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"Band on the Run" is a song by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, the title track to their 1973 album Band on the Run. Released as a single in April 1974 in the US and in June 1974 in the UK, it topped the charts and sold over a million copies in 1974 in the United States, and reached number 3 in the United Kingdom.
The "Frog Chorus" backing on the song was provided by The King's Singers and the choir of St Paul's Cathedral. [3] The B-side of the single contains a "Humming Version" of the song performed by the Finchley Frogettes. The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart in 1985, one of three hits to do so that had originally charted in December 1984.
Band on the Run is the third studio album by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released on 30 November 1973. It was McCartney 's fifth album after leaving the Beatles in April 1970 and his final album on Apple Records .
"Jet" is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings from their third studio album Band on the Run (1973). It was the first British and American single to be released from the album. The song peaked at No. 7 on the British and American charts on 30 March 1974, also charting in multiple countries in Europe.
"Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)" is a song by the rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released on their 1973 album Band on the Run. The longest track on the album, [1] it was not released as a single. The song includes interpolations of "Jet" and "Mrs. Vandebilt," the second and fourth tracks
The first sample of the "ho, hey ho" bit actually occurs on the B side of the Band on the Run album itself, at the end of the track "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)". Various elements from the song, such as the lyrics "ho, hey ho", were sampled in the track "Ho' Is Short for Honey" on 88-Keys' 2008 album, The Death of Adam.
However, Capitol Records vice president of promotion Al Coury persuaded McCartney to include it on the American release. The song peaked at number 10 in the US chart on 12 January 1974 and at number 12 in the UK chart. [1] [2] In the book Paul McCartney In His Own Words published in 1976, McCartney said: "Helen Wheels is our Land Rover. It's a ...
Rupert and the Frog Song is a 1984 animated short film based on the comic strip character Rupert Bear, written and produced by Paul McCartney and directed by Geoff Dunbar. [1] The making of Rupert and the Frog Song began in 1981 and ended in 1983. The film was released theatrically as an accompaniment to McCartney's film Give My Regards to ...