Paul McCartney & Wings – Mull of Kintyre

“Mull of Kintyre” is a song by the British-American rock band Wings written by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine. The song was written in tribute to the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland and its headland, the Mull of Kintyre, where McCartney has owned High Park Farm since 1966.

The single was Wings’ biggest hit in Britain and is one of the best selling singles of all time in the United Kingdom, where it became the 1977 Christmas number one and was the first single to sell over two million copies nationwide.

The official music video was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and filmed at Saddell Bay on the eastern side of the Kintyre peninsula about seven miles (11km) from High Park Farm and two months after recording the song. Paul, Linda and Denny perform the song as they overlook the bay and walk down to the beach where the Campbeltown Pipe Band are marching and playing. It culminates in a bonfire singalong with extras from Campbeltown

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Paul McCartney & Wings - Mull of Kintyre

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This was barely noticed in the US, but in Britain it was the best-selling single of the ’70s, selling in excess of 2 million copies, which was more than any Beatles record. The US single was actually a bigger hit for its B-side, “Girls’ School”, than for this song. It peaked at #33 early in 1978.

The UK sales figures are astonishing: when the Official Charts company compiled a list in 2012 of the top-selling singles of all time, “Mull Of Kintyre/Girls’ School” was #4, just below “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Mull of Kintyre este o compoziție a lui Paul McCartney și Denny Laine.  Melodia este un tribut adus peninsulei Kintyre, acolo unde Paul McCartney avea o fermă încă din 1966, High Park Farm.

Melodia a fost lansată la 11 Noiembrie 1977 , și a devenit ubunul din cele mai vândute single-uri în UK. A fost primul single care s-a vândut în 2 milione de exemplare în UK. Melodia a fost lansată sub numele grupului sau, Wings.

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