Wings (Ringo Starr song) explained

Wings
Cover:Wings single.jpg
Caption:A-side label
Type:single
Artist:Ringo Starr
Album:Ringo the 4th
B-Side:Just a Dream
Released:25 August 1977
Genre:Rock
Length:3:26 (album version)
3:03 (single version)
Label:Atlantic
Producer:Arif Mardin
Prev Title:Las Brisas
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Drowning in the Sea of Love
Next Year:1977
Wings
Cover:Ringo Starr - Wings (2012).jpg
Caption:Download cover
Type:single
Artist:Ringo Starr
Album:Ringo 2012
Released:10 January 2012
Genre:Reggae rock
Length:3:31
Label:Hip-O Records
Producer:Ringo Starr
Bruce Sugar
Prev Title:Walk with You
Prev Year:2009
Next Title:Postcards from Paradise
Next Year:2015

"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.

Recording

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

Release

The original version was released as a single in the US on 26 August 1977, backed with non-album track "Just a Dream".[2]

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.[3]

Starr gave filmmakers the chance to do an official promo video for 2012 version of "Wings"; the winning video was chosen by Starr himself.[4] Starr called it "a great little video".[5]

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."[6] In a review for Ultimate Classic Rock, Billy Dukes calls the remake "less passionate, borderline lifeless vocal performance" when compared to the original.[7]

Personnel

Ringo the 4th version[8]

Ringo 2012 version[1]

References

Footnotes
Citations

Notes and References

  1. Ringo 2012. Ringo 2012. Ringo Starr. 2012. 1. Booklet. Hip-O Records.
  2. Book: Harry, Bill . The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia . 2004 . Virgin Books . London . 9780753508435 . 183.
  3. Web site: Ringo Starr Grooves Through 'Wings' in Atlanta - Premiere | Music News . Rolling Stone . 30 November 2012 . 30 November 2012.
  4. Web site: Ringo Starr - Wings . Genero.tv . 30 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130323063826/http://genero.tv/ringo/ . 23 March 2013 . dead .
  5. Web site: Marsha . Lederman . Vancouver filmmaker wins with Ringo Starr video . The Globe and Mail . 17 April 2012 . 30 November 2012.
  6. News: CashBox Singles Reviews. September 3, 1977. 18. Cash Box. 2021-12-26.
  7. Web site: Dukes . Billy . Ringo Starr, 'Wings' – Song Review . Ultimateclassicrock.com . 3 January 2012 . 30 November 2012.
  8. Ringo the 4th. Ringo the 4th. Ringo Starr. 1977. Inner sleeve. Polydor Records.