Jet (song)
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| Single by Paul McCartney & Wings | ||||||||||||
| from the album Band on the Run | ||||||||||||
| B-side | "Let Me Roll it" | |||||||||||
| Released | 15 February 1974 | |||||||||||
| Format | 7" single | |||||||||||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||||||||||
| Genre | Rock,[1] hard rock, power pop[2] | |||||||||||
| Length | 4:07 | |||||||||||
| Label | Apple Records | |||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Paul and Linda McCartney | |||||||||||
| Producer | Paul McCartney | |||||||||||
| Certification | BPI (UK) Gold 1 April 1974 | |||||||||||
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"Jet" is a song by Paul McCartney & Wings from their album Band on the Run. The song peaked at number 7 in both the British and American charts on 30 March 1974.[3][4] Along with "Helen Wheels" and "Junior's Farm", it is another McCartney song where his primary inspiration for composing the song arose in daily life.[5] Whereas most of the Band on the Run album was recorded in Lagos, Nigeria, "Jet" was recorded entirely at EMI Studios in London after the group's return (according to engineer Geoff Emerick in his book 'Here There and Everywhere.')
When first released, the single's B-side was "Mamunia", another track from Band on the Run. However, it was soon replaced with "Let Me Roll It". "Jet" can also be found on both Wings Greatest (1978) and All the Best! (1987).
Reviewers have reported that the subject of the song is McCartney's Labrador Retriever dog named "Jet".[1][6] However, in a 2010 interview on the UK television channel ITV1 for the program Wings: Band on the Run (to promote the November 2010 CD/DVD re-release of the album) McCartney explained that Jet was the name of a pony he had owned, although many of the lyrics bore little relation to the subject.[7]
Prominent music critic Dave Marsh named the song number 793 in his list of the 1001 greatest singles ever made. He referred to it as a "grand pop confection" that represented the only time McCartney approached the "drive and density" of his tenure with the Beatles.[8] Writer Graham Reid has described it as a power pop "gem".[2]
The Australian rock band Jet draw their name from the song title.[9]
[edit] Cover versions
Scottish glam rock band Iron Virgin issued a version in 1974 on the Deram label, but it did not chart. Japanese pop power trio Shonen Knife's cover of this song is the last track on their 2008 album Super Group. Group member Naoko Yamano said that she picked the song since she is a longtime fan of McCartney.[10]
[edit] Sampling
Jet was sampled in the song "Self Made" on the Maybach Music Group's compilation album Self Made Vol. 1.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Mason, Stewart. "Review of "Jet"". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/song/t4221747.
- ^ a b Graham Reid. "Paul McCartney And Wings: The solo career that faltered, flew then faltered". elsewhere.co.nz. http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/absoluteelsewhere/455/paul-mccartney-and-wings-the-solo-career-that-faltered-flew-then-faltered/. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ^ "Paul McCartney Charts and Awards". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-mccartney-p4865/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ "Official Charts: Paul McCartney". The Official UK Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/paul%20mccartney/. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ Rees, Dafydd, and Luke Crampton (1991). Rock Movers and Shakers: An A-Z of People Who Made Rock Happen. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, Calif. ISBN 0874366615.
- ^ Landau, John (21 January 1997). "Review of Band On The Run". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/wings/albums/album/112198/review/6211633/band_on_the_run.
- ^ Wings: Band on the Run. Presenters: Dermot O'Leary. ITV. ITV1. 2010-10-31.
- ^ Dave Marsh (1999). The heart of rock & soul: the 1001 greatest singles ever made. Da Capo Press. pp. 505.
- ^ Maybe, Brad. "Clear For Takeoff: Jet Gets Ready To Get Born" CMJ New Music Report 8 September 2003: 7
- ^ J-Pop Royalty Shonen Knife Graces Mango's This Week
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