Band on the Run ( song ) - wikipedia Band on the Run ( song ) `` Band on the Run '' French single sleeve Single by Paul McCartney and Wings from the album Band on the Run B - side `` Nineteen Hundred and Eighty - Five '' ( US ) `` Zoo Gang '' ( UK ) Released 8 April 1974 ( US ) 28 June 1974 ( UK ) Format 7 '' single Recorded September 1973 Genre Rock Length 5 : 09 ( album version ) 3 : 50 ( radio edit ) Label Apple Songwriter ( s ) Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney Producer ( s ) Paul McCartney Wings singles chronology `` Jet '' ( 1974 ) `` Band on the Run '' ( 1974 ) `` Junior 's Farm '' ( 1974 ) `` Jet '' ( 1974 ) `` Band on the Run '' ( 1974 ) `` Junior 's Farm '' ( 1974 ) Band on the Run track listing 9 tracks Side one `` Band on the Run '' `` Jet '' `` Bluebird '' `` Mrs. Vandebilt '' `` Let Me Roll It '' Side two `` Mamunia '' `` No Words '' `` Picasso 's Last Words ( Drink to Me ) '' `` Nineteen Hundred and Eighty - Five '' Alternative cover Spanish cover with `` Zoo Gang '' on the B - side `` Band on the Run '' is the title song of Paul McCartney and Wings ' 1973 album Band on the Run. The song was released as a single in 1974, following the success of `` Jet '', and became an international chart success. The song topped the charts in the United States, also reaching number 3 in the United Kingdom. The single sold over one million copies in 1974 in America. It has since become one of the band 's most famous songs. A medley of three distinct musical passages that vary in style from folk rock to funk, `` Band on the Run '' is one of McCartney 's longest singles at 5 : 09. The song was partly inspired by a comment that George Harrison had made during a meeting of the Beatles ' Apple record label. The song - wide theme is one of freedom and escape, and its creation coincided with Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr having parted with manager Allen Klein in March 1973, leading to improved relations between McCartney and his fellow ex-Beatles. The original demos for this and other tracks on Band on the Run were stolen shortly after Wings arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, to begin recording the album. With the band reduced to a trio consisting of McCartney, his wife Linda, and Denny Laine, `` Band on the Run '' was recorded at EMI 's Lagos studio and completed at AIR Studios in London. Contents 1 Background 1.1 Composition 2 Recording 3 Release 4 Videos 5 Reception 6 Personnel 7 Chart performance 7.1 Weekly charts 7.2 Year - end charts 8 Other appearances 9 Cover versions 10 Notes 11 References 11.1 Citations 11.2 Sources 12 External links Background It was symbolic : `` If we ever get out of here... All I need is a pint a day ''... ( In the Beatles ) we 'd started off as just kids really, who loved our music and wanted to earn a bob or two so we could get a guitar and get a nice car. It was very simple ambitions at first. But then, you know, as it went on it became business meetings and all of that... So there was a feeling of `` if we ever get out of here '', yeah. And I did. -- Paul McCartney, to Clash Music in 2010 In a 1973 interview with Paul Gambaccini, McCartney stated that the lyric `` if we ever get out of here '' was inspired by a remark made by George Harrison during one of the Beatles ' many business meetings. McCartney recalled : `` He was saying that we were all prisoners in some way ( due to the ongoing problems with their company Apple )... I thought it would be a nice way to start an album. '' McCartney added, referring to his inspiration for `` Band on the Run '' : `` It 's a million things... all put together. Band on the run -- escaping, freedom, criminals. You name it, it 's there. '' In a 1988 interview with Musician magazine, McCartney noted the drug busts musicians of the late 1960s and early 1970s experienced as an inspiration for the `` Band on the Run '', also referencing the `` desperado '' image he attributed to bands like the Byrds and the Eagles as an influence. McCartney, who had been having legal trouble involving pot possession, said, `` We were being outlawed for pot... And our argument on ( ' Band on the Run ' ) was ' Do n't put us on the wrong side... We 're not criminals, we do n't want to be. So I just made up a story about people breaking out of prison. ' '' According to Mojo