Matt Knight’s “4:20 HIT of the Day” – 7/28/22
Every weekday, I’m going to drop a song that I like to call the 4:20 HIT of the Day. What does this mean? Simply, it’s a song that I think will give you some good vibes, ‘spark up’ nostalgia or just remind you about a tune that you might love but just haven’t heard in a while.
Today’s HIT is the first single from ‘Band on the Run.’ Paul McCartney & Wings “Jet” was released as a single in 1974 and peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has since been released on numerous compilation albums, and has since become one of the band’s best-known tracks.
It was initially reported that the song’s title was inspired by the McCartneys’ Labrador Retriever dog named “Jet.” However, in a 2017 interview on an Australian radio station, McCartney said that the song was actually about his experience meeting Linda’s father: “There’s no telling where you’ll get ideas from and we happened to name this little black puppy Jet. Again I was noodling around, looking for an idea and thought that’s a good word ‘Jet’. So, I wrote the song about that. Not about the puppy, just using the name. And now it’s transformed into a sort of girl. It was kind of – a little bit about the experiences I’d had in marrying Linda. Her dad was a little old fashioned and I thought I was a little bit intimidated, as a lot of young guys can be meeting the father figure. And if the dad’s really easy-going, it makes it easy. It wasn’t bad but I was a bit intimidated, probably my fault as much as his.”
