in the south-west of Scotland and its headland, the Mull of Kintyre, where McCartney has owned High Park Farm since 1966. The single was Wings' biggest...
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The Mull of Kintyre is the southwesternmost tip of the Kintyre Peninsula (formerly Cantyre) in southwest Scotland. From here, the Antrim coast of Northern...
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the Mull of Kintyre in the south to East and West Loch Tarbert in the north. The region immediately north of Kintyre is known as Knapdale. Kintyre is long...
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of the Royal Air Force (RAF), serial number ZD576, crashed on the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland, in foggy conditions. The crash resulted in the deaths of...
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Censorship in the United Kingdom (redirect from Mull of Kintyre test)
to an urban legend, the Mull of Kintyre test or Mull of Kintyre rule was an unofficial guideline used by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)...
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The Isle of Mull or simply Mull (Scottish Gaelic: Muile [ˈmulə] ) is the second-largest island of the Inner Hebrides (after Skye) and lies off the west...
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non-album single "Mull of Kintyre", which, until 1984, was the best-selling single in UK chart history and remains the UK's best-selling non-charity single to...
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Argyll and Bute (category Council areas of Scotland)
song "Mull of Kintyre" by Kintyre resident Paul McCartney's band of the time, Wings. The area is divided into 56 community council areas, all of which...
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pregnancy), it was released as a double A-side single with "Mull of Kintyre". Accordingly, it was part of the band's sole UK number one, spending nine weeks...
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Paul McCartney discography (redirect from Solo career of Paul McCartney)
the Run", "Listen to What the Man Said", "Silly Love Songs", and "Mull of Kintyre". He resumed his solo career in 1980 and has been touring as a solo...
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one million copies each in the UK. The biggest-selling single of the decade was "Mull of Kintyre" by the British band Wings. Released in November 1977...
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decade and "Mull of Kintyre" also became the first ever single to sell over two-million copies. In doing so it became the best-ever selling single beating...
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Argyll (redirect from County of Argyll)
Knapdale scenery Mull of Kintyre lighthouse Loch Riddon Loch Etive looking NE from Sron nam Feannag Glen Coe, with the Three Sisters of Bidean nam Bian...
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Campbeltown (category Kintyre)
produced in Kintyre is now transported by road tankers to Lockerbie and Mull of Kintyre Cheddar is no longer available. By early December 2019, CS Wind UK...
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Hazelburn distillery, in Campbeltown near the Mull of Kintyre. He married Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, the daughter of a Glasgow doctor, and returned with her...
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Paul McCartney and Wings (category Juno Award for International Album of the Year winners)
In 1977, the band earned their only UK number one single, with "Mull of Kintyre", which became one of the best-selling singles in history. Wings experienced...
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Wings discography (category Discographies of British artists)
"Mull of Kintyre" as a double A-side with "Girls' School". The single reached number one in the UK and remains one of the best selling UK singles of all...
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A-side and B-side (redirect from Dual single)
UK, the biggest-selling non-charity single of all time was a double A-side, Wings' 1977 release "Mull of Kintyre"/"Girls' School", which sold over two...
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1977 hit "Mull of Kintyre". Laine worked with a variety of other artists, such as Ginger Baker, Trevor Burton and Bev Bevan, as a part of groups over...
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Be Christmas Every Day". Denny Laine sang "Go Now" and performed "Mull of Kintyre", which he co wrote. Robert Plant performed with the group Big Town...
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Susan Boyle (category Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected biographies of living people)
singing "Mull of Kintyre". On 23 July 2014, she performed "Mull of Kintyre" at the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in front of the Queen...
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Glenapp Castle (category Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes)
several islands: Ailsa Craig, Arran and Mull of Kintyre. The site is also close to Galloway Forest Park, Mull of Galloway, Culzean Castle and several botanical...
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With a Little Luck (category Single chart usages for Billboardhot100)
written in Scotland and was Wings' follow-up single to the then best-selling UK single of all time, "Mull of Kintyre." It was recorded in May 1977 in the Virgin...
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islands, grouped by location (from south to north), in the vicinity of: Kintyre: Mull, Scart Isle, The Merchants Gigha: Còrr Eilean, Craro, Eilean á Chuill...
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best-selling single of all time in 1963, a record it held until 1977 when band member Paul McCartney's new band, Wings, surpassed it with "Mull of Kintyre". "She...
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1981, the 550th anniversary of Joan of Arc's death. The track has been described by McCluskey as OMD's "Mull of Kintyre". It is in 6/8 time, and the...
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daughter Kyla. Mike Stock chose the majority of the songs, while member Mike Nolan selected "Mull of Kintyre" as a festive-period song that he'd liked;...
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Wings". Four of the twelve tracks make their album debut with this compilation: "Another Day", "Junior's Farm", "Hi, Hi, Hi" and "Mull of Kintyre". "Live and...
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Clan Maclean (redirect from MacLeans of Coll, Duart and Mull)
Maclean who settled on the Isle of Mull. One of his sons was Lachainn Lubanach (Lachlan) who was the progenitor of the Macleans of Duart and the other son was...
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number one single is "Last Christmas" by Wham!. The UK Singles Chart began in 1952 – appearing in the New Musical Express. The positions of all songs are...
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