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Paul McCartney’s New Video for “Band on the Run”

Band on the Run video

For this month’s fortieth anniversary of the U.S. release of the single “Band on the Run” by Paul McCartney and Wings, McCartney has released a new video for the song. The video, directed and produced by visual artist Ben Ib, creatively uses the lyrics of the video to create images from the song. Check it out.

The album Band On The Run was recorded during August-October 1973 in EMI Studios, Lagos and AIR Studios, London. It went on to become the most successful album from Wings.

What is your favorite song from Band on the Run? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Listen to What Paul McCartney Said (and Sang) on “The Colbert Report”

    Last night, Stephen Colbert was absolutely giddy about having Paul McCartney on his show The Colbert Report. During the interview segment, Colbert led McCartney into an interesting discussion about McCartney’s band Wings and his pre-Wings band, The Beatles.

    One of the reasons for the McCartney appearance was to promote a new remastered version of Wings Over America (1976). But some of the most interesting parts of the interview were where McCartney discussed the great Wings album, Band on the Run (1973).

    McCartney also performed five songs during the show: “I’ve Just Seen a Face,” “Hi, Hi, Hi,” “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite,” “Listen to What the Man Said,” and “Lady Madonna.” He also performed a web-exclusive version of “Birthday.” Below is his performance of “Listen to What the Man Said.” [2016 Update: Unfortunately, the videos from the show are no longer available.]

    How did it all fit into the half-hour show? Well, they had to expand The Colbert Report to a half hour to fit it all in, and of course it was worth every minute. You may catch the full episode on The Colbert Report website.

    What is your favorite part of the interview? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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