Jet

Band on the Run is the album that saved Paul McCartney's post-Beatles reputation. Recorded in Lagos under desperate circumstances — half the band quit before sessions began — the 1973 album emerged as one of the finest of his career. Jet was its propulsive lead single.

Jet opens with one of rock's great entry riffs — immediately confident, slightly reckless, Wings at their most energized. The song's wordplay is pure McCartney: surreal, light on its feet, committed to its own internal logic.

Band on the Run remains the high watermark of Wings' output and a reminder that McCartney's facility for melody — separate from the Beatles partnership — was extraordinary in its own right.