Wings over America is the sixth album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Wings

Wings (band)

Wings were a British-American rock group formed in 1971 by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine and Linda McCartney that remained active until 1981....

 and their only live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

. In its initial release, it was a triple album and included a poster of the band.

Recording history

Originally, Wings over America was to be a two-record set, but this was rethought due to the success of a bootleg called Wings from the Wings, released on a bicentennial red, white and blue triple record set, recorded on 23 June 1976 at The Forum (Inglewood, California)

The Forum (Inglewood, California)

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. This caused McCartney to redo the official release as a three-record set covering the entire concert, including Denny Laine's "Go Now

Go Now (song)

"Go Now" is a 1964 song composed by Larry Banks and Milton Bennett. It was first recorded by Bessie Banks, and most successfully by The Moody Blues.-Bessie Banks:The song was first recorded by Larry Banks' former wife, Bessie Banks...

", a song from his time as a member of The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues are an English rock band. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their 1967 album Days of Future Passed....

. This song was only performed 21–23 June 1976 at the Forum.

Compiled from all recorded shows of the band's Wings Over America Tour that spring, Wings over America was another success for Paul McCartney and Wings, reaching #1 in the US in early 1977 (the last in a 5-album stretch of consecutive #1 albums for Wings) and #8 in the UK, and selling several million copies.

Wings Over America was reissued as a double-CD in 1984 on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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, although few copies were made since few people had CD players in 1984, and soon McCartney would leave Columbia/CBS and go back to Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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. The Columbia double-CD went out of print soon after it hit stores; the Capitol double-CD is much more common.

A 1999 reissue of the album by Toshiba-EMI

Toshiba-EMI

(formerly , is one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. in June 30, 2007 after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. The current CEO and president is San-e Ichii. When EMI Music Japan was trading as Toshiba-EMI, it was...

 in Japan reinstated the three-disc format from the original LP issue. This coincided with a new remastering of the album from the source tapes, which greatly improved the sound quality of the album. As of 2008, this remastered set has not been issued anywhere other than Japan.

On 14 April 2008, the album was released as a digital download on both iTunes

ITunes

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 and Amazon

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. It was removed for some time off of digital music sites in 2010 and 2011, but as of August 2011 it is available for sale on iTunes

ITunes

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.

A remaster from Hear Music

Hear Music

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 is expected in fall 2011.

Track listing

All songs by Paul

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

 and Linda McCartney

Linda McCartney

Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney was an American photographer, musician and animal rights activist. Her father and mother were Lee Eastman and Louise Sara Lindner Eastman....

 except where noted. For the five Beatles songs included, McCartney elected to reverse the songwriting credit to McCartney/Lennon, rather than the standard Lennon/McCartney

Lennon/McCartney

The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...

. On the compact disc release, sides one through three are on disc one, and sides four through six on disc two.

Side one

1. "Venus and Mars/Rock Show
   Venus and Mars/Rock Show
   "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" is a a medley of two songs written by Paul and Linda McCartney and originally performed by Wings that make up the first two songs of the album Venus and Mars. The single was released in the US on 27 October 1975 and in the UK on 28 November 1975. The B-side was "Magneto...
   
   /Jet
   Jet (song)
   "Jet" is a song by Paul McCartney & Wings from their album Band on the Run. The song peaked at number 7 in both the British and American charts on 30 March 1974. Along with "Helen Wheels" and "Junior's Farm", it is another McCartney song where his primary inspiration for composing the song arose in...
   
   " – 9:56
2. "Let Me Roll It
   Let Me Roll It
   "Let Me Roll It" is the last track on side one on the Paul McCartney & Wings album Band on the Run. The song was seen by critics as a pastiche to John Lennon's sound, particularly the riff and the use of tape echo on the vocals. McCartney, however, never claimed the song was intended as a pastiche...
   
   " – 3:51
3. "Spirits of Ancient Egypt" – 4:04
4. "Medicine Jar" (Jimmy McCulloch
   Jimmy McCulloch
   James 'Jimmy' McCulloch was a Scottish musician and songwriter, born in Dumbarton and raised in Clydebank and Cumbernauld, Scotland, who was best known for playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977...
   