contributor Tom Doyle, the song 's lyrics, recalled through memory following the robbery of the band 's demo tapes for the Band on the Run album, were altered to reflect on the band 's then - current status, `` stuck inside the four walls of the small, cell - like studio, faced with grim uncertainty. '' `` Nineteen Hundred and Eighty - Five '', the closing track of the Band on the Run album, concludes with a brief excerpt of the chorus. Composition `` Band on the Run '' is a three - part medley, with the first section being a slow ballad, the second featuring a funk rock style, and the final a country-esque section. The lyrics of the entire song, however, are related : all based on the general theme of freedom and escape. Recording The original demo recording for `` Band on the Run '', as well as multiple other tracks from the album, was stolen from the McCartneys by a group of thugs while Paul McCartney and Wings were recording in Lagos, Nigeria. Robbed at knife - point, they relinquished the demos, only recovering the songs through memory. Paul McCartney later remarked, `` It was stuff that would be worth a bit on eBay these days, you know ? But no, we figured the guys who mugged us would n't even be remotely interested. If they 'd have known, they could have just held on to them and made themselves a little fortune. But they did n't know, and we reckoned they 'd probably record over them. '' The song was recorded in two parts, in different sessions. The first two were taped in Lagos while the third section was recorded in October 1973 at AIR Studios in London. Orchestrator Tony Visconti was hired by McCartney, who liked his arrangements for T. Rex. Visconti was given three days to write arrangements for the whole album, including the 60 - person orchestra for the title track. Visconti said that the arrangements were collaborations with McCartney, and was surprised he was not credited with his work until the 25th anniversary reissue. Release Originally, Paul McCartney planned not to release any singles from Band on the Run, a strategy he compared to that used by The Beatles. However, he was convinced by Capitol Records promotion man Al Coury to release singles from the album, resulting in the single release of `` Jet '' and `` Band on the Run ''. Al ( Coury, promotion man for Capitol Records ) released ' Jet, ' which I was n't even thinking of releasing as a single, and ' Band on the Run ' too. He single - handedly turned ( Band on the Run ) around. -- Paul McCartney `` 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. The song was also a top 40 single in multiple European countries, such as the Netherlands ( number 7 ), Belgium ( number 21 ), and Germany ( number 22 ). The US radio edit was 3 : 50 in length. The difference was largely caused by the removal of the middle or the second part of the song, as well as the verse that starts with `` Well, the undertaker drew a heavy sigh... '' The single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over one million copies. It was the second of five number - one singles for the band on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1974, Billboard ranked it number 22 on its Top Pop Singles year - end chart. Billboard also listed the song as Paul McCartney 's sixth most successful chart hit of all time, excluding Beatles releases. `` Band on the Run '' has also been featured on numerous McCartney / Wings compilation albums, including Wings Greatest, All the Best !, and Wingspan : Hits and History. The song is also performed in many of McCartney 's live shows, with a live version being included on the 1976 live album Wings over America. Videos An independent film produced by Michael Coulson while he was a college student in the mid 1970s was later included in The McCartney Years video compilation as well as the 2010 re-issue of the album Band on the Run. It served mostly as a tribute to the Beatles, featuring montages of still pictures from their career. Wings were not shown. The video ends with a collage of Beatles pictures much like the album cover of Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In 2014, a new video for `` Band on the Run '' was created. The video was designed by Ben Ib, an artist who created tour visuals for Paul McCartney ( as well as Roger Waters and The Smashing Pumpkins ) and the cover