@1970s_enthusiast A snippet of my remix of ‘Arrow Through Me’ (from Paul McCartney & Wings’ 1979 album ‘Back To The Egg’) created using the 2025 Giles Martin 5.1 Mix. I also enhanced Paul’s lead vocal using Adobe Enhancer. Full remix is available on my YouTube channel, link in bio. Credit For Restored Video: Kitsu Beatles On YouTube Personnel: Producer: Chris Thomas Producer, Vocals, Keyboard Bass, Electric Piano, Clavinet: Paul McCartney Drums, Drum Machine, Flexatone: Steve Holley Horns: Howie Casey, Tony Dorsey, Steve Howard, Thaddeus Richard Words & Music by Paul McCartney #PaulMcCartney #Wings #ArrowThroughMe #BackToTheEgg #70s ♬ original sound - Luke Thomas
Two rare versions of songs Paul McCartney and Wings recorded in the Seventies are now available to stream on Amazon Music ahead of the release of the soundtrack for the documentary Paul McCartney: Man on the Run. A rough mix of “Arrow Through Me” and “Live and Let Die (Rockshow)” are among the 12 songs that feature on Man on the Run — Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, due Feb. 27.
The original version of “Arrow Through Me,” which appeared on Back to the Egg (1979), was a funky rock ballad with a bouncy analog synth line and horns that echoed the work of one of McCartney’s friends, Stevie Wonder. The previously unreleased rough mix places McCartney’s voice to the forefront with echoey effects that weave his voice in and out of the mix, making his scatting a little more playful.
The live “Rockshow” version of “Live and Let Die,” captured in the mid-Seventies for the 1980 concert film Rockshow, opens with Linda McCartney introducing the tune as being “about a British secret agent, and it’s full of foreign intrigue.” The crowd cheers as McCartney starts singing the song, alone with piano, and then, of course, it explodes in the manner Wings fans have loved since 1973. The guitar solo at the end, played by Jimmy McCulloch, who died in 1979 before the film’s release, sounds crisp and cutting.
A third rarity, “Gotta Sing Gotta Dance,” which appeared in the 1973 program The James Paul McCartney TV Special, will also be featured on the album, which arrives the same day the film premieres. The picture focuses on how McCartney launched Wings from scratch after the dissolution of the Beatles. The film, directed by Morgan Neville, features interviews with Paul, Linda, Mary and Stella McCartney, several Wings members, Sean Ono Lennon, Mick Jagger, Chrissie Hynde, and others. “When we started Wings, it was about freedom,” McCartney says in the film, as seen in the trailer. “We felt we’d finally arrived.”
