"Wonderful Christmas Time"
Musical performance · broadcast position 12
Official video not yet indexed

Season 51, Episode 20

May 16, 2026 · Host: Will Ferrell

Episode

01
Days We Left Behind
Musical performance · broadcast position 6
Official video not yet indexed
02
Band on the Run
Musical performance · broadcast position 9
Official video not yet indexed
03
Coming Up
Musical performance · broadcast position 12
Official video not yet indexed

Performance totals count only song-level credits currently supported by the archive. A missing video link means that an official upload has not yet been verified—it does not mean that the performance no longer exists.