for Paul McCartney 's 2013 solo album New. In the video, all of the objects, including the `` band on the run '' itself, are made up of words. Reception The song was praised by former bandmate and songwriting partner, John Lennon, who considered it `` a great song and a great album ''. In 2014, Billboard praised `` Band on the Run '' for having `` three distinct parts that do n't depend on a chorus yet still manage to feel anthemic. '' AllMusic critic Stewart Mason called the track `` classic McCartney '', lauding the song for `` manag ( ing ) to be experimental in form yet so deliciously melodic that its structural oddities largely go unnoticed. '' Paul McCartney and Wings won the Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus for `` Band on the Run '' at the 17th Annual Grammy Awards. NME ranked the song as the tenth best song of the 1970s, as well as the fifteenth best solo song by an ex-Beatle. In 2010, AOL Radio listeners voted `` Band on the Run '' the best song of Paul McCartney 's solo career, achieving a better ranking than `` Maybe I 'm Amazed '' and `` Silly Love Songs ''. In 2012, Rolling Stone readers ranked the song as McCartney 's fourth best song of all time, behind `` Maybe I 'm Amazed '', `` Hey Jude '', and `` Yesterday ''. Rolling Stone readers also ranked the song the fifth best solo song by ex-members of The Beatles. Personnel Paul McCartney -- lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, 12 - string acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums Linda McCartney -- backing vocals, keyboards Denny Laine -- backing vocals, electric guitar, slide guitar Tony Visconti -- orchestrations Geoff Emerick -- producer and sound engineer Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1974 ) Peak position Belgium ( Ultratop ) 21 Canada ( RPM 100 Top Singles ) Germany ( Media Control ) 22 Japan ( Oricon ) 58 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 7 New Zealand ( Listener ) UK Singles Chart ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Easy Listening ( Billboard ) 22 Year - end charts Chart ( 1974 ) Rank Canada ( RPM 100 Top Singles ) 20 UK Singles Chart ( Official Charts Company ) 50 US Billboard Hot 100 22 Other appearances The song is featured on Guitar Hero World Tour on the main set list. Both the master recording and a live version were added to the Rock Band series as downloadable content. `` Band on the Run '' appeared in the 2014 film Boyhood. `` Band on the Run '' appears as diegetic music during the execution of a Khmer Rouge rebel in the 1984 film The Killing Fields. Cover versions Former Wings member Denny Laine covered `` Band on the Run '' on his 1996 album Wings at the Sound of Denny Laine. A cover version by Owsley was included on the 2001 tribute album Listen to What the Man Said. A cover version was recorded in 2007 by Foo Fighters as their contribution to the Radio 1 Established 1967 album. On 1 June 2008 McCartney was joined onstage by Foo Fighters lead singer Dave Grohl for a special performance in Liverpool. Grohl played guitar and sang backing vocals on `` Band on the Run '' and then played drums on Beatles songs `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' and `` I Saw Her Standing There ''. Grohl later performed the song with Paul 's band in 2010 at the White House, when Paul was given the Gershwin Award. A cover version by Heart was included on the 2014 tribute album The Art of McCartney. A cover version by Widespread Panic was played live on October 29, 2000. Notes Jump up ^ Speaking to Clash Music in 2010, however, he said : `` I do n't remember that being a George line. I do n't know about that. '' References Citations ^ Jump up to : `` Paul McCartney Charts and Awards ''. allmusic. Retrieved 2011 - 10 - 13. ^ Jump up to : `` Official Charts : Paul McCartney ''. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2011 - 10 - 13. ^ Jump up to : Harper 2010. Jump up ^ Gambaccini 1976. Jump up ^ McGee 2003, pp. 223 -- 224. ^ Jump up to : Doyle 2014, pp. 92. Jump up ^ Jackson 2012, pp. 122. ^ Jump up to : Mason, Stewart. `` Band on the Run ( song ) review ''. AllMusic. Jump up ^ Rodriguez 2010, pp. 160. Jump up ^ Jackson 2012, pp. 108 -- 109. Jump up ^ Perasi 2013, pp. 103. 