Mamunia

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Not to be confused with Mamuniyeh.

"Mamunia"
Single by Paul McCartney and Wings
from the album Band on the Run
A-side"Jet"
Released28 January 1974
RecordedSeptember 1973
StudioEMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria
GenreAfro-soul[1]
Length4:51
LabelApple
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Paul McCartney
Wings singles chronology
"
Mrs Vandebilt
"
(1973) 		"Mamunia"
(1974) 		"Band on the Run"
(1974)
Band on the Run track listing
9 tracks
Side one
  1. "Band on the Run"
  2. "Jet"
  3. "Bluebird"
  4. "Mrs. Vandebilt"
  5. "Let Me Roll It"
Side two
  2. "Mamunia"
  3. "No Words"
  4. "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)"
  5. "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"

"Mamunia" is a song written by Paul and Linda McCartney that first appeared on Wings' 1973 album Band on the Run. It was also released as the B-side of the "Jet" single in the US, but was replaced by "Let Me Roll It" when "Mamunia" was being considered as a possible future A-side.[2][3][4]

Music and lyrics

"Mamunia" was written in

verses use rain as a metaphor for the difficult times people face.[6] The song's message is not to complain about difficult times because everyone faces tough times and it's better to focus on your "safe haven" during those times.[6]

"Mamunia" was the first song recorded for Band on the Run in

verses are in the key of C major.[6] Authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter describe the song as "so lightweight it'll float off" but note that it is "relentlessly melodic."[3]

Personnel

Critics comments

Professor Vincent Benitez described it as a "typical example of McCartney's style of

Rain.'"[11] Author Tim Riley concurs the song's relationship to "Rain," calling it a "pale rewrite of Lennon's "Rain," but praises its "smart two-key framework."[12]

Music video

A music video was made for "Mamunia" in July 1974.[3] Jim Quick was the producer.[3] The video is mostly animated, and Paul McCartney does not appear.[3] It was first shown on The Dave Cash Radio Show."[3] It appears on the 2007 video set The McCartney Years.[13]

Covers

Don Fleming covered "Mamunia" on his 2003 Band on the Run remake.[14] Larry Page covered the song on his mid-1990s albums John Paul George Ringo and Imagine.[15]

References

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau, Dean of Americans Rock Critics". Robert Christgau's Website. The Christgau Consumer Guide.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1-906002-02-2
    .
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-615-11724-4
    .
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-87833-304-5
    .
  5. ISBN 978-0-87930-968-8
    .
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-0-313-34969-0
    .
  7. Billboard Magazine
    . p. 28. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  8. ^ Christgau, R. "Band on the Run". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  9. ISBN 978-1-84767-643-6
    .
  10. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2
    .
  11. ISBN 978-1-4165-6209-2
    .
  12. ISBN 978-0-306-81120-3
    .
  13. ^ "McCartney Unearths Live Clips, Videos For DVD". Billboard. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  14. Allmusic
    . Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  15. Allmusic
    . Retrieved 11 October 2012.
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