Helen Wheels

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“Helen Wheels”
Single by Paul McCartney and Wings
from the album Band on the Run
(United States only)
B-side "Country Dreamer"
Released October 26, 1973 Flag of the United States
Format 7" single
Recorded 1973
Genre Rock
Length 3:44
Label Apple Records
Writer(s) Paul McCartney
Producer Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney and Wings singles chronology
"Live and Let Die"/"I Lie Around"
(1972)
"Helen Wheels"/ "Country Dreamer"
(1973)
"Mrs. Vandebilt"/ "Bluebird"
(Europe)
(1974)

"Helen Wheels" is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings. The song was named and about Paul and Linda McCartney's Land Rover, which they nicknamed "Hell on Wheels".[1]

The single had been released prior to Band on the Run and the song was not included on the original UK release of the album, but it was included on the US release and the 25th anniversary version. The song was also included on Wingspan. The song peaked at #10 in America on January 12, 1974.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The McCartney Years
  2. ^ 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 0-87436-661-5.
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