December 5, 1973 – Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run is released.

(50 YEARS AGO)
In February 2024 there will be a new underdubbed mix will be released.

Band on the Run is an album by Paul McCartney & Wings, released in the US on December 5, 1973 (December 7, 1973, in the UK). It topped the Billboard 200 Albums chart and features three Billboard Hot 100 charting singles – “Band On The Run” (#1), “Helen Wheels” (#10) and “Jet” (#7). In early 1975, Paul McCartney & Wings won the Grammy award for “Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus” for Band on the Run.

TRACKS:
All songs written and composed by Paul and Linda McCartney, except “No Words” by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine.

Side one

1. “Band on the Run” – 5:10
2. “Jet” – 4:06
3. “Bluebird” – 3:22
4. “Mrs Vandebilt” – 4:38
5. “Let Me Roll It” – 4:47

Side two

1. “Mamunia” – 4:50
2. “No Words” – 2:33
3. “Helen Wheels” (US and international only; not UK) – 3:34
4. “Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)” – 5:50
5. “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five” – 5:27