Zoo Gang (song)
| "Zoo Gang" | ||||
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| Single by Paul McCartney and Wings | ||||
| A-side | "Band on the Run" | |||
| Released | 28 June 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 25 April 1973 | |||
| Studio | Abbey Road Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:01 | |||
| Label | Apple Records | |||
| Songwriters | Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney | |||
| Producer | Paul McCartney | |||
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"Zoo Gang" is an instrumental song composed by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Paul McCartney and Wings.
Release
It was recorded on 25 April 1973[1] and was released on 28 June 1974 as the B-side of the "Band on the Run" single in the United Kingdom. "Zoo Gang" was the theme song to the short-lived television programme The Zoo Gang. It was made by Sir Lew Grade's ATV, who asked Paul McCartney to write the theme. In 1993, "Zoo Gang" was included as a bonus track on the re-issue of the album Venus and Mars on compact disc as part of The Paul McCartney Collection.[2] It was the song's first appearance on an album. It was later released on most editions of the 2010 re-release of Band on the Run.
The Zoo Gang also included incidental music by Ken Thorne, who had provided a similar score for Help!, the Beatles' second film. In the USA, "Band on the Run" was issued with "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" on the flipside. It was a bigger hit there, topping the Billboard Hot 100.
"Zoo Gang" was also recorded by Jungle Juice, a group of Session Musicians, who released it as a UK single on 25 May 1974.
The 2010 Special Edition of Band on the Run contained two CDs and a DVD. The first CD featured the remastered album, while the second contained bonus audio tracks: "Helen Wheels", "Country Dreamer" and "Zoo Gang", plus six performances from the One Hand Clapping documentary.
Personnel
According to the author Luca Perasi:[3]
- Paul McCartney – electric guitar, bass guitar, percussion, accordion
- Linda McCartney – Moog synthesiser
- Denny Seiwell – drums
References
- ↑ The Paul McCartney Archive Collection Band On The Run Deluxe Edition
- ↑ Amazon.com: Venus and Mars: Music: Paul McCartney, Wings
- ↑ Perasi, Luca (2023). Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970–1989. Milan: L.I.L.Y. Publishing. pp. 165–168. ISBN 978-88-909122-9-0.
