'FourFiveSeconds,' his 2015 collaboration with Rihanna and Kanye West, is at No.1 with just over 100 million streams to date.
'Sally G' was directly inspired by Paul's trip to Nashville with his wife Linda and the other members of Wings.
Late in 1971, Paul McCartney returned to a band configuration as Wings released their LP debut.
Paul McCartney's band endured all manner of challenges in the making of 'Band On The Run,' making its success all the sweeter.
The band were on a hot streak when the second single from 'Venus and Mars' arrived.
The song written by Harry Akst and Benny Davis also connects Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney and countless others.
The best guitar solos – from driving riffs to technical displays of mastery – make a song complete and more often than not, transcend the track entirely.
The late-period Wings catalogue in the final part of the 1970s contained such gems as the title song of their 1978 album.
The musician also played with James Brown, Billy Joel and others, and leads his own jazz trio, but will always be best known as the first drummer in Paul McCartney's Wings.
After Wings' UK college itinerary, it was all aboard a double decker bus for a major European adventure.
The film theme entered the UK singles chart on 9 June 1973, and has remained a key moment in McCartney's live set more than 45 years later.
The album topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic and led to a worldwide tour that went on for a year.
‘Red Rose Speedway’ marked the end of the original Wings line-up, but it laid the groundwork for the runaway success of ‘Band On The Run’.
Fan mania greeted Paul's first US tour since the days of The Beatles.
The video marks the 50th anniversary of Paul's debut solo album McCartney, released on 17 April 1970.
