What was the title of Wings first hit which the B.B.C. would neither play or name on air
"the Republic of Ireland, and the Netherlands, as described above, B usually refers to the note a semitone below C, while B-flat refers to the note a whole tone below C. However, in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe, and Scandinavia, the label B is used for what, above, is called B-flat, and the note a semitone below C is called H. This makes possible certain spellings which are otherwise impossible, such as the BACH motif. B (musical note) B, also known as Si, Ti, or, in some European countries, H, is the seventh note of the fixed-Do solfège. Its enharmonic"
"of UK universities (with the group driving around in a van), followed by a tour of small European venues. Although this was the first tour including an ex-Beatle after the Beatles broke up, Wings played no Beatles numbers during the tour, to show that it was a new band in its own right. In February 1972, Wings released a single called ""Give Ireland Back to the Irish"", a response to the events of Bloody Sunday. The song was banned by the BBC for its anti-Unionist political stance and only mentioned in chart rundowns on BBC Radio 1 as ""a record"
"its alleged drug and sexual references. The B-side, ""C Moon"", was played instead. The single peaked at number 5 in the UK. The band were renamed ""Paul McCartney and Wings"" for the 1973 album ""Red Rose Speedway"", which yielded their first US number 1 hit, ""My Love"". The album included two tracks left over from the ""Ram"" sessions and was originally intended as a two-record set. After producer Glyn Johns had walked out on the project, however, McCartney conceded to EMI's opinion that the material was ""substandard"" and cut it down to a single disc. Among the unreleased songs from"
"and credited along with Carter, Burrows and Mills on the cover of the band's first album, none of the ""live"" quintet actually performed on ""Beach Baby"" or any of the album's other tracks. ""Bobby Dazzler"" and later singles ""Dreams Are Ten a Penny"", ""Won't Somebody Help Me"" and ""Funny How Love Can Be"" (a remake of the Ivy League hit) failed to chart. After releasing an unsuccessful second album, ""SST"", in 1976 (with a drawing of the Concorde supersonic transport airliner featured on the cover), Carter, Burrows and Mills saw no need to continue under the First Class moniker and"
"by Wings"". Despite limited airplay, it reached number 16 in the UK, as well as number 1 in both the Republic of Ireland and Spain. Wings released a children's song, ""Mary Had a Little Lamb"", as its next single, which reached the top 10 in the UK. Although some critics interpreted it as a sarcastic reaction to the ban on ""Give Ireland Back to the Irish"", it was in fact a serious effort by McCartney to record a song for children. Wings followed it with December 1972's ""Hi, Hi, Hi"", which was again banned by the BBC, this time for"
"Wings (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis song) ""Wings"" (stylized as ""Wing$"") is a song by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, released as the debut single from their first studio album ""The Heist"". It features uncredited vocals from Hollis. Macklemore explained how the subject of the single as follows: The music video, directed by Zia Mohajerjasbi, alludes to an autobiographical story line. It depicts its main character (Macklemore) and his experiences as a young boy infatuated with basketball and basketball paraphernalia, athletic shoes in particular, and what adverse effect it had on him as he grew up. The music"
"should have drawn from both their very worst work. Neither 'The Luck Of The Irish' nor 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish' can do anything but increase the bigotry of the already ignorant."" Writing for Rough Guides in 2003, music critic Chris Ingham said of the Wings single: ""The record managed to irritate everyone, not least for its naive, simplistic attitude to a complex situation … but also for its musical mediocrity. The BBC banned the record, granting it a notoriety disproportionate to its importance."" ""NME"" critic Bob Woffinden described ""Give Ireland Back to the Irish"" as ""self-conscious, awkward"" in"
