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Album This song officially appears on the Band On The Run (UK version) Official album.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 1973

Song facts

From Wikipedia:

“Let Me Roll It” is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings released on the 1973 album Band on the Run. The song was also released as the B-side to “Jet” in early 1974, and has remained a staple of McCartney’s live concerts since it was first released.

Origin

Some critics saw the song as a pastiche of John Lennon’s sound, particularly the riff and the use of tape echo on the vocals. McCartney, however, didn’t intend the song to be a pastiche of Lennon. He did say the vocal “does sound like John… I hadn’t realised I’d sung it like John.”

Live performances

Since its first release, McCartney has performed “Let Me Roll It” in his live concerts. He has also included live versions of the song on several live albums, including Wings over America, Paul Is Live, Back in the U.S. (and Back in the World), and Good Evening New York City.

In the recent tours, “Foxy Lady” from Jimmy Hendrix was performed at the end of “Let Me Roll It”, forming a kind of medley.

Paul McCartney, in Club Sandwich, 1994:

Let Me Roll It was not really a Lennon pastiche, although my use of tape echo did sound more like John than me. But tape echo was not John’s exclusive territory! And you have to remember that, despite the myth, there was a lot of commonality between us in the way that we thought and the way that we worked.

Paul McCartney, Billboard interview, 2001:

[Let Me Roll It] was a riff, originally, a great riff to play, and whenever we played it live, it goes down great. We’d play it on two guitars, and people saw it later as a kind of John pastiche, as Lennon-ish, Lennon-esque. Which I don’t mind. That could have been a Beatles song. Me and John would have sung that good.

Last updated on October 22, 2016

Lyrics

You gave me something.
I understand,
You gave me loving in the palm of my hand

I can't tell you how I feel
My heart is like a wheel
LET ME ROLL IT
Let me roll it to you
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you

I want to tell you
And now's the time
I want to tell you that
You're going to be mine

I can't tell you how I feel
My heart is like a wheel.
LET ME ROLL IT
Let me roll it to you
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you

Officially appears on

Band On The Run (US version)

Official album • Released in 1973

4:50 • Studio version • A

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals, Organ

Denny Laine :: Backing vocals, Electric guitar

Geoff Emerick :: Mixing engineer, Recording engineer

Monday :: Assistant engineer

Pete Swettenham :: Assistant engineer

Session Recording:: September 1-23, 1973

Studio :: EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria

Session Overdubs:: October 1973

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, UK

Session Mixing:: Late October / Early November 1973

Studio :: Kingsway Studios, London, UK

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

Band On The Run (UK version)

Official album • Released in 1973

4:50 • Studio version • A

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals, Organ

Denny Laine :: Backing vocals, Electric guitar

Geoff Emerick :: Mixing engineer, Recording engineer

Monday :: Assistant engineer

Pete Swettenham :: Assistant engineer

Session Recording:: September 1-23, 1973

Studio :: EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria

Session Overdubs:: October 1973

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, UK

Session Mixing:: Late October / Early November 1973

Studio :: Kingsway Studios, London, UK

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

Jet / Let Me Roll It

7" Single • Released in 1974

4:50 • Studio version • A

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals, Organ

Denny Laine :: Backing vocals, Electric guitar

Geoff Emerick :: Mixing engineer, Recording engineer

Monday :: Assistant engineer

Pete Swettenham :: Assistant engineer

Session Recording:: September 1-23, 1973

Studio :: EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria

Session Overdubs:: October 1973

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, UK

Session Mixing:: Late October / Early November 1973

Studio :: Kingsway Studios, London, UK

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

Wings Over America

Official live • Released in 1976

3:45 • Live • L1

Paul McCartney :: Bass, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Keyboard, Vocals

Denny Laine :: Electric guitar, Vocals

Jimmy McCulloch :: Electric guitar, Vocals

Joe English :: Drums, Vocals

Mark Vigars :: Assistant mixing engineer

Phil McDonald :: Mixing engineer, Overdubs recording

Jack Maxson :: Recording engineer

Tom Walsh :: Assistant recording engineer

Concert From the concert in Cincinnati, USA on May 27, 1976

Band On The Run (1993)

