Little Woman Love

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"Little Woman Love"
Little Woman Love (Wings single - cover art).jpg
US revised picture sleeve
Single by Wings
A-side"Mary Had a Little Lamb"
Released12 May 1972
Recorded1970–71
GenreRockabilly
Length2:11
LabelApple
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Paul McCartney
Wings singles chronology
"Give Ireland Back to the Irish"
(1972) 		"Little Woman Love"
(1972) 		"Hi, Hi, Hi"
(1972)

"Little Woman Love" is a Wings song released as the B-side of the single "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on 12 May 1972.[1]

History[]

It was composed by Paul McCartney in 1970 and recorded during the Ram sessions but left off the album.[2] In keeping with McCartney's practice at the time, the composition was credited to Paul and Linda McCartney.

Beatle biographer John Blaney describes "Little Woman Love" as a "breezy rocker" with a rockabilly feel.[2] The song is unusual for Wings in that instead of Paul McCartney playing electric bass guitar, jazz musician Milt Hinton plays slap bass.[2]

Reception and charts[]

While "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was dismissed by the critics, it climbed to the top 10 in the United Kingdom.[3] In the United States, however, radio stations also played "Little Woman Love." As a result, the picture sleeve for "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was revised by Apple Records to have a separate listing for the flip side. The single reached number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.[4] On the Cash Box chart, which listed single sides separately, "Little Woman Love" only appeared for one week at number 95.[5]

Release[]

"Little Woman Love" was never released on an album until 1993, when it was included as a bonus track to Wild Life in The Paul McCartney Collection. It was included on the Special and Deluxe editions of Ram[6] and Red Rose Speedway.

Personnel[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ McGee 2003, pp. 196.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Blaney, J. (2007). Lennon and McCartney: together alone: a critical discography of their solo work. Jawbone Press. pp. 45, 63. ISBN 978-1-906002-02-2.
  3. ^ McGee 2003, pp. 239.
  4. ^ "Paul McCartney singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2015). The Comparison Book. Menonomee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 333. ISBN 978-0-89820-213-7.
  6. ^ "Sir Paul McCartney 'RAM' tracklisting, reissue details revealed". paulmccartney.com. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

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