In the US, Columbia Records promoted the live version, which subsequently received more airplay than the studio version. In the UK, the single was an immediate hit, reaching No. 2 in its third week on the chart.
The video premiered in the UK on The Kenny Everett Video Show on 14 April 1980 and in the US on Saturday Night Live on. Others, such as authors Fred Bronson and Kenneth Womack, have suggested that there are other identifiable impersonations in the video, such as Andy Mackay, Frank Zappa and Buddy Holly McCartney said the other roles were simply comic relief. In his audio commentary on the 2007 video collection The McCartney Years, McCartney identified characters that were impersonations of specific artists: Hank Marvin (guitarist from the Shadows), Ron Mael of Sparks (keyboards), a ' Beatlemania-era' version of himself (bass), and a drummer vaguely inspired by John Bonham from Led Zeppelin. The "band" identified as "The Plastic Macs" on the drum kit (a homage to Lennon's conceptual Plastic Ono Band), features Paul and Linda's imitations of various rock musician stereotypes, as well as a few identifiable musicians. The music video for "Coming Up", directed by Keith McMillan, features Paul McCartney playing ten roles (himself, two guitarists, a bassist, a drummer, a keyboard player, and four saxophone players) and Linda McCartney playing two (one female backing singer and one male backing singer).
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The full length version of the song with an additional verse from the 1979 Glasgow show was finally released as bonus track on the Paul McCartney Archive Collection reissue of McCartney II in 2011.Ī different live Wings recording of "Coming Up" appears on the album Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, also recorded in 1979. "Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)" has since appeared on the US versions of the McCartney compilations All the Best! (1987) and Wingspan: Hits and History (2001), while the solo studio version is included on UK and international releases. Instead, a one-sided 7" white-label promotional copy of the Wings version was included with the album in North America. Both songs were credited to Paul McCartney and Wings.Ĭolumbia Records wanted to put the live version on McCartney II but McCartney resisted the change, wanting to keep it a solo album. An edited version from the performance was included as one of two songs on the B-side the other song on the B-side was "Lunchbox/Odd Sox", a Wings song that dated back to Venus and Mars. Live version Ī live version of the song was recorded in Glasgow, Scotland, on 17 December 1979 by Wings during their tour of the UK. And I thought that the record company had a nerve changing it round on him, and I know what they mean, they want to hear the real guy singing, but I like the freaky one." Ĭash Box called it an "unusually produced but cute track". If I'd have been with him I would've said 'that's the one' too. Lennon later stated his preference for the studio version over the live version that was released as a single: "I thought that Coming Up was great and I like the freak version that he made in his barn better than that live Glasgow one. John Lennon described "Coming Up" as "a good piece of work" and, according to McCartney, it prompted Lennon to return to recording in 1980.
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