Back in the U.S.S.R | The Beatles (original) (raw)
Song
Release date: 22 November 1968
Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC.
Didn't get to bed last night.
On the way the paper bag was on my knee.
Man I had a dreadful flight.
I'm back in the USSR.
You don't know how lucky you are boy,
Back in the USSR.
Been away so long I hardly knew the place.
Gee it's good to be back home.
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case.
Honey disconnect the phone.
I'm back in the USSR.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the US, back in the US,
Back in the USSR.
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out.
They leave the West behind.
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout.
That Georgia's always on my mind.
I'm back in the USSR.
You don't know how lucky you are boy,
Back in the USSR.
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out.
They leave the West behind.
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout.
That Georgia's always on my mind.
Show me round your snow peaked mountains
Way down south
Take me to your daddy's farm.
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out.
Come and keep your comrade warm.
I'm back in the USSR.
You don't know how lucky you are boy,
Back in the USSR
| "Back in the U.S.S.R." | |
|---|---|
| Cover to 1976 UK single | |
| Single by the Beatles | |
| from the album The Beatles | |
| B-side | "Don't Pass Me By" (1968 single)"Twist and Shout" (1976 single) |
| Released | 22 November 1968 (album)25 June 1976 (UK single) |
| Recorded | 22-23 August 1968 |
| Genre | Rock and roll, surf rock, hard rock |
| Length | 2:43 |
| Label | Apple (album and 1968 single)Parlophone (1976 single) |
| Writer(s) | Lennon-McCartney |
| Producer | George Martin |
| The Beatles track listing 30 tracks Side one "Back in the U.S.S.R." "Dear Prudence" "Glass Onion" "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" "Wild Honey Pie" "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" Side two "Martha My Dear" "I'm So Tired" "Blackbird" "Piggies" "Rocky Raccoon" "Don't Pass Me By" "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" "I Will" "Julia" Side three "Birthday" "Yer Blues" "Mother Nature's Son" "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" "Sexy Sadie" "Helter Skelter" "Long, Long, Long" Side four "Revolution 1" "Honey Pie" "Savoy Truffle" "Cry Baby Cry" "Revolution 9" "Good Night" Cover to 1968 Swedish single |
"Back in the U.S.S.R." is a 1968 song by the Beatles (credited to the songwriting partnership Lennon-McCartney but written by Paul McCartney) which opens the double-disc album The Beatles, also known as the White Album. It segues into the next song on the album, "Dear Prudence".
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