The rasp and strain in Bobby Womack's voice only make this abject apology – the first taste of the 68-year-old soul survivor's comeback LP – more powerful. Producers Damon Albarn and Richard Russell add electronic skitter, but they're smart enough to keep out of Womack's way.

Listen to "Please Forgive My Heart":
Related
• Photos: Random Notes

“Helen Wheels”

A rollicking good-time hard rocker, "Helen Wheels" was not about a woman but about Paul McCartney's Land Rover, the anthemic chorus voicing the vehicle's reckless joy as "she" took to the road. The song was added to the U.S. version of Band on the Run but was issued only as a single in McCartney's native U.K. "I like that because it's a British road song and there's not many of those around," said McCartney. "It's always Route 66. But Carlisle? How many songs have got Carlisle in them?"