Celebrating Sir Paul Top Ten: Magneto and Titanium Man (#8)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (88360)
United States
June 23, 2026 11:25am CST
One thing about making a list with an artist who has such an enormous discography from which to choose like Paul McCartney is that things have to be omitted. And, given that everyone has tastes that are as individual as their fingerprints, that makes others scratch their heads. Today might be one of those cases. 
#8: Magneto and Titanium Man (Wings)
Yeah, sue me. I left “Live and Let Die” off for this. 
Like Denny Laine said in the introduction of the live version linked below, “This is a bit of a rocker. In fact, it’s a lot of a rocker.”
But I have no less than Stan Lee, the late Marvel Comics legend who created the characters Magneto, Titanium Man, and the Crimson Dynamo, in my corner. When asked what he thought of a song referencing his characters, he said it was terrific.
These days, of course, there’d probably be a big lawsuit over copyright and all that crap from the movie studio that owns the rights to the Marvel franchise. But those were simpler times in the 70s, and you could do worse than having Sir Paul name three of your comic book characters in a song!
Magneto and Titanium Man
Written by Paul and Linda McCartney
From Venus and Mars (Wings), 1975
We went to town with the livery:
#8: Magneto and Titanium Man (Wings)
Yeah, sue me. I left “Live and Let Die” off for this. Like Denny Laine said in the introduction of the live version linked below, “This is a bit of a rocker. In fact, it’s a lot of a rocker.”
But I have no less than Stan Lee, the late Marvel Comics legend who created the characters Magneto, Titanium Man, and the Crimson Dynamo, in my corner. When asked what he thought of a song referencing his characters, he said it was terrific.
These days, of course, there’d probably be a big lawsuit over copyright and all that crap from the movie studio that owns the rights to the Marvel franchise. But those were simpler times in the 70s, and you could do worse than having Sir Paul name three of your comic book characters in a song!
Magneto and Titanium Man
Written by Paul and Linda McCartney
From Venus and Mars (Wings), 1975
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My musical education has been sadly lacking but you're doing a great job of improving it. 
@FourWalls (88360)
• United States
24 Jun
We had a joke going around in the late 70s/early 80s about the Beatles being “that band Paul McCartney was in before Wings.”
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@JudyEv (386097)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jun
@Orson_Kart We'd just got married and were in an isolated country area with very little reception. We only ever listened to the classical channel and there was no TV in our area.
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@teamfreak16 (45384)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Jun
Lawyers: "We are suing Sir Paul McCartney in retro for writing that song."
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@FourWalls (88360)
• United States
23 Jun
I seriously have wondered if the pinheads at the corporation headquarters would try to sue Sparks over their 1982 song “Mickey Mouse.”
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@FourWalls (88360)
• United States
24 Jun
@teamfreak16 — “you mean we can’t? Sh*t!”
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@teamfreak16 (45384)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Jun
@FourWalls - Someone has looked into it, I'm sure.
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@Orson_Kart (8563)
• United Kingdom
25 Jun
Are you saying that “Live and Let Die” isn’t appearing in your Top Ten? 
As a Bond fan, and a Bond theme fan, I am very surprised. Many of the Bond theme songs are fantastic tunes, and “Live and Let Die” is no exception. I would have bet your house on it being in the Top Ten. Just goes to show: you never really know anyone. Sheesh!
As a Bond fan, and a Bond theme fan, I am very surprised. Many of the Bond theme songs are fantastic tunes, and “Live and Let Die” is no exception. I would have bet your house on it being in the Top Ten. Just goes to show: you never really know anyone. Sheesh! 1 person likes this
@Orson_Kart (8563)
• United Kingdom
25 Jun
@FourWalls I know the Bond movies are very cheesy, but I love most of them. The fast cars, beautiful women, and fantastic locations. What’s not to like? 
Yeah, I’m not sure I could narrow it down to 10 of my favourites. You do a great job choosing yours and we all learn a bit (sometimes a lot!) from your back stories.
Remember? when you were young and your heart was an open book….
Yeah, I’m not sure I could narrow it down to 10 of my favourites. You do a great job choosing yours and we all learn a bit (sometimes a lot!) from your back stories.
Remember? when you were young and your heart was an open book….1 person likes this
@FourWalls (88360)
• United States
25 Jun
@Orson_Kart — thank you. This was one of the more difficult countdowns. If I had done the Beatles separately no question “Live and Let Die” would be here. When it has to compete with “Golden Slumbers,” though….
I’m not into beautiful women, although I will say, as a 100% heterosexual female, Diana Rigg and Julie Newmar looked AMAZING in black leather (as Mrs. Peel and Catwoman, respectively). That’s more jealousy than anything talking…from me and a LOT of women.
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@FourWalls (88360)
• United States
25 Jun
I know that a lot of the Bond themes were better than the actual movies.
I’d never skip the song, but like I said, there’s just SOOOO MUCH music to choose from. In fact, there’s only two Wings songs left. The rest are Beatles song.
I’d never skip the song, but like I said, there’s just SOOOO MUCH music to choose from. In fact, there’s only two Wings songs left. The rest are Beatles song.1 person likes this
@RasmaSandra (99804)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Jun
This one totally passed me by,
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@FourWalls (88360)
• United States
24 Jun
The song on the album right after tomorrow’s tune….
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@mininifty (177)
• Belmont, Michigan
23 Jun
If only you knew. Remember when you posted that Alan Sherman song and I brought up Dr. Demento and novelty songs? Well, especially that genre, there are hundreds of unauthorized movie and TV show references per year! If anything, there was more fear of a lawsuit over character references back in the day, but nowadays with fandom music (a.k.a. filk), nobody's afraid to reference a character in their song; the fear nowadays is that a melody might sound like another.
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@FourWalls (88360)
• United States
23 Jun
People like Weird Al and Homer & Jethro always sought permission, even though it’s legally not required. One of the best stories was the lawyers told Homer & Jethro that Broadway tunes were off-limits in the parody world. They didn’t listen, made a spoof of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” and Frank Loesser loved it so much he wrote the liner notes to the EP, and specifically requested that the songwriting credit say, “With apologies to Frank Loesser.” And they always did.
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