# In 1973 Paul McCartney wrote a song on a Scottish mountain, unaware he needed to go to Lagos to finish it

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-1973-paul-mccartney-wrote-a-song-on-a-scottish-mountain-unaware-he-needed-to-go-to-lagos-to-finish-it/
- Published: 2026-11-10T10:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T10:23:39+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1973-paul-mccartney-wrote-song-on-a-scottish-mountain/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- McCartney started writing “Jet” on a Scottish hillside.
- Wings developed the song in Lagos for *Band on the Run*.
- Its sound reflected McCartney’s renewed collaboration with a band.

## Summary

Paul McCartney began writing “Jet” while sitting on a Scottish hillside, inspired in part by a pony of the same name on his farm. The song was later completed and recorded in Lagos, Nigeria, for Wings’ 1973 album *Band on the Run*, showing how his return to collaborative music-making expanded the track’s sound.

McCartney chose Lagos because he admired African music and wanted to record outside England, though the studio was basic and the band had to help build a vocal booth. The article contrasts the song’s quiet beginnings in Scotland with its more ambitious studio development, reflecting McCartney’s shift from the stripped-back approach of *Ram* towards working with Wings.

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