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Wings | Artist Essentials
First released: 1973 (year verified)
Original 1973 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The driving rhythm lets the layered voices and keyboard colors give the refrain its shape.
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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
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These are listening-list appearances, separate from the first-release date.
The retained 1974 hit context concerns the original Wings studio recording already on Band on the Run in 1973. Its annual carryover does not replace the original album year.
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
About Wings
Wings began in 1971 around Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney and Denny Laine. The group developed its own touring and studio life through a changing lineup, with Jimmy McCulloch and Joe English joining the core trio for Venus and Mars. At the Speed of Sound gave every band member a lead-vocal turn, making the ensemble's range especially clear. Their catalog combines concise singles, connected album passages, guitar-led performances and carefully layered vocal arrangements.
Artist background sources
Wings - artist's band history
The official Wings history identifies the 1971 formation by Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney and Denny Laine, and seven studio albums. Album-page numbering that mixes the wider post-Beatles discography is not used for the band count. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
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. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
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. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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