Little Woman Love

"Little Woman Love"
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 non album single "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on 12 May 1972 by Apple Records.[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]

Cash Box described it as a "Lady Madonna-ish rocker."[3]

Reception and charts

While "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was dismissed by the critics, it climbed to the top 10 in the United Kingdom.[4] 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.[5] On the Cash Box chart, which listed single sides separately, "Little Woman Love" only appeared for one week at number 95.[6]

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[7] and Red Rose Speedway. It was later included on The 7" Singles Box in 2022.[8]

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ McGee, Garry (2003). Band on the Run: A History of Paul McCartney and Wings. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-87833-304-2.
  2. ^ 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. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. June 17, 1972. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  4. ^ McGee 2003, pp. 239.
  5. ^ "Paul McCartney singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2015). The Comparison Book. Menonomee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 333. ISBN 978-0-89820-213-7.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "'The 7" Singles Box' – Out 2 December 2022". PaulMcCartney.com. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

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