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"Venus and Mars"/"Rock Show" is a medley of two songs written by Paul and Linda McCartney and originally performed by Wings that make up the first two songs of the album Venus and Mars. The single was released in the United States on 27 October 1975 and in the United Kingdom on 28 November 1975. [ 3 ]
The sessions proved to be productive, not only resulting in a finished album, but also several additional songs, including two future McCartney B-sides, "Lunch Box/Odd Sox" and "My Carnival". McCartney also decided to link the album's songs together much like the Beatles had on Abbey Road to give Venus and Mars a more continuous feel. [4]
[2] [10] [11] It was a song for which Paul McCartney had high hopes, but early recordings did not live up to the song's potential. [10] [11] McCartney said in 1975 of his initial opinion of the song, "It was one of the songs we’d gone in with high hopes for. Whenever I would play it on the piano, people would say ‘Oh, I like that one.’
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"Call Me Back Again" is a song credited to Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was originally released on the album Venus and Mars. [2] It was performed throughout their world tours in Australia and America and a live version was included on the album Wings Over America. [2]
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[8] [9] The song uses a medium tempo, and the instruments include a guitar part described by Allmusic critic Donald Guarisco as "bluesy" and keyboards, plus a horn parts in an interlude as well as in the outro. [8] [9] "Letting Go" has more of a soul music feel than most of the songs on Venus and Mars, which are more pop music oriented. [9]
The song can be heard coming from a radio, creating an argument, in a scene in the 1976 Mike Leigh play Nuts in May. The Roots played the song as walk-on music for Michael Fassbender for his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon during his promotional tour for X-Men: Days of Future Past .