The Back Seat of My Car

"The Back Seat of My Car"
Single by Paul and Linda McCartney
from the album Ram
B-side"Heart of the Country"
Released13 August 1971 (UK only)
Recorded22 October 1970 – 29 January 1971[1]
StudioCBS and A & R, New York
GenreRock
Length4:29
LabelApple Records
Songwriter(s)Paul McCartney
Producer(s)Paul and Linda McCartney
Paul and Linda McCartney singles chronology
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
(1971)
"The Back Seat of My Car"
(1971)
"Eat at Home"
(1971)

"The Back Seat of My Car" is a song written by Paul McCartney, released as the closing track of his and his wife Linda's 1971 album, Ram. Several months later, it was released as a single in the UK, peaking at number 39.[2][3] The song modulates stylistically between a sweeping piano-and-orchestra ballad similar to McCartney's "The Long and Winding Road" and upbeat rock sections before ending in a raucous and passionate finale.

  1. ^ Kozinn & Sinclair 2022, pp. 168–171, 196–198 209–211.
  2. ^ "Official Charts: Paul McCartney". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  3. ^ "UK Top 40 Chart Archive". Retrieved 1 September 2009.