ON THIS DATE (37 YEARS AGO) November 11, 1977 – Wings: Mull Of - TopicsExpress



          

ON THIS DATE (37 YEARS AGO) November 11, 1977 – Wings: Mull Of Kintyre b/w Girls School (Capitol R 6018) Doubles A-sided single is released in the UK. Mull of Kintyre is a song written by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine and performed by Wings. The song was written in tribute to the picturesque Kintyre peninsula in Scotland, where McCartney has owned High Park Farm since 1966, and its headland, the Mull of Kintyre. The song was Wings biggest hit in the United Kingdom where it became the 1977 Christmas number one, and was the first single to sell over two million copies in the UK. The lyrics of the first verse, also used as the repeating chorus, are an ode to the areas natural beauty and sense of home: Mull of Kintyre Oh mist rolling in from the sea, My desire Is always to be here Oh Mull of Kintyre McCartney explained how the song came into being: I certainly loved Scotland enough, so I came up with a song about where we were living; an area called Mull of Kintyre. It was a love song really, about how I enjoyed being there and imagining I was travelling away and wanting to get back there.” Mull of Kintyre was recorded in August 1977 in London, during a break in recording the London Town album caused by Linda McCartneys advanced pregnancy, which led to the departure of Jimmy McCulloch and Joe English from Wings. Bagpipes from Kintyres local Campbeltown Pipe Band were included as a prominent part of the recording. Mull of Kintyre and Girls School (a rocker that had been previously recorded for London Town) were released as a double A-sided single on 11 November 1977, independently of the album. The songs broad appeal was maximized by its pre-Christmas release and it became a Christmas number one single in the UK, spending 9 weeks at the top of the charts. It went on to become the first single to sell over two million copies in the UK and becoming the UKs best-selling single of all-time (eclipsing The Beatles own She Loves You) until overtaken by Band Aids Do They Know Its Christmas? in 1984 (which also featured McCartney on the B-Side). One place where the song was not a hit was the United States, where the flipside Girls School received more airplay and reached No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 while Mull of Kintyre only managed to reach No. 45 on the Easy Listening chart. Paul McCartney The Beatles...
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:04:41 +0000

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