Let 'Em In

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“Let 'em In”

Single by Wings
from the album Wings at the Speed of Sound

B-side

"Beware My Love"

Released

23 July 1976

Format

Recorded

January 1976

Genre

Rock

Label

Parlophone/EMI (UK)
Capitol (US)

Wings singles chronology

"Silly Love Songs"
(1976)

"Let 'em In"
(1976)

"Maybe I'm Amazed"
(1977)

Music sample

"Let ‘Em In"

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"Let 'em In" was the second single from the Wings' 1976 album Wings at the Speed of Sound. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney and reached the top 3 in both the US and UK, a #2 hit in the UK and a #3 hit in the US.

The lyrics include references to a list of Paul's visiting friends and relatives: "Sister Suzy,^[1] Brother John,^[2] Martin Luther,^[3] Phil and Don,^[4] Brother Michael,^[5] Auntie Gin,^[6] Open the door and let 'em [them] in." In a later verse, "Brother Michael" is replaced by "Uncle Ernie."^[7]

"Let 'Em In" is currently being used in commercials for Fidelity Investments.

[edit] Notes

^ Supposedly a reference to Linda, who was "Suzy" in Suzy and the Red Stripes.
^ Linda's brother John Eastman.
^ Reference is uncertain; unlikely to refer to Martin Luther King, who died 8 years before this song was written. Paul (and the other Beatles) sometimes referred to John Lennon as "Martin Luther Lennon" with musician Tony Perkins, who performs as "Martin Luther Lennon"). One theory contends that support for the reference being Lennon is bolstered when the order of the friends and relatives is taken into account, since "Martin Luther" comes immediately after "Brother John" (with John being Lennon's first name as well as Linda's brother's.)
^ The Everly Brothers.
^ Paul's brother, also known as Mike McGear.
^ Paul's Auntie Gin (or Jin).
^ Keith Moon, who played the role of Uncle Ernie in the movie of The Who's Tommy.