Live and Let Die

This Wings single, and theme for the James Bond movie of the same name, was released in the summer of 1973. Paul had been asked to write the theme for the Sean Connery "James Bond" Movie Diamonds are Forever but because of various time conflicts it didn't work out. He was asked again by the 007 producers to write a theme, this time for Roger Moore's first Bond movie, Live and Let Die.

Traditionally Bond themes were sung by women, but Paul agreed to write the theme on the condition that he record the track with Wings and that their recording be used as the opening theme music. George Martin was brought in to write the score for the orchestra being used by Paul (this is the first time an ex Beatle worked with Beatles producer Martin since the break up of the group).

The producers liked George Martin and what he had done with Paul's track so much, they asked him to score the entire movie.

The song was nominated for an Oscar, and George Martin won a grammy for his arrangement on the song.

The flipside of the single Live and Let Die was a song written by Paul, but sung by Denny Laine. It was the first time Denny Laine performed the lead vocal on a Wings single. The song was called I Lie Around.

The single went to number seven on the charts in the UK, number 2 in the US, number 2 in Canada, 20 in New Zealand and 5 in Australia. Paul still regularly includes this song in his live shows to this day.