Junior's Farm

"Junior's Farm"
Single by Paul McCartney and Wings
B-side "Sally G"
Released 25 October 1974
Format 7-inch single
Recorded July 1974, Sound Shop Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Rock
Length 4:20 (Single)
3:03 (Radio edit)
Label Apple Records
Writer(s) Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
Producer(s) Paul McCartney
Wings chronology
"Band on the Run"
(1974)		 "Junior's Farm"
(1974)		 "Listen to What the Man Said"
(1975)
Alternative covers
Italian single cover

"Junior's Farm" is a song written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed with McCartney's band Wings. It was a number-three hit single in the United States.[1] It was issued as a non-album single.

Writing and release

It was recorded in 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee, while the band was staying at the Lebanon, Tennessee farm of Curly Putman Jr., which accounts for the title.[2]

The song continued McCartney and Wings' success after the Band on the Run album. It made number 16 on the United Kingdom charts.[3]

The photo for the single's picture sleeve featured the members of Wings dressed in appropriate costumes from the song's lyrics (for example, Geoff Britton as a poker dealer and Denny Laine as the "Eskimo"). However, the photo only appeared on the picture sleeve of the single in Spain and in advertisements elsewhere. In the UK and the US, the single was released in an Apple Records company sleeve. In some other countries in Europe, a black-and-white band photo was used instead (see alternative cover).

This was McCartney's last release on Apple Records before signing a solo recording contract with Capitol Records in May 1975, following the dissolution of the Beatles' partnership.

Music video

The music video of Junior's Farm shows Paul McCartney playing a Kay electric bass guitar.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1974–75) Peak
position
Australia KMR 12
Canada RPM 10
New Zealand (Listener)[4] 3
Norway 9
UK [3] 16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5] 3
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [6] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1974) Rank
Canada [7] 115
Chart (1975) Rank
Australia [8] 77
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [9] 88
U.S. Cash Box [10] 92

B-side and later release

The B-side, "Sally G", was also a top-20 hit on the US charts, peaking at number 17. "Junior's Farm" was later released on the McCartney/Wings compilation Wings Greatest in 1978 and the US version of All the Best! in 1987, although it was not on the UK edition of the latter album. The 3-minute radio edit of the song was included on the Wingspan: Hits and History compilation. "Sally G" was released in 1993 as a bonus track on Wings at the Speed of Sound in The Paul McCartney Collection. Both songs are now remastered and featured on the Hear-Music version of Venus and Mars released in November 2014.

Cover versions

In 1994, "Junior's Farm" was covered by Lee Harvey Oswald Band on their album A Taste of Prison.

In 1996, "Junior's Farm" was covered by Galactic Cowboys on their Feel the Rage E.P.

In 2014, "Junior's Farm" was covered by Steve Miller on The Art of McCartney covers album.

References

  1. ↑ "Paul McCartney singles". allmusic. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  2. ↑ Inman, Davis. ""Junior's Farm," Paul McCartney". American Songwriter.
  3. 1 2 "Official Charts: Paul McCartney". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–2002
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  8. ↑ "Australian Chart Book". Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975". Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  10. ↑
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