"to a trio, the McCartneys and Laine cut what turned out to be Wings' most successful album, ""Band on the Run"", at EMI's primitive eight-track recording studio in Lagos, Nigeria. The album went to number 1 in both the US and UK and spawned three hit singles: the rockers ""Jet"" and ""Helen Wheels"" (originally included only on the US version of the album) and the title track – a suite of movements recalling side two of ""Abbey Road"". It also included ""Let Me Roll It"", which was seen as an affectionate impersonation of John Lennon's vocal style, and ""No Words"","
"first concert tour, which consisted of a series of unannounced shows at universities in England and Wales over 9–23 February. The BBC ban was announced while Wings were in York, where they played at Goodricke College on 10 February. Writing about the tour for the ""NME"", Geoff Liptrot said the band's performances were generally good, but the song ""grated a little with its harsh, sing-song chorus immediately conjuring up visions of a drunk rolling along a street bellowing at the top of his voice"". When asked by a reporter from ""The Guardian"" whether the shows were fundraisers for the Irish"
"made an appearance on BBC Television's ""Top of the Pops"", singing ""Shame"". They became the first to appear on the BBC's flagship chart show without officially releasing a single - their debut EP having reached number 26 in the UK Albums Chart. Their only hit single was ""(I Want to) Kill Somebody"", which was only available in the shops for one day in 1994. It reached number 26 in the UK Singles Chart. Its controversial subject matter eventually lead to its banning. Their debut full-length album, ""Self Abused"", was not a commercial success, although the group remained a favourite of"
"Broken Wings (Mr. Mister song) ""Broken Wings"" is a 1985 song recorded by American pop rock band Mr. Mister. It was released in June 1985 as the lead single from their second album ""Welcome to the Real World"". The song peaked at number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in December 1985, where it remained for two weeks. It was released as the band was just about to embark on a US tour opening for Tina Turner. The song peaked at number four in the United Kingdom, the highest chart position the group ever achieved in Britain. ""Broken Wings"" became"
"also looked like it would at last furnish Split Enz with the breakthrough UK hit that they had been hoping for, but this failed to materialise; after the controversial sinking of the Argentine warship 'General Belgrano' by the British Navy during the Falklands War the BBC reportedly included the song on a covert ""blacklist"" of songs that were not to be played on air due to supposedly negative references to the war. (Although the BBC vehemently denied the blacklist at the time, they finally admitted to its existence in 1999.) The year ended with the release of the band's first"
"Loving Wings ""Loving Wings"" is a song by the American band Dave Matthews Band (DMB). Having been released on 6 different live albums, ""Loving Wings"" is the most widely released song that has not been recorded for a studio album that Dave Matthews Band has released. It has been fully played a total of 77 times during various concerts. The initial phase of the song began as an instrumental introduction to the song ""Where Are You Going"" having first been played live on May 10, 2002 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Initially started as a guitar riff by"
"Europe, beginning with a tour of British universities. Despite not releasing an album in 1972, Wings managed to release three singles: ""Give Ireland Back to the Irish"" which was banned by the BBC for political reasons; ""Mary Had a Little Lamb""; and ""Hi, Hi, Hi"", which was banned by the BBC for drug references and sexually suggestive lyrics. Recording for ""Red Rose Speedway"" began in March 1972. It was initially planned as a double album, and McCartney decided to include some unreleased songs that had originally been recorded during the ""Ram"" sessions prior to the formation of Wings. Two of"
"Campbeltown, without Wings, creating his solo album ""McCartney II"" (1980). During November and December 1979, US TV stations aired the 31-minute ""Back to the Egg"" special, as Wings undertook a nineteen-show UK tour, the first leg of the proposed world tour. Among the songs in the setlist, they performed several tracks from ""Back to the Egg"": ""Getting Closer"", ""Again and Again and Again"", ""Old Siam, Sir"", ""Spin It On"" and ""Arrow Through Me"". The band were scheduled to tour Japan during January and February 1980, but the concerts, together with their tour dates elsewhere in the world, were cancelled after"
