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}} "Band on the Run" is the title song of Paul McCartney and Wings' 1973 album ''Band on the Run''. The song was released as a single in 1974, following the success of "Jet", and became an international chart success. The song topped the charts in the United States, also reaching number 3 in the United Kingdom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-mccartney-p4865/charts-awards/billboard-singles )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/paul%20mccartney/ )〕 The single sold over one million copies in 1974 in America.〔 It has since become one of the band's most famous songs. A medley of song fragments that vary in style from folk rock to funk, "Band on the Run" is one of McCartney's longest singles at 5:09. The song was partly inspired by a comment that George Harrison had made during a meeting of the Beatles' Apple record label. The song-wide theme is one of freedom and escape, and its creation coincided with Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr having parted with manager Allen Klein in March 1973, leading to improved relations between McCartney and his fellow ex-Beatles. The original demos for this and other tracks on ''Band on the Run'' were stolen shortly after Wings arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, to begin recording the album. With the band reduced to a trio consisting of McCartney, his wife Linda, and Denny Laine, "Band on the Run" was recorded at EMI's Lagos studio and completed at AIR Studios in London. ==Background== Paul McCartney noted the drug busts musicians of the late 1960s and early 1970s experienced as an inspiration for the "Band on the Run", also referencing the "desperado" image he attributed to bands like The Byrds and Eagles as an influence. McCartney, who had been having legal trouble involving pot possession, said, "We were being outlawed for pot ... And our () argument on (on the Run' ) was 'Don't put us on the wrong side ... We're not criminals, we don't want to be. So I just made up a story about people breaking out of prison. In a subsequent interview, McCartney stated that the lyric ''"If we ever get out of here"'' was inspired by George Harrison saying these words during one of the Beatles' many business meetings. McCartney recalled: "He was saying that we were all prisoners in some way (to the ongoing problems with their company Apple ) … I thought it would be a nice way to start an album." McCartney added, referring to his inspiration for "Band on the Run": "It's a million things … all put together. Band on the run – escaping, freedom, criminals. You name it, it's there." According to ''Mojo'' contributor Tom Doyle, the song's lyrics, recalled through memory following the robbery of the band's demo tapes for the ''Band on the Run'' album, were altered to reflect on the band's then-current status, "stuck inside the four walls of the small, cell-like studio, faced with grim uncertainty." "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five", the closing track of the ''Band on the Run'' album, concludes with a brief excerpt of the chorus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Band on the Run (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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