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“Live and Let Die” by Paul McCartney

Released 1990

“Live and Let Die” by Paul McCartney appears on 56 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 1991 and 2025. It was first released in 1990. Its best result is #43 on the 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,256 indie & aaa song of all time.

56countdowns
24stations
#43best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1991–2025years charted

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"Live and Let Die" started life as a James Bond theme, written by Paul and Linda McCartney for the 1973 film after the producers, Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, came calling before the script was even done. Wings cut it at AIR Studios in October 1972, with George Martin back at McCartney's side to produce and write the orchestral charge. It's a song in pieces: a hushed piano ballad that gets blown apart by brass, strings and a slamming band, then a jaunty, skipping detour, then more explosions. It was the first rock song to open a Bond picture, earned an Academy Award nomination and won a Grammy for its arrangement.

McCartney has never let it go, and on stage the instrumental blasts come with real fire. The version here, from 1990, was produced by McCartney with Bob Clearmountain and Peter Henderson, and Clearmountain mixed it.

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

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 500 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1997 229 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
2002 297 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 126 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2007 740 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2011 224 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 225 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 151 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 626 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 72 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 179 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 213 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 115 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 165 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2014 237 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 189 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 160 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 242 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 69 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 190 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 178 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 133 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 122 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 324 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2016 301 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 153 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 131 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 172 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2018 132 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 279 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 135 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 386 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 51 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 210 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 61 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 174 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 320 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 448 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 314 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 230 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2022 69 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 230 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 390 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 344 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 427 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 43 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 69 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 191 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 344 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2024 92 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 203 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 290 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 423 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 288 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 240 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 190 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043

Also listed as: Live And Let Die; Live & Let Die.

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