New Lyric Video: 'Band on the Run'

28.04.2014
28 April 2014

Today PaulMcCartney.com publishes a new lyric video for the Paul McCartney and Wings song 'Band on the Run'.

The video was directed and produced by visual artist Ben Ib. If you have seen Paul live in recent years you may already be familiar with his work as he has also created several of the tour screens. Watch it below...

April 2014 marks the ‘Band on the Run’ U.S. single’s anniversary, released as a 7” on 8th April, 1974 (28th June 1974 in the UK, fact fans!).

The Band on the Run album was recorded in EMI Studios, Lagos and AIR Studios, London between August and October of 1973. Wings were without a drummer at the time so Paul stepped in and recorded all the drum tracks himself. It was during the Lagos sessions that Paul and Linda were mugged losing their money, camera and the original album demos to the thieves!

This unfortunate event didn’t stop Band on the Run from becoming Wings’ most successful album. It was the top selling album in the UK in 1974 and reached no.1 in the US on 3 separate occasions. It has gone on to sell over 7 million copies worldwide.

The 'band on the run' on the iconic front cover features broadcasters Michael Parkinson and Clement Freud, singer / actor Kenny Lynch, actor James Coburn, actor Christopher Lee, boxer John Conteh as well as Paul, Linda and Denny Laine

The album was re-mastered and reissued in 2010 as the first release in the on-going Paul McCartney Archive Collection, featuring previously unreleased performances and rare documentary footage.

Get your copy of the remastered Band on the Run here:

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