"his wife and children in Canada, but she refuses. The latest new resident is introduced; she was once a music-hall star and the other residents all welcome her by singing her most famous song. The Broadway version of the play fared a little better with the critics than the original production had, earning mixed reviews. ""Curtain Up"" commented: ""Good as they are the Wings residents can't transform ""Waiting In the Wings"" into the first-rate play it never was (the English production was a flop which persuaded Coward's long-time companion and biographer Graham Payn to retire from the stage)."" However, critic"
"enough successful singles by late 1978 to potentially fill a double album, he opted to release ""Wings Greatest"" as a single disc for commercial reasons. Thus, several songs would be overlooked for ""Wings Greatest"". Indeed, not one song was excerpted from 1975's ""Venus and Mars"", despite ""Listen to What the Man Said"" being a number 1 US hit. The album was promoted by a TV commercial in the UK, which featured several members of the public (played by actors) singing Wings tunes in public places. At the end a dustman, waiting in his lorry at a set of traffic lights"
"first leg of his world tour set for February in Japan, he quickly made some last-minute changes, removing Sagal and Eisenberg and replacing them with novice singer Helena Springs and seasoned professional Jo Ann Harris. (Sagal was not surprised by her dismissal. ""I remember...he'd have three girls all sing a part that was not in our range,"" Sagal recalls, ""and we were too terrified to say anything."") In the meantime, Siewell was let go; during his brief stint with Wings, he and the rest of Wings were busted for drug possession in Sweden, prompting Japanese officials to deny him an"
"much airtime to one person. King's 1971 releases included a version of Bob Dylan's ""Baby, You've Been On My Mind"", released as Nemo, which failed to chart; ""The Sun Has Got His Hat On"", also as Nemo; ""Sugar, Sugar"" as Sakkarin; ""Leap Up and Down (Wave Your Knickers in the Air)"" by St Cecelia (this one a real band, rather than a pseudonym), which went to number 12; and ""Lazy Bones"", ""Flirt"" and ""Hooked On A Feeling"" released under his own name. Bell Records asked King to produce four songs for the Bay City Rollers, including their first hit, ""Keep"
"Wings's 70's hit ""Live and Let Die"". Yankovic approached Paul McCartney, leader of Wings, about a parody idea entitled ""Chicken Pot Pie."" Although McCartney was a supporter of Yankovic's work and he wanted to give Yankovic the chance to parody one of his songs, he begrudgingly turned him down due to the fact that, as a vegetarian, he could not condone the eating of animal flesh. Yankovic, a fellow vegetarian, has stated that he respects McCartney's decision. It was around this time that Nirvana's ""Nevermind"" was making waves in the rock and pop scene. As the popularity of 80's pop"
"chart in both the UK and US. The plan for a hit backfired when the use of the word 'bum' (in the line ""...plastic legs that reach up to his plastic bum"") meant that the BBC refused to play the song. The single only managed to reach #31 in the UK and the following two Kinks singles failed to chart altogether. The single was not released in the US and, although B-side ""King Kong"" was included on the ""Kink Kronikles"" compilation in 1972, ""Plastic Man"" was left off, only being released in the US on ""The Great Lost Kinks Album"""
"1973. The commercial reception was unspectacular initially, with the record-buying public wary after Wings' preceding releases. On the UK Albums Chart, ""Band on the Run"" climbed to number 9 on 22 December, remaining there for a second week before dropping to number 13. On America's ""Billboard"" Top LPs & Tape chart, it peaked at number 7 on 2 February 1974 and then spent the next six weeks in the lower reaches of the top ten. The album went on to achieve considerable success, however, thanks to the popularity of the two singles culled from it – ""Jet"" and the title"
"Let Me Roll It ""Let Me Roll It"" is a song by Wings released on the 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. Some critics, such as ""Rolling Stone""s Jon Landau, saw the song as a pastiche of John Lennon's sound, particularly the riff and the use of tape echo on the vocals. McCartney, however, didn't intend the song to be a pastiche of Lennon. He did say the vocal ""does sound like John."