   /Colin Allen) – 4:02

Side two

1. "Maybe I'm Amazed
   Maybe I'm Amazed
   "Maybe I'm Amazed" is a song written by Paul McCartney that was first released on his McCartney album on 17 April 1970. The studio version from the album has never been released as a single. McCartney dedicated the song to his wife, Linda, who had helped him get through the break-up of The Beatles...
   
   " (Paul McCartney) – 5:10
2. "Call Me Back Again
   Call Me Back Again
   "Call Me Back Again" is a song credited to Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was originally released on the album Venus and Mars. It was performed throughout their world tours in Australia and America and a live version was included on the album Wings Over America. It was also...
   
   " – 5:04
3. "Lady Madonna
   Lady Madonna
   "Lady Madonna" is a song by The Beatles, primarily written by Paul McCartney . In March 1968, it was released as a single, backed with "The Inner Light." The song was recorded on 3 and 6 February 1968 before the Beatles left for India...
   
   " (Paul McCartney/John Lennon
   Lennon/McCartney
   The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...
   
   ) – 2:19
4. "The Long and Winding Road
   The Long and Winding Road
   "The Long and Winding Road" is a ballad written by Paul McCartney that originally appeared on The Beatles' album Let It Be. It became The Beatles' 20th and last number-one song in the United States on 23 May 1970, and was the last single released by the quartet...
   
   " (McCartney/Lennon) – 4:13
5. "Live and Let Die
   Live and Let Die (song)
   "Live and Let Die" is the main theme song of the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die and was performed by Paul McCartney & Wings for the movie soundtrack and appears on the soundtrack album. The song was one of Wings' most successful singles, and the most successful Bond theme to that point...
   
   " – 3:07

Side three

1. "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)
   Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)
   "Picasso's Last Words " is a song from Paul McCartney and Wings' album Band on the Run. It was not released as a single.-Writing:...
   
   " – 1:55
2. "Richard Cory" (Paul Simon
   Paul Simon
   Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
   
   ) – 2:50
3. "Bluebird
   Bluebird (song)
   "Bluebird" is a song credited to Paul and Linda McCartney that was originally released on the Paul McCartney and Wings' album Band on the Run. According to author John Blaney, it was written during a vacation in Jamaica...
   
   " – 3:37
4. "I've Just Seen a Face
   I've Just Seen a Face
   "I've Just Seen a Face" is a song by The Beatles. It appears on their 1965 United Kingdom album Help!, although in the United States it and "It's Only Love" first appeared on the Capitol version of the Rubber Soul album.-Composition:...
   
   " (McCartney/Lennon) – 1:49
5. "Blackbird
   Blackbird (song)
   "Blackbird" is a Beatles song from the double-disc album The Beatles . Blackbird was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon–McCartney.-Origins:...
   
   " (McCartney/Lennon) – 2:23
6. "Yesterday
   Yesterday (song)
   "Yesterday" is a song originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help!. The song first hit the United Kingdom top 10 three months after the release of Help!. The song remains popular today with more than 1,600 cover versions, one of the most covered songs in the history of recorded...
   
   " (McCartney/Lennon) – 1:43

Side four

1. "You Gave Me the Answer
   You Gave Me the Answer
   You Gave Me the Answer is a song written by Paul McCartney for the Wings album Venus and Mars. McCartney has occasionally paid tribute to his father, James, who led his own big band in his youth, by writing "Music Hall numbers." Other such songs from McCartney's catalog include When I'm Sixty-Four...
   
   " – 1:47
2. "Magneto and Titanium Man
   Magneto and Titanium Man
   "Magneto and Titanium Man" was the B-side song to Wings' single, "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" in 1975. It was Paul McCartney's attempt to branch out musically, and is the only song where McCartney uses comic book characters as subjects in the song. The first two characters mentioned in the song are...
   
   " – 3:11
3. "Go Now
   Go Now (song)
   "Go Now" is a 1964 song composed by Larry Banks and Milton Bennett. It was first recorded by Bessie Banks, and most successfully by The Moody Blues.-Bessie Banks:The song was first recorded by Larry Banks' former wife, Bessie Banks...
   
