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Back in the USSR - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Abet, Advance, Advocate, Aft, Afterpiece, Ago, Alveolar, Alveolus, Angel, Ante, Anticlockwise |
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 "Back in the USSR" was released as a single in the UK in 1976. "Back in the U.S.S.R." is a song by The Beatles written by Paul McCartney (John Lennon shares songwriting credits), and which opens the double-disc album The Beatles (a.k.a. The White Album).
The song describes, a bad flight from the United States to the Soviet Union on board a British BOAC airplane; the "superior" beauty of Soviet women over those of the Western world; the sound of balalaikas ringing; and the incredible fortune of returning to a communist state.
The song was a parody of Chuck Berry's Back in the U.S.A. and the Beach Boys' California Girls. The title was inspired in part by Harold Wilson's "I'm Backing Britain" campaign.
A conservative American backlash against the song rapidly ensued, citing the song as evidence of left-wing Beatle propaganda. McCartney's recent confession of having used LSD (combined with Lennon's assertion that the Beatles were "bigger than Jesus") made The Beatles the target of a new anti-rock campaign. A flustered McCartney responded: "Back In The USSR is a hands-across-the-water-song...They like us out there. Even though the bosses in the Kremlin may not, the kids do."
"Back in the USSR" was released by Parlophone as a single in the UK in 1976. It featured the song "Twist and Shout" on Side B.
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