GLOBALRPH MUSICATLASWings: Artist Essentials
A twenty-five-song route through the band's studio singles, album arrangements and a contrasting Denny Laine lead vocal.
Showing 25 of 25 selected recordings.This depth selects the first 25 recordings in the recommended sequence. Changing the order rearranges those same selections.
When only a year is established, chronological order within that year is approximate.
01list
orderWings
First released: 1973 (year verified)
Original album: Band on the Run
Original 1973 full album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The successive sections make the opening restraint feel like preparation for a much wider melodic release.
Annual version match under reviewThe selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1973 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1973. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1973 full album recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: Band on the Run
Band on the Run - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1973 Wings album program and performer credits for Band on the Run. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
02list
orderWings
First released: 1973 (year verified)
Original album: Band on the Run
Original 1973 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The driving rhythm lets the layered voices and keyboard colors give the refrain its shape.
Annual appearances: 1974
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1973 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1973. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1973 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: Band on the Run
Band on the Run - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1973 Wings album program and performer credits for Band on the Run. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
03list
orderWings
First released: 1973 (year verified)
Original single: Live and Let Die
Original 1973 studio recording
Sourced recording note: Paul McCartney was commissioned by the Bond film producers to write this theme. The original Wings studio recording belongs to that film project.
Annual appearances: 1973
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1973 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1973. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1973 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original single: Live and Let Die
Live and Let Die - MPL original Wings single archive
Original 1973 Wings single and theme-song commission from the Bond film producers. This is the original studio theme recording, not later Wings or solo McCartney concert performances. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Live and Let Die - MPL original Wings single archive
Original 1973 Wings single and theme-song commission from the Bond film producers. This is the original studio theme recording, not later Wings or solo McCartney concert performances. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
04list
orderWings
First released: 1973 (year verified)
Original single: My Love
Original 1973 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The spacious accompaniment gives the lead vocal and guitar solo separate moments to linger.
Annual appearances: 1973
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1973 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1973. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1973 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original single: My Love
My Love - MPL original Wings single archive
Original Wings studio recording released in 1973, after the song's earlier unissued tour performances. The live Hague recording on the B-side is The Mess, not the selected My Love master. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
05list
orderWings
First released: 1976 (year verified)
Original album: At the Speed of Sound
Original 1976 full album recording
Sourced recording note: The official artist account describes the song as McCartney's response to critics who dismissed his sentimental writing.
Annual version match under reviewThe selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1976 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1976. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1976 full album recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: At the Speed of Sound
At the Speed of Sound - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1976 eleven-track Wings album program and named band/lead-vocal credits. Time to Hide is explicitly Denny Laine's lead vocal and composition. Original Beware My Love is separate from the archive John Bonham take; Country Hams bonus credits do not become Wings performances. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Silly Love Songs - MPL original Wings single archive
Original 1976 single associated with the earlier At the Speed of Sound album. The artist archive describes the song as a response to criticism of sentimental songwriting. Later film rerecordings are excluded. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Silly Love Songs - MPL original Wings single archive
Original 1976 single associated with the earlier At the Speed of Sound album. The artist archive describes the song as a response to criticism of sentimental songwriting. Later film rerecordings are excluded. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
06list
orderWings
First released: 1976 (year verified)
Original album: At the Speed of Sound
Original 1976 full album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The measured march-like pulse gives each repeated invitation a familiar place to land.
Annual version match under reviewThe selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1976 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1976. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1976 full album recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: At the Speed of Sound
At the Speed of Sound - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1976 eleven-track Wings album program and named band/lead-vocal credits. Time to Hide is explicitly Denny Laine's lead vocal and composition. Original Beware My Love is separate from the archive John Bonham take; Country Hams bonus credits do not become Wings performances. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
07list
orderWings
First released: 1975 (year verified)
Original album: Venus and Mars
Original 1975 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The light rhythm leaves space for the melodic instrumental replies around the vocal.
Annual appearances: 1975
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1975 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1975. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1975 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: Venus and Mars
Venus and Mars - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1975 Wings album program and performer credits for Venus and Mars. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
08list
orderWings
First released: 1978 (year verified)
Original album: London Town
Original 1978 full album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The gently moving electronic textures make the sustained melody feel suspended over the beat.