   " (Larry Banks
   Larry Banks
   Lawrence H. "Larry" Banks was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer.-Life and career:Banks was born in New York City and grew up in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn...
   
   /Milton Bennett) – 3:27
4. "My Love
   My Love (Paul McCartney song)
   “My Love” is a love song by Paul McCartney & Wings, the most successful track from their 1973 album Red Rose Speedway. McCartney wrote it about his feelings for his wife Linda, also in the band....
   
   " – 4:07
5. "Listen to What the Man Said" – 3:18

Side five

1. "Let 'Em In
   Let 'em In
   "Let 'Em In" is a song by Wings from their 1976 album Wings at the Speed of Sound. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney and reached the top 3 in both the United States and the United Kingdom: It was a #2 hit in the UK, and in the US it was a #3 pop hit and #1 easy listening hit...
   
   " – 4:02
2. "Time to Hide" (Denny Laine
   Denny Laine
   Denny Laine is an English songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, guitarist, and lead singer of The Moody Blues' 1965 debut album "The Magnificent Moodies"; and, later, best known for his role as co-founder of Wings...
   
   ) – 4:46
3. "Silly Love Songs
   Silly Love Songs
   Silly Love Songs is a song written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. The song appeared on the 1976 album, Wings at the Speed of Sound. It was also released as a single in 1976. The US single was released on 1 April 1976 and reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The UK single was...
   
   " – 5:46
4. "Beware My Love
   Beware My Love
   "Beware My Love" is a song credited to Paul and Linda McCartney that was first released on the Wings 1976 album Wings at the Speed of Sound. It was also used as the B-side of the single that included "Let 'Em In"...
   
   " – 4:49

Side six

1. "Letting Go" – 4:25
2. "Band on the Run
   Band on the Run (song)
   "Band on the Run" is the title song from Paul McCartney & Wings' acclaimed Band on the Run album. The single sold one million copies in 1974 in the United States, where it reached number 1, and it went to number 3 in the United Kingdom...
   
   " – 5:03
3. "Hi, Hi, Hi
   Hi, Hi, Hi
   "Hi, Hi, Hi" is a song written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was released as a double A-side single with "C Moon" in 1972.The single peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and at number 10 in the United States in January 1973...
   
   " – 2:57
4. "Soily
   Soily
   "Soily" is a song written by Paul McCartney which was performed by his band Wings, usually at the end of concerts as an encore. This song appeared while the Band on the Run demos were recorded, with McCartney on drums. At least seven takes were recorded in 1974 at Abbey Road Studios for inclusion...
   
   " – 5:10

Personnel

• Paul McCartney
  Paul McCartney
  Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
  
   — bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  , keyboards, vocals
• Linda McCartney
  Linda McCartney
  Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney was an American photographer, musician and animal rights activist. Her father and mother were Lee Eastman and Louise Sara Lindner Eastman....
  
   — keyboards, percussion, piano, vocals
• Denny Laine
  Denny Laine
  Denny Laine is an English songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, guitarist, and lead singer of The Moody Blues' 1965 debut album "The Magnificent Moodies"; and, later, best known for his role as co-founder of Wings...
  
   — guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  s, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion, harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  , vocals
• Jimmy McCulloch
  Jimmy McCulloch
  James 'Jimmy' McCulloch was a Scottish musician and songwriter, born in Dumbarton and raised in Clydebank and Cumbernauld, Scotland, who was best known for playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977...
  
   — guitars, bass guitar, vocals
• Joe English — drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , percussion, vocals
• Tony Dorsey — trombone
  Trombone
  The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
  
  , percussion
• Howie Casey
  Howie Casey
  Howard William "Howie" Casey is a British rhythm and blues and rock saxophonist. He first came to prominence in the early 1960s as a member of Derry and the Seniors, the first rock and roll band from Liverpool to play clubs in Germany, and later, as leader of the renamed Howie Casey and the...
  
   — saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  , percussion
• Steve Howard — trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
  , flugelhorn
  Flugelhorn
  The flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus...
  
  , percussion
• Thaddeus Richard — saxophone, clarinet
  Clarinet
  The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
  
  , flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
  , percussion

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1977	Billboard 200	1
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