band run song band run title song paul_mccartney wings album band run song released single following success jet international chart success song topped charts united_states reaching number united_kingdom single sold million copies america band famous songs medley song fragments vary style folk rock funk band run longest singles song partly inspired comment george_harrison meeting beatles apple record label song wide theme freedom escape creation coincided harrison john_lennon having parted manager march leading improved relations fellow beatles original demos tracks band run stolen shortly wings arrived nigeria begin recording album band reduced trio consisting wife band run recorded emi studio completed london background interview stated lyric inspired remark george_harrison beatles business meetings recalled saying prisoners way ongoing problems company apple thought nice way start album added referring inspiration band run million things band run escaping freedom criminals interview musician magazine noted drug musicians late 1960s early 1970s experienced inspiration band run referencing image attributed bands like eagles influence having legal trouble involving pot possession said outlawed pot argument band run don wrong criminals don want story people breaking prison according mojo contributor song lyrics recalled memory following robbery band demo tapes band run album altered reflect band current status stuck inside walls small cell like studio faced grim uncertainty nineteen eighty closing track band run album concludes brief excerpt chorus composition band run medley section slow ballad second featuring funk rock style final country esque section lyrics entire song related based general theme freedom escape recording original demo recording band run multiple tracks album stolen group paul_mccartney wings recording nigeria robbed knife point relinquished demos recovering songs memory paul_mccartney later remarked stuff worth bit days know figured guys wouldn remotely interested known held little fortune didn know probably record song recorded parts different sessions taped section recorded october london release originally paul_mccartney planned release singles band run strategy compared beatles convinced promotion man release singles album resulting single release jet band run band run backed nineteen eighty released america april follow single paul_mccartney wings hit jet song smash hit band solo american chart topping single wings second single later released britain instead backed theme song television reaching number british charts song single multiple european countries netherlands number belgium number germany number radio edit length difference largely caused removal middle second song verse starts undertaker drew heavy single certified gold recording_industry_association_of_america sales million copies second number singles band billboard hot billboard ranked number pop singles year end chart billboard listed song paul_mccartney sixth successful chart hit time excluding beatles releases band run featured numerous compilation albums including best wingspan hits history song performed live shows live version included live album wings america videos independent film produced college student mid 1970s later included years video compilation issue album band run served tribute beatles featuring pictures career wings shown video ends beatles pictures like album cover sgt new video band run created video designed artist created tour visuals paul_mccartney cover paul_mccartney solo album new video objects including band run words reception song praised songwriting partner john_lennon considered great song great album billboard praised band run having distinct parts don depend chorus manage feel allmusic critic called track classic song ing experimental form melodic structural largely unnoticed band run won best pop vocal performance duo group chorus 17th annual grammy awards nme ranked song tenth best song 1970s fifteenth best solo song listeners voted band run best song paul_mccartney solo career achieving better ranking maybe amazed silly love songs rolling_stone readers ranked song fourth best song time maybe amazed hey yesterday rolling_stone readers ranked song fifth best solo song members beatles personnel paul_mccartney lead backing vocals electric guitar string acoustic guitar bass guitar drums backing vocals keyboards backing vocals electric guitar chart performance appearances song featured guitar hero world tour main set list master recording live version added rock band series downloadable content band run appeared film band run appears music execution rebel film killing fields cover versions wings member covered band run album wings sound cover version included tribute album listen man said cover version recorded contribution album june joined onstage lead singer special performance liverpool played guitar sang backing vocals band run played drums beatles songs saw standing later performed song paul band white house paul given award cover version heart included tribute album art
Band on the Run (song)