Annual version match under reviewThe selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1978 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1978. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1978 full album recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: London Town
London Town - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1978 Wings album program and performer credits for London Town. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
09list
orderWings with the Campbeltown Pipe Band
First released: 1977 (year verified)
Original single: Mull of Kintyre
Original 1977 studio recording
Sourced recording note: McCartney said he wanted to try writing a new Scottish song. The recording joins the Wings core trio with the Campbeltown Pipe Band.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1977 (year verified)
The original group and pipe-band single was released in 1977, before its later appearances on Wings Greatest and the expanded London Town reissue.
Recording: Original 1977 studio recording
Credit: Wings with the Campbeltown Pipe Band
Role in this collection: Wings core-trio recording with the Campbeltown Pipe Band
Original single: Mull of Kintyre
Mull of Kintyre - MPL original Wings single archive
Original 1977 single and full core-trio/Campbeltown Pipe Band participation. The artist's own account explains his interest in writing a new Scottish song; the later London Town reissue is not its first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Mull of Kintyre - MPL original Wings single archive
Original 1977 single and full core-trio/Campbeltown Pipe Band participation. The artist's own account explains his interest in writing a new Scottish song; the later London Town reissue is not its first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
10list
orderWings
First released: 1974 (year verified)
Original single: Junior's Farm
Original 1974 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The guitar exchanges add a rougher edge to the quickly moving central hook.
Annual appearances: 1975
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1974 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1974. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1974 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original single: Junior's Farm
Junior's Farm - MPL original Wings single archive
Original 1974 Wings single and its credited A/B-side program. Later compilation, archive-reissue and concert dates do not date the original selected recording; only year precision is assigned. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
11list
orderWings
First released: 1972 (year verified)
Original single: Hi, Hi, Hi
Original 1972 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Short vocal phrases and a hard-working guitar rhythm keep the performance in constant motion.
Annual appearances: 1972
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1972 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1972. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1972 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original single: Hi, Hi, Hi
Hi, Hi, Hi - MPL original Wings single archive
Original 1972 Wings single and its credited A/B-side program. Later compilation, archive-reissue and concert dates do not date the original selected recording; only year precision is assigned. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
12list
orderWings
First released: 1973 (year verified)
Original single: Helen Wheels
Original 1973 studio recording
Sourced recording note: The title comes from the nickname of Paul and Linda McCartney's Land Rover, according to the official single history.
Annual appearances: 1974
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1973 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1973. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1973 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original single: Helen Wheels
Helen Wheels - MPL original Wings single archive
Original 1973 single precedes Band on the Run and appeared only on the US original album program. The artist explains that the title refers to Paul and Linda's Land Rover. Neither the 1974 annual appearance nor an archive-reissue date is its first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Helen Wheels - MPL original Wings single archive
Original 1973 single precedes Band on the Run and appeared only on the US original album program. The artist explains that the title refers to Paul and Linda's Land Rover. Neither the 1974 annual appearance nor an archive-reissue date is its first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
13list
orderWings
First released: 1979 (year verified)
Original single: Goodnight Tonight
Original 1979 seven-inch single recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The agile bass line helps the clipped guitar figures feel relaxed against the steady beat.
Annual version match under reviewThe selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1979 (year verified)
The selected original seven-inch presentation was released in 1979. The separately documented extended twelve-inch mix is not selected.
