Junior's Farm
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“Junior's Farm” | |||||
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Single by Paul McCartney and Wings | |||||
B-side | "Sally G" | ||||
Released | October 25, 1974 | ||||
Format | 7" single | ||||
Recorded | 1974 | ||||
Genre | Rock | ||||
Length | 4:23 | ||||
Label | Apple Records | ||||
Writer(s) | Paul McCartney | ||||
Producer | Paul McCartney | ||||
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Alternate covers | |||||
Italian single cover |
"Junior's Farm" is a song written by Paul McCartney and recorded by Paul McCartney and Wings. A #3 hit single in the US, it was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee in 1974, while the band was staying at the farm of Curly Putman Jr., which accounts for the title. The song continued McCartney and Wings' success after the Band on the Run album. However it only made #16 on the British charts.
A special full-colour photo was taken for this single's picture sleeve, which 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. In the UK and the US, Apple Records released the single without any picture sleeve, apparently as a cost-reduction move. In some other countries in Europe, a black-and-white band photo was used instead (see alternate cover).
The B-side, "Sally G," was also a Top 20 hit on the US charts, peaking at #17. Although "Junior's Farm" was never released on one of McCartney's original albums, "Sally G" was released in 1993 on "Wings at the Speed of Sound" in The Paul McCartney Collection.
This was the last Wings (or McCartney) release on Apple Records.
[edit] Cover versions
In 1996 "Junior's Farm" was covered by Galactic Cowboys on their Feel the Rage E.P.