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External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` The Streak '' by Ray Stevens Billboard Hot 100 number - one single 8 June 1974 Succeeded by `` Billy Do n't Be a Hero '' by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods Canadian RPM Singles Chart number - one single 8 June 1974 Succeeded by `` Sundown '' by Gordon Lightfoot Wings Paul McCartney Linda McCartney Denny Laine Denny Seiwell Henry McCullough Jimmy McCulloch Geoff Britton Joe English Laurence Juber Steve Holley Studio albums Wild Life ( 1971 ) Red Rose Speedway ( 1973 ) Band on the Run ( 1973 ) Venus and Mars ( 1975 ) Wings at the Speed of Sound ( 1976 ) London Town ( 1978 ) Back to the Egg ( 1979 ) Live albums Wings over America ( 1976 ) Compilation albums Wings Greatest ( 1978 ) Cold Cuts ( unreleased ) Wingspan : Hits and History ( 2001 ) Singles 1972 `` Give Ireland Back to the Irish '' `` Mary Had a Little Lamb '' / `` Little Woman Love '' `` Hi, Hi, Hi '' / `` C Moon '' 1973 `` My Love '' / `` The Mess '' `` Live and Let Die '' / `` I Lie Around '' `` Helen Wheels '' / `` Country Dreamer '' `` Mrs. Vandebilt '' / `` Bluebird '' `` Jet '' / `` Mamunia '' ( early US pressings ) `` Jet '' / `` Let Me Roll It '' `` Band on the Run '' / `` Zoo Gang '' ( UK ) `` Band on the Run '' / `` Nineteen Hundred and Eighty - Five '' ( US ) `` Walking in the Park with Eloise '' / `` Bridge Over the River Suite '' ( as The Country Hams ) `` Junior 's Farm '' / `` Sally G '' `` Listen to What the Man Said '' / `` Love in Song '' `` Letting Go '' / `` You Gave Me the Answer '' `` Venus and Mars / Rock Show '' / `` Magneto and Titanium Man '' 1976 `` Silly Love Songs '' / `` Cook of the House '' `` Let ' Em In '' / `` Beware My Love '' 1977 `` Maybe I 'm Amazed '' ( live ) / `` Soily '' ( live ) `` Seaside Woman '' / `` B Side to Seaside '' ( as Suzy and the Red Stripes ) `` Mull of Kintyre '' / `` Girls ' School '' 1978 `` With a Little Luck '' / `` Backwards Traveller '' / `` Cuff Link '' `` I 've Had Enough '' / `` Deliver Your Children '' `` London Town '' / `` I 'm Carrying '' 1979 `` Goodnight Tonight '' / `` Daytime Nighttime Suffering '' `` Old Siam, Sir '' / `` Spin It On '' `` Getting Closer '' / `` Spin It On '' ( US ) `` Getting Closer '' / `` Baby 's Request '' ( UK ) `` Arrow Through Me '' / `` Old Siam, Sir '' ( US ) `` Rockestra Theme '' / `` Old Siam, Sir '' ( Europe ) 1980 `` Coming Up ( Live at Glasgow ) '' / `` Lunch Box '' / `` Odd Sox '' Tours Wings University Tour ( 1972 ) Wings Over Europe Tour ( 1972 ) Wings 1973 UK Tour ( May 1973 ) Wings Over the World tour ( 1975 - 1976 ) Wings UK Tour 1979 ( 1979 ) Concerts for the People of Kampuchea ( 1979 ) Filmography Wings Over the World ( 1979 ) Concert for Kampuchea ( 1980 ) Rockshow ( 1980 ) Back to the Egg ( 1981 ) Wingspan -- An Intimate Portrait ( 2001 ) Related articles Discography Songs The Beatles Ginger Baker 's Air Force Japanese Tears The Moody Blues Standard Time Suzy and the Red Stripes Small Faces The Oriental Nightfish Book Category Paul McCartney Paul `` Wix '' Wickens Rusty Anderson Brian Ray Abe Laboriel, Jr. Linda McCartney Hamish Stuart Robbie McIntosh Chris Whitten Blair Cunningham Studio albums McCartney Ram ( with Linda McCartney ) McCartney II Tug of War Pipes of Peace Give My Regards to Broad Street Press to Play Снова в СССР Flowers in the Dirt Off the Ground Flaming Pie Run Devil Run Driving Rain Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Memory Almost Full Kisses on the Bottom New with Wings Wild Life Red Rose Speedway Band on the Run Venus and Mars Wings at the Speed of Sound London Town Back to the Egg Classical The Family Way Thrillington Paul McCartney 's Liverpool Oratorio Standing Stone Working Classical Ecce Cor Meum Ocean 's Kingdom Electronica Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest ( The Fireman ) Rushes ( The Fireman ) Liverpool Sound Collage Twin Freaks Electric Arguments ( The Fireman ) Live albums Wings over America Tripping the Live Fantastic Unplugged ( The Official Bootleg ) Paul Is Live Back in the U.S. Back in the World Live iTunes Festival : London Amoeba 's Secret Good Evening New York City Live in Los Angeles iTunes Live from Capitol Studios Compilations Wings Greatest Cold Cuts ( unreleased ) All the Best ! 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Question: when did band on the run come out
Answer: 8 April 1974