| Suzy and the Red Stripes | |
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| Origin | England |
| Genres | Rock, Reggae |
| Years active | 1972-74 |
| Labels | A&M Records Epic Records (US) |
| Past members | |
| Linda McCartney Paul McCartney Denny Laine Denny Seiwell Henry McCullough |
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Suzy and the Red Stripes was a pseudonym used by the band Wings during the 1970s. The only release by Wings under that name was a single written and sung by Linda McCartney entitled "Seaside Woman", which was backed by "B-Side to Seaside."
Linda said that the "Suzy and the Red Stripes" pseudonym came about because (a) she had been called "Suzy" in Jamaica because of "a fantastic reggae version of 'Suzy Q'", and (b) Red Stripe is Jamaica's leading brand of beer.[1]
According to an 1974 interview with Linda,[1] she wrote the song during a McCartney family visit to Jamaica in 1971 "when ATV was suing us saying I was incapable of writing, so Paul said, 'Get out and write a song.'"
Wings first performed "Seaside Woman" live during the Wings University Tour in February 1972. It was then recorded by Wings during the Red Rose Speedway sessions later in 1972. The B-side was recorded in February 1977, consisting of "some chords I wrote in Africa, and we just talk over it. It's very sort of Fifties R&B, the Doves, the Penguins."[1]
| "Seaside Woman" | |
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| Single by Suzy and the Red Stripes | |
| from the album Wide Prairie | |
| B-side | "B-Side to Seaside" |
| Released | 31 May 1977 (US) 18 August 1979 (UK) |
| Format | 7", 12" |
| Recorded | AIR Studios, London |
| Length | 3:58 |
| Label | Epic Records (US) A&M Records (UK) EMI (UK 1986) |
| Writer(s) | Linda McCartney |
| Producer | Paul McCartney |
The single was first released three years later, in 1977, on Epic Records in the US, due to the efforts of Epic's Steve Popovich, who was given label credit for mastering the original single.[2] Two years after that, "Seaside Woman" was released by A&M Records in the UK in a regular version, which featured diagonal red stripes on the cover and circular ones on the label, and a special "boxed" version with 10 "saucy" seaside-style postcards. In 1986 it was re-released by EMI U.K. in an extended-length 12" version.
"Seaside Woman" charted at #59 in the US but did not chart in the UK.
"Seaside Woman" was turned into a cartoon short by Oscar Grillo in 1980. It depicts a young Jamaican girl and her loving parents who tend the fishing lines in Jamaica. The film won the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.
The cartoon was released (along with Oriental Nightfish) on the VHS issue of Rupert and the Frog Song. It was re-released on DVD in 2004 (this time without Oriental Nightfish) on Tales of Wonder Music and Animation Classics.
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