Wingspan: Hits And History

Recorded: 1969-1993
Producers: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, George Martin, Chris Thomas

Released: 7 May 2001

Tracklisting

‘Listen To What The Man Said’
‘Band On The Run’
‘Another Day’
‘Live And Let Die’
‘Jet’
‘My Love’
‘Silly Love Songs’
‘Pipes Of Peace’
‘C Moon’
‘Hi, Hi, Hi’
‘Let ’Em In’
‘Goodnight Tonight’
‘Junior’s Farm’
‘Mull Of Kintyre’
‘Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey’
‘With A Little Luck’
‘Coming Up’
‘No More Lonely Nights’

‘Let Me Roll It’
‘The Lovely Linda’
‘Daytime Nighttime Suffering’
‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
‘Helen Wheels’
‘Bluebird’
‘Heart Of The Country’
‘Every Night’
‘Take It Away’
‘Junk’
‘Man We Was Lonely’
‘Venus And Mars’/‘Rock Show’
‘The Back Seat Of My Car’
‘Rockestra Theme’
‘Girlfriend’
‘Waterfalls’
‘Tomorrow’
‘Too Many People’
‘Call Me Back Again’
‘Tug Of War’
‘Bip Bop’/‘Hey Diddle’
‘No More Lonely Nights’ (Playout Version)

Wingspan: Hits And History is a 2001 compilation bringing together solo and Wings songs by Paul McCartney.

Its scope ranges from his first solo album, 1970’s McCartney, to 1984’s Give My Regards To Broad Street soundtrack. It was remastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios.

The collection contains two discs. The first features some of McCartney’s most commercially-successful releases, while the second contains some lesser-known songs.

There are songs on there that strictly speaking aren’t Wings. We’ve stretched the envelope a little bit – it’s called Paul McCartney and Wings. And I always like value for money. You get all this music – over 2½ hours of it – for the price of one CD…

I think there’s a lot of good stuff here, a pretty good selection.

Wingspan: Hits And History was released to coincide with the broadcast of a TV documentary, Wingspan. The documentary was produced by Mary McCartney, and covered the breakup of The Beatles, McCartney’s relationship with his first wife Linda, and the story of Wings.

The collection was a commercial success, charting at number two on the Billboard 200, and remaining in the chart for 14 weeks. In the UK it peaked at number five, and was also a top 10 hit in Canada and Norway.