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According to who? Yeah, the song has a very happy jovial mood to it and his vocals have some reverbs and slight effects on them, but nothing I view as overtly humorous or out of place for an 80's song.
While Paul McCartney was at the time of the "Coming Up" vid and remains a huge Buddy Holly fan, my understanding was the bespectacled guitarist he is miming in "Coming Up" was not Holly but Hank Marvin of The Shadows. I've heard McCartney made mention of this, and would also note that the swiveling business he does is in line with Shadows' performances I've seen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.49.228 ( talk) 03:36, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't this article contain a complete list of the characters in the video? Notable and wikial, I'd say! I'm filling in the ones I know. Juryen 01:22, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, AyaK, for your definitive backup. I have another source, Sir Paul himself, on the commentary track to the music video from his recent DVD collection. Marvin, according to Sir Paul, is one of only three figures who is the sole basis for a character in the video, alongside the keyboard player from Sparks and the bassist from the Beatles. Others may be amalgams (like the drummer as both Mick Fleetwood and Ginger Baker).
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This statement: “This single became Wings' sixth and final number one single.”
Contradicts this statement: “Billboard listed the A-side on the Hot 100 for the first 12 weeks on the chart, including three weeks at number one”
Either this single was a number one hit for Wings OR it was a number one hit for Paul McCartney, but it can’t be both. The Hot 100 says it was Paul McCartney, however, general knowledge about this particular hit and Fred Bronson’s book “The Billboard’s Book of Number One Hits” agree that it was the Wings’ live version that was #1.
If the ‘error’ in the Hot 100 is accepted as fact, then this is actually Paul McCartney’s only #1 solo single, and it’s not Wing’s sixth number one. Petepait ( talk) 03:42, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
Unreferenced article, the song appears non-notable unto itself and should appear with the A list track. No additional information is provided in this article. Ifnord ( talk) 16:23, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
It's odd that the article says "according to McCartney, it prompted Lennon to return to recording in 1980" when McCartney obviously just heard that second-hand, specifically Frederic Seaman's book Living On Borrowed Time. Seaman was there when John heard the song for the first time on the radio, so we might as well go with the original source. Pawnkingthree ( talk) 22:50, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
Maybe worth mentioning that the Tripping The Live Fantastic and Knebworth versions (both recorded in 1990) incorporate (aside from some James Brown samples) Pick Up the Pieces by the Average White Band, due to the fact that Hamish Stuart was in the AWB. Jules TH 16 ( talk) 18:23, 20 June 2022 (UTC)