"originally going to be titled ""Frequency Dip"" after the fourth song on the album, but the name was changed to ""Wah Wah"" because ""it was more rock 'n' roll."" Besides the already released ""Jam J"", the band decided to release no singles to promote the album, nor would they undertake a promotional tour, and ultimately very little promotion was given to the album, besides some press attention. Despite the lack of traditional promotion, the album debuted and peaked at number 11 on the UK Albums Chart, but soon disappeared from the charts. However, in the United States, the album was"
"Egg"" TV special. ""Back to the Egg"" received unfavourable reviews from the majority of critics, with ""Rolling Stone"" magazine deriding it as ""the sorriest grab bag of dreck in recent memory"". Although the album charted in the top ten around the world and was certified platinum in the United States, it was viewed as a commercial failure relative to previous Wings releases, particularly in light of the generous financial terms under which McCartney had signed with CBS-owned Columbia Records. Of its singles – ""Old Siam, Sir"", ""Getting Closer"" and ""Arrow Through Me"" – only ""Getting Closer"" made the top 20"
"was so shocking. I wrote ""Give Ireland Back to the Irish"", we recorded it and I was promptly 'phoned by the Chairman of EMI, Sir Joseph Lockwood, explaining that they wouldn't release it. He thought it was too inflammatory. I told him that I felt strongly about it and they had to release it. He said, ""Well it'll be banned"", and of course it was. I knew ""Give Ireland Back to the Irish"" wasn't an easy route, but it just seemed to me to be the time [to say something]. Wings played ""Give Ireland Back to the Irish"" throughout their"
"the first Wings song on which Laine received a co-writing credit beside the McCartneys. ""Band on the Run"" enjoyed a highly favourable response from music critics and restored McCartney's tarnished post-Beatles image. After ""Band on the Run"", Jimmy McCulloch, former lead guitarist in Thunderclap Newman and Stone the Crows, joined the band. The first Wings project with McCulloch was ""McGear"", a 1974 collaboration between Paul and his younger brother Mike McGear, with session musician Gerry Conway playing drums. Warner Bros. Records chose not to play up the ""Wings"" angle in its marketing for ""McGear"", and the album sold poorly. However,"
"McCartneys and Laine again added new members, recruiting guitarist Laurence Juber and drummer Steve Holley. The resulting album, ""Back to the Egg"", was a relative flop, with its singles under-performing and the critical reception negative. During the supporting tour, Paul McCartney was arrested in Japan for cannabis possession, putting the band on hold. Despite a final US number one, the live version of McCartney's solo single ""Coming Up"", after Laine departed from the band, Wings discontinued for good in 1981. After the Beatles' break-up in 1970, McCartney recorded two albums: ""McCartney"" (1970), credited to himself, and ""Ram"" (1971), with wife"
"being ""Omaha,"" which lasted a mere three weeks on the Hot 100 reaching only No. 88. The other charter, ""Hey Grandma,"" only reached the Bubbling Under chart and faded within a week. Also, there were some complaints about the obscene gesture made to the American flag on the front cover that had to be edited out on the second pressing, not to mention that the group started to decline in sales after that. The return on all the promotional budget for the singles realized nothing. Although the group made two more albums, this particular publicity stunt was never again attempted"
"the single release of ""Jet"" and ""Band on the Run"". ""Band on the Run"", backed with ""Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"", was released in America on 8 April 1974 as the follow-up single to Paul McCartney and Wings' top-ten hit ""Jet"". The song was a smash hit for the band, becoming McCartney's third solo American chart-topping single and Wings' second. The single was later released in Britain (instead backed with ""Zoo Gang"", the theme song to the television show of the same name), reaching number 3 on the British charts. The song reached number 1 in both Canada and New Zealand."
"be ""legendary"". The B-side was originally going to be a song called ""6B Obergine"", but three days before the single was due to be cut it was replaced by the typically 1960s-psych-inspired ""49 Cigars"", which was recorded and mixed in just two days. Despite favourable reviews in the music press, the single was not well promoted by EMI (nicely believed that this was due in part to bad feeling between the label and his manager at the time), and as a result the song had almost no distribution or airplay, and failed to make an impression on the charts. Despite"
"C Moon ""C Moon"" is a pop song with a reggae beat, written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was released as a double A-side with ""Hi, Hi, Hi"" in 1972. The single reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart and since ""Hi Hi Hi"" was banned by the BBC, ""C Moon"" received much airplay in the United Kingdom. In the United States, ""C Moon"" did not appear on any of the major record charts. The name ""C Moon"" was inspired by lyrics in the song ""Wooly Bully"" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs."
"B-side, ""Why"", that drew more directly on Indian ragas. Upon release, ""Eight Miles High"" was banned by many U.S. radio stations, following allegations made by the broadcasting trade journal the ""Gavin Report"", that its lyrics advocated recreational drug use. The band and their management strenuously denied these allegations, stating that the song's lyrics actually described an airplane flight to London and the band's subsequent concert tour of England. The relatively modest chart success of ""Eight Miles High"" (number 14 in the U.S. and number 24 in the UK) has been largely attributed to the broadcasting ban, although the challenging and"