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(Friday, June 1, 1973) — Paul McCartney & Wings released “Live and Let Die”/“I Lie Around,” the A-side featuring the main theme song of the new James Bond film Live and Let Die, today in the UK (June 18, 1973, in the U.S., McCartney’s 31st birthday).

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Written by McCartney and his wife Linda McCartney, it reunited McCartney with former Beatles producer George Martin, who produced the song and arranged the orchestra.

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McCartney was contacted to write the song by the film’s producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli before the screenplay was finished.

Video: 'I Lie Around (2018 Remaster)'

Wings recorded “Live and Let Die” during the sessions for Red Rose Speedway on October 19-20, 1972, at AIR Studios. It was also the first rock song to open a Bond film.