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Cover of Band on the Run by Paul McCartney and Wings
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Song · Paul McCartney and Wings

“Jet” by Paul McCartney and Wings

From the album Band on the Run (1973)

“Jet” by Paul McCartney and Wings appears on 40 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1991 and 2026. It was first released in 1973 on the album Band on the Run. Its best result is #47 on the WMGK Philly 500 (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,370 alternative song of all time.

40countdowns
14stations
#47best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1991–2026years charted

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"Jet" came tearing out of Band on the Run, the third album by Paul McCartney and Wings, as its first single in Britain and America alike, and by the spring of 1974 it had climbed to number seven in both. The title belongs to a dog: McCartney confirmed it was named for the family's Labrador, Jet, a runt from a roadside pet shop who kept vaulting the wall of their London house, roamed the town and came home pregnant.

Paul does nearly everything here: lead vocal, bass, drums, electric guitar, Moog, piano and the production. Denny Laine adds electric guitar and piano, Linda McCartney plays Moog and keyboards, the three of them pile on the backing vocals, and Howie Casey's saxophone and the Beaux Arts Orchestra's strings fill it out. Geoff Emerick recorded and mixed it, and Paul and Linda share the writing credit.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 370 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
2002 233 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2002 752 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 500 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2004 148 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2005 475 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2011 386 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 389 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 462 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 673 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 337 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 439 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 247 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 519 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 346 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 439 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 80 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2016 908 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2016 623 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 260 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2017 274 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 272 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 469 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 469 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2020 933 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 1885 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 592 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 204 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 969 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 423 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 991 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2023 323 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 828 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 418 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 718 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2024 47 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 817 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2025 741 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2026 486 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 388 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500

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