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(Saturday, January 12, 1974) — “Helen Wheels” by Paul McCartney & Wings peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
It was McCartney’s sixth of of 23 top ten hits on the chart since leaving The Beatles (1971-2015; The Beatles had 35 top ten hits from 1964 to 2023).
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“Helen Wheels,” recorded Sept. 3-7, 1973, and the only fully overdubbed track during the band’s recording sessions in Lagos, Nigeria, was released as a single prior to the group’s next album, Band on the Run, but was not included on the British release of the album.
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The original promo for the track, filmed at an unknown film studio in London as well as footage of Wings driving along some country roads in Paul`s Rolls Royce debuted on Top of The Pops on Nov. 15, 1973.