New Musical Express placed it in the top 10 worst singles of all time, and a Channel 4 poll last year to find the 100 most-hated songs ranked it 63rd, Sir Paul's highest entry.It will be released next month to mark the song's 20th anniversary, coupled with a new song for children called "Tropical Island Hum", the title track to a short film on his DVD, Paul McCartney: The Music and Animation Collection. Sir Paul McCartney, whose Frog Chorus single has been widely derided as the lowest point in his song-writing career, is to re-release the track after 20 years. Mightily impressive it may be, but the Continental falls just short.It's a Classic: Bentley R Type Continental FastbackLike its modern-day namesake, the Bentley R Type Continental of 1952 was the fastest and most luxurious four-seater of its day. Unlike the Volkswagen version, it was also, with HJ Mulliner "Fastback" bodywork, one of the most beautiful cars ever made (Abbott, Graber and Park Ward also made bodies for them).Based on the rather more prosaic MK6 saloon, the wing-backed Continental was styled with the help of a wind tunnel and could top 120mph, thanks to its 4.5 litre (and later, 4.9 litre) engine.Dunlop had to develop special tyres to cope with its high-speed capabilities, which made it perfect for the trans-continental dash from Piccadilly to Monte Carlo in time for lunch.The R Type Continental was truly a car for princes and the showbiz aristocracy, a masterpiece of the coachbuilders' craft, and today the rare example to come on the market typically fetches prices close to six figures..

The roof is lined with the same, soft, sexy leather as the seats. The air vents are heavy chrome, with traditional Bentley push-pull organ stops to operate them. There is an electronic, push-button steering lock - Bentley owners are, it seems, too posh to push. And the dash is sculpted like a pair of muscular gull's wings, a fitting metaphor for a car that is as close to a private jet as any I've driven.But the outside is a dog's dinner The "pillarless" side windows are a Mercedes trademark. The front end is pure Skoda Fabia (the same man, a Belgian called Dirk, designed both cars); the lack of adornment means that your eyes just glide over its frictionless form like aesthetic soap; and the whole thing is just so huge that, as with cruise liners and Chris Moyles, you have to be standing some miles away before you can get any impression of the scale.But a Bentley should be great in more than just size and performance. It is as addictive as cocaine-covered pistachio nuts.Though this is one of the largest cars around, in a kind of reverse-Tardis effect, it is oddly cramped in the back. That said, Bentley sales are up 303 per cent on last year (and a new four door, based on the Continental, will follow soon).And, as I sit writing this ensconced in the passenger seat, I can see why Few interiors are this deliciously lavish.

This could tarnish the brand before it has left the starting blocks. Despite VW's claims, this is not a full four-seater.Right now the Continental is the choice of wheels for the freaks and misfits that make up the tabloids' current cast of characters. If I say "Angry Chef", "Penalty doofus' wife" and "big-boobed floozy", you will know who I mean. You need to be Olga Korbut to fold yourself into the tiny space (either that or her brother Ronnie). I cannot recall ever having driven a car with such redoubtable thrust as this. He is deluding himself if he thinks there is nothing wrong with second-hand smoke It is like being part of the flat earth society.