--- description: Paul McCartney asks a fan onstage to propose to his girlfriend. The man happens to be 64—the same age as the romantic Beatles song. title: Watch Paul McCartney Help This Guy Propose to His Girlfriend image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Paul McCartney Help This Guy Propose to His Girlfriend by [Kyle Chayka](/author/kyle-chayka/) ## Kyle Chayka Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 8, 2014 8:31 PM CUT by [Kyle Chayka](/author/kyle-chayka/) ## Kyle Chayka Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 8, 2014 8:31 PM CUT When Paul McCartney noticed that one of his fans was standing next to her boyfriend at a [concert in Rochester, New York](http://twentytwowords.com/paul-mccartney-invites-man-onstage-to-propose-but-didnt-expect-how-awesomely-hed-do-it/ "undefined"), holding a sign that “He won’t marry me until he meets you” and the boyfriend with one that says “I have a ring. And I’m 64,” he knew just what to do. In this charming video, McCartney brings the couple onstage and has them sing the Beatles hit “When I’m 64,” about not-so-young love, before successfully proposing. They have the perfect backing band for it. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2967345/watch-paul-mccartney-help-this-guy-propose-to-his-girlfriend/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2967345/watch-paul-mccartney-help-this-guy-propose-to-his-girlfriend/"},"headline":"Watch Paul McCartney Help This Guy Propose to His Girlfriend","datePublished":"2014-07-08T20:31:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:29.886Z","description":"Who could say no?","url":"https://time.com/2967345/watch-paul-mccartney-help-this-guy-propose-to-his-girlfriend/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Marriage","Music","Paul McCartney","The Beatles","video","Romance","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kyle Chayka","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kyle-chayka/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2967345/watch-paul-mccartney-help-this-guy-propose-to-his-girlfriend/","name":"Watch Paul McCartney Help This Guy Propose to His Girlfriend"}}]}] ```