Wingspan: Hits and History

Wingspan: Hits and History
Greatest hits album by Paul McCartney
Released 7 May 2001
Recorded Late 1969 – mid 1983
Genre Rock
Length 153:04 (UK version)
Label Parlophone
Producer Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Chris Thomas, George Martin
Paul McCartney chronology
Liverpool Sound Collage
(2000)		 Wingspan: Hits and History
(2001)		 Driving Rain
(2001)

Wingspan: Hits and History is a greatest hits compilation album by Paul McCartney featuring material spanning his first solo album McCartney in 1970 to the 1984 Give My Regards To Broad Street movie soundtrack. This set is officially credited to Paul McCartney, although the bulk of the music included was performed by his former band Wings.

American and British editions of the album vary slightly, as the UK edition contains the studio version of "Coming Up" while the US edition contains "Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)", which had reached number 1 on the Billboard singles chart. The Japanese version of the album also includes "Eat at Home", which had been issued as a 1971 single in the non-English-speaking world, as a bonus cut on the "Hits" disc.

History

McCartney was involved in fifteen albums during this period: five solo albums; one album with his wife Linda; and nine albums with Wings (including a greatest hits compilation). Wingspan features songs from each of those albums, as well as a few singles that had not been included on Wings Greatest.

Wings were active from 1971 to 1980, but this set also includes material from McCartney's albums from earlier (1970–71) and later (1980–84) years. However, it does not include any of McCartney's well-known collaborations with Stevie Wonder or Michael Jackson, which took place during the latter period; a notable absence is one of McCartney's biggest hits, "Say, Say, Say", most likely due to his falling out with Jackson in 1985. Nor does it include "Ebony and Ivory".

Wingspan is separated into two distinct sets: the "Hits" disc features commercially successful material, while "History" showcases lesser-known songs from the same period. On the US release, fourteen of the eighteen songs on "Hits" were performed by Wings, but only nine of the twenty-two songs on "History" are by Wings.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Essential Rock Discography8/10[2]
Q[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Uncut[5]

Released in 2001 in conjunction with a prime time TV documentary, similarly called Wingspan, the associated soundtrack was a commercial success. In the United States, it went straight to number 2 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 221,000 copies in the first week of its release.[6] The album charted there for 14 weeks, selling approximately 970,000 units as of 2005.[7] Wingspan has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and also reached gold status in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.[8] A DVD release of the broadcast documentary – which dealt with McCartney's relationship with Linda Eastman and their eventual marriage, the traumatic final year of the Beatles' career and his own role in their break-up, and the story of Wings' formation and career through the 1970s towards their dissolution in 1980 – was produced by Mary McCartney, who also interviewed her father in the film.

Track listing

Disc 1: Hits

No. TitleWriter(s)Performer(s) Length
1. "Listen to What the Man Said" (taken from the album Venus and Mars)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyWings 3:55
2. "Band on the Run" (taken from the album Band on the Run)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyPaul McCartney and Wings 5:12
3. "Another Day"  Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyPaul McCartney 3:42
4. "Live and Let Die"  Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyPaul McCartney and Wings 3:12
5. "Jet" (taken from the album Band on the Run)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyPaul McCartney and Wings 4:08
6. "My Love" (taken from the album Red Rose Speedway)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyPaul McCartney and Wings 4:08
7. "Silly Love Songs" (taken from the album Wings at the Speed of Sound)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyWings 5:54
8. "Pipes of Peace" (taken from the album Pipes of Peace)Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 3:26
9. "C Moon"  Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyWings 4:34
10. "Hi, Hi, Hi"  Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyWings 3:08
11. "Let 'Em In" (taken from the album Wings at the Speed of Sound)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyWings 5:10
12. "Goodnight Tonight"  Paul McCartneyWings 4:21
13. "Junior's Farm" (DJ Edit, original version appeared on the album Wings Greatest)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyPaul McCartney and Wings 3:03
14. "Mull of Kintyre"  Paul McCartney, Denny LaineWings 4:44
15. "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (taken from the album Ram)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyPaul and Linda McCartney 4:49
16. "With a Little Luck" (DJ Edit, original version appeared on the album London Town)Paul McCartneyWings 3:13
17. "Coming Up" (taken from the album McCartney II)Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 3:53
18. "No More Lonely Nights" (taken from the album Give My Regards to Broad Street)Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 4:47
Total length:
 75:38

Disc 2: History

No. TitleWriter(s)Performer(s) Length
1. "Let Me Roll It" (taken from the album Band on the Run)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyPaul McCartney and Wings 4:50
2. "The Lovely Linda" (taken from the album McCartney)Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 0:45
3. "Daytime Nighttime Suffering"  Paul McCartneyWings 3:22
4. "Maybe I'm Amazed" (taken from the album McCartney)Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 3:51
5. "Helen Wheels" (taken from the album Band on the Run (US edition))Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyPaul McCartney and Wings 3:45
6. "Bluebird" (taken from the album Band on the Run)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyPaul McCartney and Wings 3:24
7. "Heart of the Country" (taken from the album Ram)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyPaul and Linda McCartney 2:24
8. "Every Night" (taken from the album McCartney)Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 2:34
9. "Take It Away" (Single version, original version appeared on the album Tug of War)Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 4:04
10. "Junk" (taken from the album McCartney)Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 1:56
11. "Man We Was Lonely" (taken from the album McCartney)Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 2:58
12. "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" (Single edit, original version appeared on the album Venus and Mars)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyWings 3:45
13. "The Back Seat of My Car" (taken from the album Ram)Paul McCartneyPaul and Linda McCartney 4:29
14. "Rockestra Theme" (taken from the album Back to the Egg)Paul McCartneyWings 2:36
15. "Girlfriend" (taken from the album London Town)Paul McCartneyWings 4:43
16. "Waterfalls" (DJ Edit, original version appeared on the album McCartney II)Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 3:23
17. "Tomorrow" (taken from the album Wild Life)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyWings 3:25
18. "Too Many People" (taken from the album Ram)Paul McCartneyPaul and Linda McCartney 4:10
19. "Call Me Back Again" (taken from the album Venus and Mars)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyWings 4:59
20. "Tug of War" (Single version, original version appeared on the album Tug of War)Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 4:04
21. "Bip Bop/Hey Diddle" (Previously unreleased; recorded in 1971)Paul McCartney, Linda McCartneyPaul and Linda McCartney 3:34
22. "No More Lonely Nights (Playout version)" (Edit, original version appeared on the album Give My Regards to Broad Street)Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 3:55
Total length:
 77:26

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (2001) Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart [9] 14
Austrian Albums Chart[10] 28
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[11] 21
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[12] 27
Canadian Albums Chart[13] 4
Danish Albums Chart[14] 18
Dutch Mega Albums Top 100[15] 32
German Media Control Albums Chart [16] 20
Italian Albums Chart[17] 18
Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart[18] 13
New Zealand Albums Chart[19] 13
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[20] 5
Swedish Albums Chart[21] 49
UK Albums Chart[22] 5
US Billboard 200[13] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2001) Position
Italian Albums Chart[23] 196
UK Albums Chart[24] 152
US Billboard Year-End[25] 126

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[26] Gold 35,000^
Japan (Oricon Charts) 56,000[27]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[28] Gold 7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[29] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[30] 2× Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. p. 696. ISBN 978-1-84195-827-9.
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  4. ↑ "Paul McCartney: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Dalton, Stephen (June 2001). "Paul McCartney: Wingspan". Uncut. Available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required).
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  27. ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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