-25.02.1972

Give Ireland Back to the Irish

“Give Ireland Back To The Irish” Single artwork as featured in 'The 7" Singles Box'
-25.02.1972
“Give Ireland Back To The Irish” Single artwork as featured in 'The 7" Singles Box'
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WINGS - Give Ireland Back to the Irish
Release date - 25 February 1972
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Tracklisting

  1. AGive Ireland Back to the Irish
  2. BGive Ireland Back to the Irish [Version]

Appears on

Wild Life (Archive Collection)

Single Notes

Written in the immediate aftermath of the Bloody Sunday shootings, Wings rehearsed 'Give Ireland Back to the Irish' in Paul and Linda’s London home and released it three weeks after the event. The song was immediately banned from radio in the UK, resulting in adverts being taken out in the press reading: BANNED EVERYWHERE

The idea of armed soldiers stopping me from going down the street seemed so wrong to me that, even though I wasn’t a writer of protest songs, I just felt I had to say something about this.
Paul