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"Let Me Roll It" is a song by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released on their 1973 album Band on the Run. The song was also released as the B-side to " Jet " in early 1974, and has remained a staple of McCartney's live concerts since it was first released.
It featured contemporary music from the 1970s, with artists such as Paul McCartney and Wings, David Bowie, Gordon Lightfoot, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and Chico Hamilton. [2] The album accompanied the film's original score composed by Jonny Greenwood , [ 3 ] although none of the original music was released separately as a soundtrack.
The single was backed with "Let Me Roll It" in Britain. When first released in America, the single's B-side was "Mamunia," another track from Band on the Run, but it was soon replaced with the British B-side. The single was a Top 10 hit for Paul McCartney and Wings.
[2] [3] [4] In a nod to his old partner, it also contains a riff that replicates one from Paul McCartney's "Let Me Roll It," which was a song McCartney wrote in a "Lennon style." [3] [5] [6] Uncut contributor David Cavanagh believes Lennon meant no offense by using this riff, and simply "nicked it" because he liked it. [7]
The production of the song contains "slaphappy bass, tinkling keyboards and relaxed drums", over which Scarface recounts an afternoon of hanging out in the neighborhood and activities including smoking cannabis cigars, seeing women drive by, drinking 40 oz bottles of St. Ides, [2] and "Jammin' to a tape to my partner had made / 'Growin' up in the Hood' bein mixed with Face".
Jelly Roll is feeling grateful to be alive after a year filled with nominations and wins for his music. On Thursday, the 37-year-old singer took to the stage of the 2024 ACM Awards to accept the ...
In 2003, Benson also released Metarie, with his then band The Well Fed Boys, and which featured a cover of Paul McCartney's Let Me Roll It, which featured back-up vocals by Jack White. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This was the first song written completely by another artist to be featured on a Benson release.
In a video posted to TikTok on Nov. 17, the little girl can be seen laying in bed, singing the Jelly Roll song, 'I Am Not Okay' ... after she went viral singing a song by Jelly Roll, the country ...