The 25 Greatest Songs of Paul McCartney’s Illustrious Career

10. “Jet” (1974)

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One of the hits off Wings’ uber-successful Band on the Run album, it’s also one of the more confusing, in terms of lyrics, of any in McCartney’s catalog. Whether it’s about a jet-black dog or even a pony, as legend goes, it’s still a fun, up-tempo single. Which totally encapsulates the state of the arena-rock scene that defined much of the second half of the 1970s.