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After the release of Ram, McCartney decided to form a new group and asked Seiwell and McCracken, both of whom had played on the album, to join.

Seiwell accepted, but McCracken declined, so McCartney invited Denny Laine, whom he had known since the early 1960s, to join.

In August 1971, Seiwell and Laine joined Paul and Linda McCartney to record Paul's third post-Beatles album for Apple Records.

The result was Wild Life, released 7 December.

It was the first project to credit Wings as the artist.

The band name is said to have come to McCartney as he was praying in the hospital while Linda was giving birth to their second child together, Stella, in September 1971.

Paul McCartney recalled in the film Wingspan that the birth of Stella was " a bit of a drama "; there were complications at the birth and that both Linda and the baby almost died.

He was praying fervently and the image of wings came to his mind.

He decided to name his new band " Wings ".