Official album • Released in 1993

4:50 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals, Organ

Denny Laine :: Backing vocals, Electric guitar

Geoff Emerick :: Mixing engineer, Recording engineer

Monday :: Assistant engineer

Pete Swettenham :: Assistant engineer

Peter Mew :: Remastering

Session Recording:: September 1-23, 1973

Studio :: EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria

Session Overdubs:: October 1973

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, UK

Session Mixing:: Late October / Early November 1973

Studio :: Kingsway Studios, London, UK

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

Official live • Released in 1993

4:12 • Live • L2

Performed by :
Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney • Robbie McIntosh • Hamish Stuart • Paul Wickens • Blair Cunningham

Paul McCartney :: Producer

Geoff Emerick :: Engineering, Mixing engineer

Julian Mendelsohn :: Recording engineer

Bob Kraushaar :: Recording engineer

Concert From the concert in Boulder, USA on May 26, 1993

Session Recording:: July 1993

Studio :: Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK

Band On The Run (DTS 5.1)

Official album • Released in 1996

4:50 • Studio version • B • DTS Mix / Quadraphonic version

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals, Organ

Denny Laine :: Backing vocals, Electric guitar

Geoff Emerick :: Mixing engineer, Recording engineer

Monday :: Assistant engineer

Pete Swettenham :: Assistant engineer

Session Recording:: September 1-23, 1973

Studio :: EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria

Session Overdubs:: October 1973

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, UK

Session Mixing:: Early 1974

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, UK

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

Band On The Run (25th Anniversary)

Official album • Released in 1999

4:50 • Studio version • A1999 • 1999 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals, Organ

Denny Laine :: Backing vocals, Electric guitar

Geoff Emerick :: Mixing engineer, Recording engineer, Remastering

Monday :: Assistant engineer

Pete Swettenham :: Assistant engineer

Greg Calbi :: Remastering

Session Recording:: September 1-23, 1973

Studio :: EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria

Session Overdubs:: October 1973

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, UK

Session Mixing:: Late October / Early November 1973

Studio :: Kingsway Studios, London, UK

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

Band On The Run (25th Anniversary)

Official album • Released in 1999

3:52 • Live • L3 • Includes Paul McCartney interview about the making of "Band On The Run" album

Performed by :
Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney • Robbie McIntosh • Hamish Stuart • Paul Wickens • Blair Cunningham

Paul McCartney :: Producer

Concert From "New World Tour - Rehearsal Concert" in London, United Kingdom on Feb 05, 1993

Wingspan: Hits & History [CD Sampler]

Official album • Released in 2001

4:50 • Studio version • A

Paul McCartney :: Backing vocals, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Producer, Vocals

Linda McCartney :: Backing vocals, Organ

Denny Laine :: Backing vocals, Electric guitar

Geoff Emerick :: Mixing engineer, Recording engineer

Monday :: Assistant engineer

Pete Swettenham :: Assistant engineer

Session Recording:: September 1-23, 1973

Studio :: EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria

Session Overdubs:: October 1973

Studio :: AIR Studios, London, UK

Session Mixing:: Late October / Early November 1973

Studio :: Kingsway Studios, London, UK

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

See all official recordings containing “Let Me Roll It”

Bootlegs

Magical Toronto Night

Unofficial live

4:29 • Live

Concert From the concert in Toronto, Canada on Jun 06, 1993

Unofficial live

3:48 • Live

Concert From the concert in Los Angeles, USA on Jun 23, 1976

Welcome To Washington

Unofficial live

4:10 • Live

Concert From the concert in Seattle, USA on Jun 10, 1976

Driving USA Super Tree Volume 13 - Uniondale, NY 21 April 2002

Unofficial live

5:34 • Live

Concert From the concert in Uniondale, USA on Apr 21, 2002

Live at The Palace - Auburn Hills, Detroit MI May 1, 2002

Unofficial live

5:19 • Live

Concert From the concert in Detroit, USA on May 01, 2002

See all bootlegs containing “Let Me Roll It”

Latest concerts where Let Me Roll It has been played

Curitiba • Estádio Couto Pereira • Brazil

Dec 13, 2023 • Part of Got Back Tour

São Paulo • Allianz Parque • Brazil

Dec 10, 2023 • Part of Got Back Tour

São Paulo • Allianz Parque • Brazil

Dec 09, 2023 • Part of Got Back Tour

São Paulo • Allianz Parque • Brazil

Dec 07, 2023 • Part of Got Back Tour

Belo Horizonte • Mrv Arena • Brazil

Dec 04, 2023 • Part of Got Back Tour

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