Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)

Written by: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
Recorded: 15, 16, 17 March 1972
Producer: Paul McCartney

Released: 4 May 1973 (UK), 30 April 1973 (US)

Available on:
Red Rose Speedway

Personnel

Paul McCartney: vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, Minimoog synthesizer, percussion
Linda McCartney: vocals, organ
Denny Laine: vocals, electric guitar
Henry McCullough: vocals, electric guitar
Denny Seiwell: vocals, drums, percussion

‘Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)’ is a wordless song on Wings’ second album Red Rose Speedway.

Because it’s an album track we had a bit more room to manoeuvre. And I think it’s the rebellious aspect of Wild Life coming back in. So you’ve got ‘My Love’, and that’s a proper song. You’ve got some other proper songs on the album. But then we’ve got something like ‘Loup’, where it was sort of a bit of fun for us. It’s pretty experimental. But we didn’t ever play it live, it was just something fun that only existed in the studio.

I love it, although it’s really not a commercial track at all. It’s a moody instrumental. It’s just a thing really, hard to explain about the first Red Indian on the Moon called Loup. It’s just a story but you can see through his eyes. It’s a spacey track, but the album’s not like that.

‘Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)’ was recorded at Olympic Sound Studios in London from 15-17 March 1972.

The song was never performed live by Wings or McCartney as a solo artist.

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