page_title: Wings (Little Mix song)
section_title: Live performances
hierarchical_section_title: Wings (Little Mix song) / Live performances
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context_page_description: "Wings" is a song by British girl group Little Mix from their 2012 debut studio album DNA. The group wrote the track with production team TMS and songwriters Iain James, Erika Nuri, Michelle Lewis, Mischke Butler and Heidi Rojas. It has a message of empowerment inspired by Little Mix's overcoming of the doubt and negativity they felt during the eighth UK series of The X Factor, being a girl band and the favourites to be eliminated after the first week of live shows. Eschewing dance music popular at the time, "Wings" is an uptempo bubblegum pop and R&B song composed of syncopated handclaps and a varying kick and snare drum arrangement. It has a complex song structure with a double chorus that has a key change from E minor to E major halfway.
  The track was released as DNA's lead single on 24 August 2012; it debuted at number one in the UK and Ireland, making it Little Mix's second consecutive number-one single in both countries. It also charted in the top 10 in Australia and Japan, the top 20 in New Zealand and at number 79 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song was acclaimed by music critics who found it catchy, and complimented its chorus and the group's vocal performance.
context_section_description: Little Mix debuted "Wings" with a performance at T4 on the Beach that aired live on Channel 4 on 1 July 2012. A rehearsal video filmed prior to the rendition was shared by the group on 9 July 2012. Little Mix performed the song on British children's entertainment television programme Friday Download on 13 July 2012, This Morning on 20 August 2012, and on Red or Black? on 25 August 2012. The group performed the song on a revamped version of British breakfast television programme Daybreak on 3 September 2012. Arriving by helicopter, they performed from an outdoor stage in South Bank. On 7 October 2012, Little Mix performed the track along with "DNA" at BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards. To promote "Wings" in Australia, the group performed the song on the fourth Australian series of The X Factor on 30 October 2012, and on Australian breakfast television programme Sunrise the following day. On 11 November 2012, they gave an acoustic rendition on the British series of The Xtra Factor. In Ireland, the group performed the song along with "DNA" at the ChildLine Concert which was broadcast on TV3 on 1 December 2012. On 8 December 2012, the track was included in their set list for Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball. Dressed in star-themed black and pink outfits, the group performed the song without Edwards who was ill following a tonsillectomy.
  During Little Mix's 2013 DNA Tour, "Wings" and its remix by The Alias were performed as the sixth song and encore reprise. The group performed the song wearing 1990s-style baggy jeans and personalised crop tops. On 25 April 2013, they performed the track on French television programme Le Grand Journal. On 7 June 2013, the band made their US television debut with a performance of "Wings" on morning talk show Good Morning America. The group also performed the song on American morning talk show Live with Kelly and Michael on 10 June 2013. On 13 September 2013, Little Mix performed the track on Japanese music programme Music Station. 
  For their 2014 Salute Tour, the band performed "Wings" as the closing encore wearing Grecian-themed, matching black dresses and ended their renditions with confetti showers.
  During the first act of 2016's The Get Weird Tour, Little Mix performed the song wearing bright pink leotards. On 4 June 2017, the group performed the track in monochrome outfits at One Love Manchester, a benefit concert for victims of the Manchester Arena bombing that was broadcast live on BBC One. In a speech ahead of the performance, Thirlwall said they wrote the song "in the hopes that it would empower people to stand together and to not let anything bring them down". For 2017's The Glory Days Tour, the group performed "Wings" wearing showgirl outfits with feather boas; during the song, golden butterflies were fired into the audience. The track was also performed as part of the setlists for their Summer Hits Tour in 2018 and LM5: The Tour in 2019.
caption: Little Mix performing "Wings" during 2017's The Glory Days Tour.
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