Getting Closer (song)
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| Single by Wings | ||||||||
| from the album Back to the Egg | ||||||||
| B-side | "Baby's Request" (UK) "Spin It On" (US) |
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| Released | 16 August 1979 (UK) 5 June 1979 (US) |
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| Format | 7" | |||||||
| Genre | Rock | |||||||
| Label | Parlophone/EMI (UK) Columbia (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Paul McCartney | |||||||
| Producer | Paul McCartney Chris Thomas |
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Getting Closer is a rock song from the Wings album Back to the Egg. It was released in the US in June 1979 as the first single from the album and hit #20, then was released in the UK in August 1979 as the second single and reached #60.[1][2] The B-side for the US release was "Spin It On", which was also the B-side of the first UK single, "Old Siam, Sir", while in the UK the B-side was another album track, "Baby's Request".
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 20 | June '79 |
| UK Singles Chart | 60 | August '79 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Paul McCartney singles". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4865/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ^ "Official Charts: Paul McCartney". The Official UK Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/paul%20mccartney/. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
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