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- Album This song officially appears on the Helen Wheels / Country Dreamer 7" Single.
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
May-August 1970
Sep 26, 1972
Aug 24, 1974
Aug 30, 1974
Sep 29, 1974
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Song facts
From Wikipedia:
“Country Dreamer” is the B-side song to the single “Helen Wheels” released by Paul McCartney and Wings on 26 October 1973 in the UK and 12 November 1973 in the US. It was recorded in October 1972, and its country ambiance is similar to “Heart of the Country” from Paul McCartney’s 1971 album Ram.
The song was originally intended to be on Red Rose Speedway when it was to be a double album. It appears as a bonus track on the 1988 CD release of Red Rose Speedway and on the 1993 CD release of Band on the Run included in The Paul McCartney Collection.
Last updated on March 7, 2014
The book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present", published in 2021, covers Paul McCartney's early Liverpool days, the Beatles, Wings, and solo careers, by pairing the lyrics of 154 of his songs with first-person commentaries of the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now.
"Country Dreamer" is one of the 154 songs covered.
Lyrics
I'd like to walk in a field with you
Take my hat and my boots off too
I'd like to lie in a field with you
Would you like to do it too, May?
Would you like to do it too?
I'd like to stand in a stream with you
Roll my trousers up and not feel blue
I'd like to wash in a stream with you
Would you like to do it too?
You and I, country dreamer
When there's nothing else to do
Me, oh my, country dreamer
Make a country dream come true
I'd like to climb up a hill with you
Stand on top and admire the view
I'd like to roll down a hill with you
Would you like to do it too, may?
Now would you like to do it too?
You and I, country dreamer
When there's nothing else to do
Me, oh my, country dreamer
Make a country dream come true
I'd like to climb up a hill with you
Take my hat and my boots off too
I'd like to lie in a field with you
Would you like to do it too, may?
Would you like to do it too?
Would you like to do it too?
Officially appears on
Helen Wheels / Country Dreamer
7" Single • Released in 1973
3:12 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Percussion (?), Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Henry McCullough :
- Slide guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Brushes, Drums
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer (?), Assistant recording engineer
- John Barrett :
- Assistant mixing engineer (?)
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Sep 26, 1972
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 10, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Official album • Released in 1993
3:12 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Percussion (?), Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Henry McCullough :
- Slide guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Brushes, Drums
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer (?), Assistant recording engineer
- John Barrett :
- Assistant mixing engineer (?)
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Sep 26, 1972
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 10, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Band On The Run - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2010
3:10 • Studio version • A2010 • 2010 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Percussion (?), Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Henry McCullough :
- Slide guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Brushes, Drums
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer (?), Assistant recording engineer
- John Barrett :
- Assistant mixing engineer (?)
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Sep 26, 1972
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 10, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Band On The Run - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2010
2:17 • TV show • B • From "One Hand Clapping"
- Performed by :
- Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney • Denny Laine • Jimmy McCulloch • Geoff Britton
- Paul McCartney :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant recording engineer
- John Barrett :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Aug 24, 1974
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 29, 1974
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Red Rose Speedway - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2018
3:10 • Studio version • A2018 • 2018 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Percussion (?), Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Henry McCullough :
- Slide guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Brushes, Drums
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer (?), Assistant recording engineer
- John Barrett :
- Assistant mixing engineer (?)
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alex Wharton :
- Remastering
- Steve Orchard :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Sep 26, 1972
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 10, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
7" Single • Released in 2022
3:10 • Studio version • A2018
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Percussion (?), Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Henry McCullough :
- Slide guitar
- Denny Seiwell :
- Brushes, Drums
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant mixing engineer (?), Assistant recording engineer
- John Barrett :
- Assistant mixing engineer (?)
- Alan Parsons :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Alex Wharton :
- Remastering
- Steve Orchard :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Sep 26, 1972
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 10, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Bootlegs
The Alternate Red Rose Speedway Volume 1: The Original Acetate
Unofficial album
3:10 • Studio version
The Alternate Red Rose Speedway Volume 2: Outtakes & Rough Mixes
Unofficial album
1:53 • Studio version
Unofficial album
2:19 • Studio rehearsal
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Vocals
- Session Recording:
- Aug 30, 1974
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
Going further
Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989
With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.
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