Hi, Hi, Hi

"Hi, Hi, Hi"
Single by Wings
A-side C Moon
Released 1 December 1972
Format 7" single
Recorded 1972
Genre Rock
Length 3:08
Label Apple
Writer(s) Paul McCartney
Linda McCartney
Producer Paul McCartney
Wings singles chronology
"Mary Had a Little Lamb"
(1972)		 "Hi, Hi, Hi"
(1972)		 "My Love"
(1973)

"Hi, Hi, Hi" is a song written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was released as a double A-side single with "C Moon" in 1972.

The single peaked at number five in the United Kingdom[1] and at number 10 in the United States in January 1973.[2] The song became a staple of Wings' live shows in the 1970s.

In the UK, the song was banned by the BBC for its sexually suggestive lyrics.[3] The BBC also assumed that the title phrase, "We're gonna get hi, hi, hi" was a drug reference.[4] The specific lyrics objected to is the apparent phrase "get you ready for my body gun"; McCartney has said that the correct lyrics are "get you ready for my polygon", an abstract image, and later said, "The BBC got some of the words wrong. But I suppose it is a bit of a dirty song if sex is dirty and naughty. I was in a sensuous mood in Spain when I wrote it."[3].

Notes

  1. ^ "Paul McCartney - The Official Charts Company". The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/paul%20mccartney/. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
  2. ^ "Paul McCartney singles". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4865/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2010-08-12. 
  3. ^ a b Badman, Keith (2003). The Beatles: Off the Record. Omnibus Press. p. 94. ISBN 9780711991996. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9SISX2yM-VsC&printsec=frontcover#PPA94,M1. 
  4. ^ "The seven ages of Paul McCartney". BBC News. 17 June 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5087006.stm. 
Wings
Studio albums
Wild Life (1971) · Red Rose Speedway (1973) · Band on the Run (1973) · Venus and Mars (1975) · Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976) · London Town (1978) · Back to the Egg (1979)
Live albums
Compilation albums
Singles
"Give Ireland Back to the Irish" / "Give Ireland Back to the Irish (instrumental version)" (1972) · "Mary Had a Little Lamb" / "Little Woman Love" (1972) · "Hi, Hi, Hi" / "C Moon" (1972) · "My Love" / "The Mess" (live) (1973) · "Live and Let Die" / "I Lie Around" (1973) · "Helen Wheels" / "Country Dreamer" (1973) · "Jet" / "Mamunia" (1973) · "Jet" / "Let Me Roll It" (1973) · "Mrs Vandebilt" / "Bluebird (1973)" · "Band on the Run" / "Zoo Gang" (UK) (1974) · "Band on the Run" / "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" (US) (1974) · "Junior's Farm" / "Sally G" (1974) · "Walking in the Park with Eloise" / "Bridge Over the River Suite" (1974) · "Listen to What the Man Said" / "Love in Song" (1975) · "Letting Go" / "You Gave Me the Answer" (1975) · "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" / "Magneto and Titanium Man" (1976) · "Silly Love Songs" / "Cook of the House" (1976) · "Let 'Em In / "Beware My Love" (1977) · "Maybe I'm Amazed" (live) / "Soily" (live) (1977) · "Seaside Woman" / "B Side to Seaside" (1977) · "Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School" (1978) · "With a Little Luck" / "Backwards Traveler/Cuff-Link" (1978) · "I've Had Enough" / "Deliver Your Children" (1978) · "London Town" / "I'm Carrying" (1978) · "Goodnight Tonight" / "Daytime Nighttime Suffering" (1979) · "Old Siam, Sir" / "Spin It On" (1979) · "Getting Closer" / "Baby's Request" (UK) (1979) · "Getting Closer" / "Spin It On" (US) (1979) · "Arrow Through Me" / "Old Siam, Sir" (1979) · "Coming Up" / "Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)" / "Lunchbox/Odd-Sox" (1980) · "Spies Like Us" / "My Carnival" (1985) · "Put It There" / "Mama's Little Girl" / "Same Time Next Year" (1990)
Tours
Filmography
Wings Over the World (1979) · Concert for Kampuchea (1980) · Rockshow (1980) · Back To The Egg (1981) · Paul McCartney - Wingspan - An Intimate Portrait (2001)
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1970s
1971: "Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why" · "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" / "Too Many People" · "The Back Seat of My Car" / "Heart of the Country" · "Eat at Home" / "Smile Away"
1972: "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" · "Mary Had a Little Lamb" / "Little Woman Love" · "Hi, Hi, Hi" / "C Moon"
1973: "My Love" · "Live and Let Die" / "I Lie Around" · "Helen Wheels" / "Country Dreamer" · "Jet" · "Jet" / "Let Me Roll It" · "Mrs Vandebilt" / "Bluebird"
1974: "Band on the Run" · "Zoo Gang" · "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" · "Junior's Farm" / "Sally G"
1975: "Listen to What the Man Said" · "Letting Go" / "You Gave Me the Answer" · "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" / "Magneto and Titanium Man"
1976: "Silly Love Songs" · "Let 'Em In" / "Beware My Love"
1977: "Maybe I'm Amazed" (live) / "Soily" (live) · "Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"
1978: "With a Little Luck" · "I've Had Enough" · "London Town"
1979: "Goodnight Tonight" / "Daytime Nighttime Suffering" · "Old Siam, Sir" · "Getting Closer" · "Getting Closer" · "Arrow Through Me" / "Old Siam, Sir" · "Wonderful Christmastime"
1980s
1990s
2000s
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