Band on the Run (song)
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| "Band on the Run" | ||
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| Single by Paul McCartney and Wings | ||
| from the album Band on the Run | ||
| B-side(s) | "Zoo Gang (UK) / Nineteen Hundred Eighty-Five (US)" | |
| Released | 28 June 1974 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | 1973 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 5:10 | |
| Label | Apple Records | |
| Writer(s) | Paul McCartney | |
| Producer(s) | Paul McCartney | |
| Certification | RIAA (US) Gold June 4, 1974 BPI (UK) Gold September 1, 1974 |
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| Chart positions | ||
| Paul McCartney and Wings singles chronology | ||
| "Jet" (with Wings) (1974) |
"Band on the Run" (with Wings) (1974) |
"Junior's Farm" (1974) |
"Band on the Run" is the title song from Paul McCartney and Wings' acclaimed Band on the Run album, one of McCartney's most ambitious and best-loved songs. It is comprised of a three part structure that revolves around the themes of escape and liberation. The song features prominently on every McCartney/Wings best-of compilation and in McCartney's live shows. The song was considered the best evidence that McCartney's muse had not deserted him after The Beatles. George Harrison had contributed the line in the middle section "If we ever get out of here." A part his middle section would later be sampled by Tone Lōc on his 1989 track "Cutting Rhythms", but had to be removed as permission was not given.
| Preceded by "The Streak" by Ray Stevens |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single June 8, 1974 |
Succeeded by "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods |
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