Wings (Ringo Starr song)

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"Wings"
Wings single.jpg
A-side label
Single by Ringo Starr
from the album Ringo the 4th
B-side "Just a Dream"
Released25 August 1977
Genre Rock
Length3:26 (album version)
3:03 (single version)
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Richard Starkey
Vince Poncia
Producer(s) Arif Mardin
Ringo Starr singles chronology
"Las Brisas"
(1976)
"Wings"
(1977)
"Drowning in the Sea of Love"
(1977)
"Wings"
Ringo Starr - Wings (2012).jpg
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Single by Ringo Starr
from the album Ringo 2012
Released10 January 2012
Genre Reggae rock
Length3:31
Label Hip-O Records
Songwriter(s) Richard Starkey
Vince Poncia
Producer(s) Ringo Starr
Bruce Sugar
Ringo Starr singles chronology
"Walk with You"
(2009)
"Wings"
(2012)
"Postcards from Paradise"
(2015)
Music video
Music Video on YouTube

"Wings" is a song by Ringo Starr, originally recorded for and released as a single from the album Ringo the 4th . It was co-written with Vini Poncia in 1977. Starr later re-recorded it, produced by Starr and Bruce Sugar, and released it as a single from his 2012 studio album, Ringo 2012 .

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Recording

Starr on the 2012 re-recording of "Wings" was for Ringo 2012: [1]

"This is a song I first recorded on Ringo the 4th back when an album meant vinyl. These are different days, and it's one of those songs I always wanted to revisit. I wrote 'Wings' with Vinnie Poncia in New York, and he doesn't know I've done this yet. I'm going to surprise Vinnie and send it to him...For the last two years, I've been listening to a lot of reggae, so this album has a reggae feel to it. What can I tell you? I'm a product of my environment. I always loved the sentiment of this song, and I'm glad we finally got it right." [2]

Release

The original version was released as a single in the US on 26 August 1977, backed with non-album track "Just a Dream". [nb 1] [3]

A live version by Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, recorded live in Atlanta, was released on the Hurricane Sandy charity compilation Songs After Sandy: Friends of Red Hook for Sandy Relief. [4]

Starr gave filmmakers the chance to do an official promo video for 2012 version of "Wings"; the winning video was chosen by Starr himself. [5] Starr called it "a great little video". [6]

Reception

Cash Box said that "the haunting melody is carried by a closely-knit ensemble of vocalists, and supported by a richly-textured horn section and stabbing guitars." [7] In a review for Ultimate Classic Rock, Billy Dukes calls the remake "less passionate, borderline lifeless vocal performance" when compared to the original. [8]

Personnel

Ringo the 4th version [9]

Ringo 2012 version [1]

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References

Footnotes
  1. US Atlantic 3429 [3]
Citations
  1. 1 2 Ringo 2012 (Booklet). Ringo Starr. Hip-O Records. 2012. p. 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ""Wings" - The New Single From Ringo 2012 Download Today!". thebeatles. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. p. 183. ISBN   9780753508435.
  4. "Ringo Starr Grooves Through 'Wings' in Atlanta - Premiere | Music News". Rolling Stone. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  5. "Ringo Starr - Wings". Genero.tv. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  6. Lederman, Marsha (17 April 2012). "Vancouver filmmaker wins with Ringo Starr video". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  7. "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 3, 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  8. Dukes, Billy (3 January 2012). "Ringo Starr, 'Wings' – Song Review". Ultimateclassicrock.com. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  9. Ringo the 4th (Inner sleeve). Ringo Starr. Polydor Records. 1977.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)