Band on the Run (song)

Band on the run
Band on the run
Single wings; from the album Band on the Run
Released	April 8, 1974
Format	Vinyl record
Genre	Rock
Duration	5:09
Producer	Paul McCartney
Composer	Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney
Song author
Label	Apple records
Timeline of the Wings Singles

“ Band on the Run ” is a song performed by Wings , written by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney from the album Band on the Run , released in April 1974 and topped the charts in the USA ( Billboard Hot 100 ), Canada and New Zealand ^[1] . In the UK, it was released on June 28, 1974 and reached third place in the UK Singles Chart ^[2] .

Paul McCartney, receiving the Gershwin Prize for his contribution to the popular song from the hands of Barack Obama, performed the song Band on the Run with his group.

Content

History

The single has been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America in gold for sales of more than 1 million copies ^[3] . By September 1974, he also reached the golden status in the UK ( BPI ) ^[4] . The single was the second for the group to reach No. 1 in the USA ( Billboard Hot 100 ) ^[1] . On June 1, 2008, McCartney, along with Dave Grohl , the lead singer of Foo Fighters , performed this song at a concert in Liverpool ^[5] . Grohl played the guitar and performed backing vocals on “Band on the Run”, and then played drums in Beatles songs such as “ Back in the USSR ” and “ I Saw Her Standing There ”. Later, Grohl also performed Band on the Run with Paul's band at the 2010 White House ceremony at the McCartney Gershwin Prize for contributing to popular song . American singer Tori Amos performed a fragment of this song on her Plugged '98 Tour concert tour ^[6] .

Record Members

Paul McCartney - vocals, guitar, drums
Linda McCartney - backing vocals, keyboards
Danny Lane - backing vocals, guitar (including 12-string)

Charts

Chart	Higher position
Canada ( RPM 100 Top Singles )	one
Japan ( Oricon )	58
Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 )	7
New Zealand ( RIANZ )	one
UK Singles Chart ( Official Charts Company )	3
US Billboard Hot 100	one
US Easy Listening ( Billboard )	22

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Paul McCartney Charts and Awards (Neopr.) . allmusic . Date of treatment October 13, 2011. Archived January 26, 2013.
↑ Official Charts: Paul McCartney (neopr.) . The Official UK Charts Company. Date of treatment October 13, 2011. Archived January 26, 2013.
↑ RIAA Gold and Platinum (Neopr.) . RIAA . Date of treatment October 12, 2012. Archived January 26, 2013.
↑ Certified Awards Search (Neopr.) . BPI Date of treatment October 12, 2012. Archived January 11, 2013.
↑ Paul McCartney watched by Yoko Ono in Liverpool as Dave Grohl helps out (unopened) . New Musical Express . Date of treatment March 21, 2009. Archived February 12, 2009.
↑ TORI AMOS | HEREINMYHEAD.COM | lyrics | band on the run (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Hereinmyhead.Com. Date of treatment July 9, 2011. Archived June 15, 2002.

Links

Video (Live in Seattle King Dome 1976) on youtube.com

[chart-1] ¹ ² Paul McCartney Charts and Awards (Neopr.) . allmusic . Date of treatment October 13, 2011. Archived January 26, 2013.

[2] Official Charts: Paul McCartney (neopr.) . The Official UK Charts Company. Date of treatment October 13, 2011. Archived January 26, 2013.

[3] RIAA Gold and Platinum (Neopr.) . RIAA . Date of treatment October 12, 2012. Archived January 26, 2013.

[4] Certified Awards Search (Neopr.) . BPI Date of treatment October 12, 2012. Archived January 11, 2013.

[5] Paul McCartney watched by Yoko Ono in Liverpool as Dave Grohl helps out (unopened) . New Musical Express . Date of treatment March 21, 2009. Archived February 12, 2009.

[6] TORI AMOS | HEREINMYHEAD.COM | lyrics | band on the run (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Hereinmyhead.Com. Date of treatment July 9, 2011. Archived June 15, 2002.