Wild Life
Album by Wings
Released	7 December 1971
Recorded	August 1971 except "Dear Friend": November-December 1970
Genre	Soft Rock
Length	39:39
Label	Apple/EMI
Producer(s)	Paul and Linda McCartney
Professional reviews
All Music Guide linkRolling Stone (not favorable) link
Wings chronology
Ram (Paul and Linda McCartney) (1971)	Wild Life (1971)	Red Rose Speedway (1973)

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With a fresh set of McCartney/McCartney tunes, the newly formed Wings quickly recorded their debut that August with the mindset that it had to be instant and raw in order to capture the freshness and vitality of a live studio recording. (Paul would later cite the quick recording schedule of Bob Dylan as an inspiration for this.) Paul handled all lead vocals, sharing those duties with Linda on "I Am Your Singer". To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

After a party announcing the band's formation that November, Wild Life appeared the following month to lukewarm commercial and critical reaction. The album reached #11 in the UK and #10 in the US, where it went gold.

One notable song, "Dear Friend," apparently an attempt at reconciliation with John Lennon, was recorded during the Ram sessions. John Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), was an iconic English 20th century composer and singer of popular music, best known as the founding member of The Beatles, in which he and Paul McCartney formed the massively successful Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership throughout... Ram is Paul McCartneys second solo album, officially credited to Paul and Linda McCartney, and was released in 1971. ...

In 1993, Wild Life was remastered and reissued on CD as part of "The Paul McCartney Collection" series with singles "Give Ireland Back To The Irish" and "Mary Had A Little Lamb" as well as B-sides "Little Woman Love" and "Mama's Little Girl" - all recorded in 1972 and "Another Day", in 1971- as bonus tracks.

Track listing

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1. "Mumbo" – 3:53
2. "Bip Bop" – 4:09
3. "Love Is Strange" (Baker/Smith) – 4:49
   • Originally projected as an early 1972 single but withdrawn before release
4. "Wild Life" – 6:39
5. "Some People Never Know" – 6:36
6. "I Am Your Singer" – 2:13
   • Features a hidden link track after the song's conclusion, later entitled "Bip Bop Link" – 0:48 on its initial 1987 CD reissue
7. "Tomorrow" – 3:23
   • Linda's favourite song.
8. "Dear Friend" – 5:46
   • Recorded during Ram's April 1971 sessions in Los Angeles
   • Features a hidden link track after the song's conclusion, later entitled "Mumbo Link" – 0:45 on its initial 1987 CD reissue

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Personnel

1. Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion, vocals.
2. Linda McCartney: Keyboards, piano, percussion, vocals.
3. Denny Laine: Guitars, bass guitar, percussion, keyboards, vocals.
4. Denny Seiwell: Drums and percussion.