Recording: Original 1979 seven-inch single recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original single: Goodnight Tonight
Goodnight Tonight - MPL original Wings single archive
Original 1979 non-album 7-inch single and B-side Daytime Nightime Suffering. The source explicitly distinguishes the extended seven-minute 12-inch mix; this collection selects the short original single presentation. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
14list
orderWings
First released: 1973 (year verified)
Original album: Band on the Run
Original 1973 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The large spaces between the guitar phrases make their return especially forceful.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1973 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1973. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1973 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: Band on the Run
Band on the Run - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1973 Wings album program and performer credits for Band on the Run. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
15list
orderWings
First released: 1973 (year verified)
Original album: Band on the Run
Original 1973 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The repeating piano figure gives the arrangement a firm center as the sound grows larger.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1973 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1973. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1973 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: Band on the Run
Band on the Run - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1973 Wings album program and performer credits for Band on the Run. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
16list
orderWings
First released: 1973 (year verified)
Original album: Band on the Run
Original 1973 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Softly interlocking voices and a gentle pulse create a quieter corner of the album.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1973 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1973. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1973 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: Band on the Run
Band on the Run - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1973 Wings album program and performer credits for Band on the Run. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
17list
orderWings
First released: 1975 (year verified)
Original album: Venus and Mars
Original 1975 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The brief acoustic opening creates a sense of anticipation before the next album section.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1975 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1975. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1975 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: Venus and Mars
Venus and Mars - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1975 Wings album program and performer credits for Venus and Mars. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
18list
orderWings
First released: 1975 (year verified)
Original album: Venus and Mars
Original 1975 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The heavy entrance changes the scale after the softer opening of the album.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1975 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1975. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1975 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: Venus and Mars
Venus and Mars - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1975 Wings album program and performer credits for Venus and Mars. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
19list
orderWings
First released: 1976 (year verified)
Original album: At the Speed of Sound
Original 1976 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Listen to the way the repeated vocal calls acquire more weight as the arrangement builds.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1976 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1976. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1976 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: At the Speed of Sound
At the Speed of Sound - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1976 eleven-track Wings album program and named band/lead-vocal credits. Time to Hide is explicitly Denny Laine's lead vocal and composition. Original Beware My Love is separate from the archive John Bonham take; Country Hams bonus credits do not become Wings performances. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
20list
orderWings
First released: 1976 (year verified)
Original album: At the Speed of Sound
Original 1976 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: A different lead-vocal color and a restless rhythm broaden the picture of the band.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1976 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1976. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1976 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Denny Laine lead vocal
Original album: At the Speed of Sound
At the Speed of Sound - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1976 eleven-track Wings album program and named band/lead-vocal credits. Time to Hide is explicitly Denny Laine's lead vocal and composition. Original Beware My Love is separate from the archive John Bonham take; Country Hams bonus credits do not become Wings performances. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
21list
orderWings
First released: 1978 (year verified)
Original album: London Town
Original 1978 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The unhurried vocal lines move through shifting instrumental colors without losing their central melody.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1978 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1978. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1978 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: London Town
London Town - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1978 Wings album program and performer credits for London Town. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
22list
orderWings
First released: 1979 (year verified)
Original album: Back to the Egg
Original 1979 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The keyboard and bass details give the smooth melody a tightly shaped rhythmic setting.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1979 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1979. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1979 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: Back to the Egg
Back to the Egg - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1979 Wings album program and performer credits for Back to the Egg. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
23list
orderWings
First released: 1979 (year verified)
Original album: Back to the Egg
Original 1979 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The short guitar figures make quick answers to the clipped lead-vocal phrases.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1979 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1979. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1979 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: Back to the Egg
Back to the Egg - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1979 Wings album program and performer credits for Back to the Egg. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
24list
orderWings
First released: 1979 (year verified)
Original album: Back to the Egg
Original 1979 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The insistent opening pattern keeps pulling the vocal back into the song's rhythmic orbit.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1979 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1979. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1979 studio recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original album: Back to the Egg
Back to the Egg - MPL original Wings album program
Original 1979 Wings album program and performer credits for Back to the Egg. The page's territory-specific calendar day is not claimed as the earliest worldwide release; only the supported original year is used. Later remasters, outtakes, live recordings and solo rerecordings are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
25list
orderWings
First released: 1979 (year verified)
Original single: Goodnight Tonight / Daytime Nightime Suffering
Original 1979 studio B-side recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The changing vocal layers reward attention beyond the first statement of the refrain.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1979 (year verified)
The original Wings recording was first released in 1979. Year precision preserves earlier album or single availability without assigning a regional day to its worldwide debut.
Recording: Original 1979 studio B-side recording
Credit: Wings
Role in this collection: Band recording; Paul McCartney lead vocal
Original single: Goodnight Tonight / Daytime Nightime Suffering
Original B-side; not part of the original Back to the Egg album.
Goodnight Tonight - MPL original Wings single archive
Original 1979 non-album 7-inch single and B-side Daytime Nightime Suffering. The source explicitly distinguishes the extended seven-minute 12-inch mix; this collection selects the short original single presentation. | Reviewed 2026-10-18