"Give Ireland Back to the Irish"
Single by Wings
Released	February 25, 1972
Format	7"
Recorded	1972
Genre	Rock
Label	Apple Records
Writer(s)	Paul and Linda McCartney
Producer(s)	Paul and Linda McCartney
Chart positions
#21 (US) #16 (UK) #1 (Republic of Ireland, Spain)
Wings singles chronology
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (with Linda McCartney) (1971)	"Give Ireland Back to the Irish" (Wings) (1972)	"Mary Had a Little Lamb"/"Little Woman Love" (with Wings) (1972)

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"From our point of view," said Paul McCartney, "it was the first time people questioned what we were doing in Ireland. It was so shocking. I wrote 'Give Ireland Back to the Irish', we recorded it and I was promptly 'phoned by the Chairman of EMI, Sir Joseph Lockwood, explaining that they wouldn't release it. He thought it was too inflamatory. I told him that I felt strongly about it and they had to release it. He said, 'Well it'll be banned', and of course it was. I knew 'Give Ireland Back to the Irish' wasn't an easy route, but it just seemed to me to be the time. All of us in Wings felt the same about it. But Henry McCullough's brother who lived in Northern Ireland was beaten up because of it. The thugs found out that Henry was in Wings."^[2] A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... The EMI Group is a music company comprising the major record label, EMI Music, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ... Henry McCullough (born 1943) is a musician, who has played guitar in such bands as Spooky Tooth, Paul McCartneys Wings, and The Grease Band. ... Motto: [citation needed] (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, NI Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair...

The song reached number 1 in the singles charts in the Republic of Ireland and Spain, and number 16 in the UK singles chart.

The B-side of the single is "Give Ireland Back to the Irish (Version)", an instrumental version of the A-side song. In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. ...

Personnel

• Paul McCartney
• Linda McCartney
• Denny Laine
• Denny Seiwell
• Henry McCullough

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Notes

1. ^ The seven ages of Paul McCartney
2. ^ Lewisohn, Mark. Wingspan: Little Brown, 2002. ISBN 0-316-86032-8

References