Hi, Hi, Hi
| "Hi, Hi, Hi" | |||||||
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 Label of the UK 7-inch single | |||||||
| Single by Wings | |||||||
| A-side | "C Moon" | ||||||
| Released | 1 December 1972 | ||||||
| Format | 7-inch single | ||||||
| Recorded |
November 1972 Abbey Road Studios, London | ||||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||||
| Length | 3:08 | ||||||
| Label | Apple | ||||||
| Writer(s) | Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney | ||||||
| Producer(s) | Paul McCartney | ||||||
| Wings singles chronology | |||||||
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"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 song was recorded around the same time as "C Moon", in November 1972.[1]
Release
The single peaked at number five in the United Kingdom[2] and at number 10 in the United States in January 1973.[3] The song became a staple of Wings' live shows in the 1970s.
The song was included on the 2001 Paul McCartney compilation album Wingspan: Hits and History and as a bonus track on the 1993 reissue of Red Rose Speedway.
Ban
In the UK, the song was banned by the BBC for its sexually suggestive lyrics.[4] The BBC also assumed that the title phrase, "We're gonna get hi, hi, hi" was a drug reference.[5] 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."[4]
References
- ↑ "The McCartney Recording Sessions - 1972". Webpages.charter.net. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ↑ "Paul McCartney - The Official Charts Company". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ↑ "Paul McCartney singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- 1 2 Badman, Keith (2003). The Beatles: Off the Record. Omnibus Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-7119-9199-6.
- ↑ "The seven ages of Paul McCartney". BBC News. 17 June 2006.
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