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Reception Lyrics — Wings | Dork

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Wings
Reception Lyrics

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Reception

From Back to the Egg1979

Written by Paul McCartney

Produced by Chris Thomas, Paul McCartney

Lyrics

Reception

Interviewer: What did you do when you were mason deputy sheriff?

Man: Well, we were after, um, a man who was, um, apparently have been doing something pretty desperate. We were anxious to, to get on his track, and there were six of us all together when we started off. Uh, we were 2 days on his trail, then we lost him...

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About this track

"Reception" is a song by Wings from the album Back to the Egg, released in 1979. The song was written by Paul McCartney. It was produced by Chris Thomas, Paul McCartney.

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Paul McCartney— 4,184 credits as songwriter & producer →
Steve Holley— 19 credits as drums →
Denny Laine— 174 credits as songwriter →
Laurence Juber— 15 credits as electric guitar →
Mark Vigars— 26 credits as engineer →
Phil McDonald— 127 credits as producer →
Chris Thomas— 386 credits as songwriter & producer →

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