Band on the Run

Band on the Run
Studio album by Paul McCartney and Wings
Released	30 November 1973
Recorded	August–October 1973
Studio	EMI and ARC, Lagos, Nigeria AIR and Kingsway Recorders, London[1]
Genre	Rock
Length	41:08 (UK version) 44:17 (US version)
Label	Apple
Producer	Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney and Wings chronology
Red Rose Speedway (1973) Band on the Run (1973) Venus and Mars (1975)
Singles from Band on the Run
"Mrs. Vandebilt" Released: January 1974 "Jet" Released: 28 January 1974 "Band on the Run" Released: 8 April 1974

Band on the Run is the third studio album by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released by Apple on 30 November 1973. It was McCartney's fifth album after leaving the Beatles in April 1970. Although sales were modest initially, its commercial performance was aided by two hit singles – "Jet" and "Band on the Run" – such that it became the top-selling studio album of 1974 in the United Kingdom and Australia, in addition to revitalising McCartney's critical standing. It remains McCartney's most successful album and the most celebrated of his post-Beatles works.

The album was mostly recorded at EMI's studio in Lagos, Nigeria, as McCartney wanted to make an album in an exotic location. Shortly before departing for Lagos, drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist Henry McCullough left the group. With no time to recruit replacements, McCartney went into the studio with just his wife Linda and Denny Laine. McCartney therefore played bass, drums, percussion and most of the lead guitar parts.^[2] The studio was of poor quality and conditions in Nigeria were tense and difficult; the McCartneys were robbed at knifepoint, losing a bag of song lyrics and demo tapes. After the band's return to England, final overdubs and further recording were carried out in London, mostly at AIR Studios.