Beatles icon Paul McCartney has revealed the one tune that never fails to make him "break down in tears." Despite penning timeless hits like Hey Jude, Band on the Run, and Get Back, McCartney admits a song from the late Brian Wilson always gets him teary-eyed.

I t's not often that Paul McCartney dares to call a song his favorite. He always has a hard time choosing, even among his own songs. But when it comes to this one Beach Boys song,

"I loved him, and was privileged to be around his bright shining light for a little while," McCartney wrote Thursday, a day after Wilson died at age 82.