Helen Wheels 1/23/19

After the Beatles broke up in 1970, each of the Fab Four released some "Great Songs" throughout the rest of the decade. I'm planning to spotlight John, Paul, George and Ringo separately--and at random--as time goes by.

Today, I've chosen Sir Paul McCartney. In 1973, his follow-up group, Wings---at this point consisting of Denny Laine on guitar, Paul's wife Linda on keyboards and background vocals, and Paul on everything else--recorded a song about his Land Rover. That's right--a song about his car and a road trip he and Linda took from Glasgow to London.

The original title was "Hell on Wheels," but in those days, radio stations wouldn't touch a song with "Hell" in the title. No worries, it was an easy fix: "Helen Wheels" was the new title, and it "drove up the charts" to #10 in the U.S. and #12 in the U.K.

It's a fun song that showed that Paul could really rock when he wanted to. That's why I consider it a "Great Song of the '70s!"