Talk:Coming Up (song)

"Humorously Processed" Vocals
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.
 * I agree that that phrase is rather odd, so I've changed it.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:14, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Hank Marvin vs. Buddy Holly
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)
 * I'm the one that added the list from the Billboard book including Buddy Holly, but I'd always believed that the guitarist was intended to be Hank Marvin, just as you did. However, just stating that would be an opinion, so I didn't make any reference to Marvin in the article, and I hadn't been able to find a definitive source refuring the Billboard claims.  Today, though, I found the McCartney quote naming Hank Marvin in the SNL interview and have referenced that to refute the Holly claim. - AyaK (talk) 00:00, 10 April 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).
 * And thank you again. I added this to the article; hope I credited it properly. -- AyaK (talk) 00:51, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

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Chart performance
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)


 * Bronson's book is wrong. I removed the questionable comment. Piriczki (talk) 14:43, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The pullout of the Hot 100 (which I assume radio stations would post on bulletin boards or something) from the July 5, 1980 issue of Billboard (the song's second week at #1) shows the title as "Coming Up (Live as Glasgow)" and credits Paul McCartney and Wings. Now, this differs from the Hot 100 chart printed on page 68 of the same issue, which continued to list Paul McCartney and "Coming Up". Another source, a book by Garry McGee on the history of Wings seemingly contracts itself as well:
 * p. 139: "Wings' live version replaced the McCartney solo at the top spot during the single's second week at number one, and the single stayed at number one for an additional week."
 * p. 235: "Billboard did not list the parenthetical 'Live at Glasgow' until the single fell to number 2, but the magazine says it considers the live version as the A-side—although that was not what was published in the weekly charts."
 * Clearly, the live version was the more popular version in the US and it was just a matter of giving proper credit, which did not happen when it should have so McCartney's solo version is the historical number one. -- Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 05:13, 11 February 2018 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Lunch Box/Odd Sox
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)
 * ✅ Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 00:42, 7 July 2018 (UTC)

Influence on Lennon
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)

Later live versions
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)