Do you think that the album
Band On The Run would have had a better life at No.1 if the single of the title track had been the
first single, as opposed to the
third?The album went to No.1 for one week. The first single released from that album was
"Helen Wheels" (a song I don't really like). That song went to #10 on the Hot 100 Singles chart; the second single,
"Jet" (a meh song), went to #7. Finally,
finally, they released
"Band On The Run", which went to #1 for one week.
I personally think that if "BOTR" was the first single, the album would have went to #1 a lot faster than it did. The album was released in 1973, but it didn't top the chart until 1974, when the self-titled single was released.