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The song was recorded late in 1974 at Abbey Road Studios, before the band went to New Orleans to record the majority of Venus and Mars. [6] It was one of only three songs recorded for the album with short-term Wings drummer Geoff Britton before he quit the band (the others being "Love in Song" and "Medicine Jar"). [6] [7]
The single "With a Little Luck" was released as a lead single from the album on 31 March and became a number 1 hit in the US.[4]: 122 The song "Girlfriend" from the album was subsequently covered by American pop star Michael Jackson on his 1979 album Off the Wall.
Back to the Egg is the seventh and final studio album by the British-American rock band Wings, released in June 1979 on Parlophone in the UK and Columbia Records in North America (their first for the label).
Wings is a song for voice and piano written by Ballard Macdonald and composed by J.S. Zamecnik. It also includes a ukulele arrangement of the song by May Singhi Breen .The song was first published in 1927 by Sam Fox Pub. Co. in Cleveland, Ohio .
"London Town" is a song by the British-American rock band Wings. The title and opening track of their 1978 album London Town, it was the third of three single releases from the album, reaching No. 39 in the US, No. 43 in Canada and No. 60 in the UK. It also reached No. 17 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart in the US.
The percussionist on the song, Remi Kabaka, was from Lagos but happened to be in London when the song was being recorded. [8] One highlight of the song is a saxophone solo played by session musician Howie Casey. [4] [8] [1] Casey repeated his solo during the Wings Over the World tour in 1975 and 1976. [8]
TNT used our song. They’re still my words. They picked the parts that fit their ad campaign, and visually matched it to us performing, threw in a highlight reel of crazy dunks and had a bunch of kids singing the hook in a gym. Word. I’m all for that. If you take away the consumerism cautionary core of Wings, a story still remains.
[2] Wings' label Capitol Records described it as "a driving rock 'n' roll tune that lyrically describes an artist's ultimatum to the taxman, a self-serving manager, or both." [3] Syndicated columnist Joel McNally regarded the song as containing political commentary. [4] The song is in the key of D major. [1]