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Released in 1971

Eat at Home

Written by Paul McCartney • Linda Eastman / McCartney

Last updated on June 6, 2020

Album This song officially appears on the Ram LP.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1971

Timeline This song was written, or began to be written, in 1970, when Paul McCartney was 28 years old)

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“Eat At Home” is a song from 1971 album “Ram” credited to Paul & Linda McCartney. From Wikipedia:

The song, a standard rock number, features McCartney on lead vocals, electric guitar, bass and drums and Linda McCartney performing backing vocals.

Paul McCartney described the lyrics of “Eat at Home” as “a plea for home cooking – it’s obscene.” Beatle biographer John Blaney described it as fitting within the theme of many of McCartney’s songs of the period, “extolling the virtues of domestic bliss and…the love of a good woman.” Music professor Vincent Benitez also considers the theme to be a celebration of Paul’s domestic bliss with Linda in the wake of the Beatles’ breakup.

“Eat at Home” is in the key of A major. It is a three-chord rock song, with predominant use of the tonic chord of A, the dominant chord of E and the subdominant chord of D. It also employs the leading-tone chord of G in turnaround sections between the verses and the bridge passages. Blaney described the music as being an “upbeat slice of retro-pop” that was influenced by McCartney’s hero Buddy Holly.

Music critic Stewart Mason of AllMusic described it as McCartney’s homage to Buddy Holly, and Stephen Thomas Erlewine, also of Allmusic, described it as “a rollicking, winking sex song.” In a contemporary review for RAM, Jon Landau of Rolling Stone described “Eat at Home” as one of two only good songs he enjoyed on the album, also comparing it to Buddy Holly.

Although John Lennon was highly critical of many of the songs on Ram, feeling they were veiled attacks on him, he publicly admitted that he enjoyed this particular song quite a bit.

Although not released as a single in the UK or the US, “Eat at Home” was released as a single in several European countries, South America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and reached #7 in the Netherlands and #6 in Norway. Even in the US it received considerable radio airplay without having been released as a single.

“Eat At Home” was the opening song for most concerts of the 1972 Wings Over Europe tour.

Lyrics

C'mon, little lady

Lady let's eat at home

C'mon, little lady

Lady let's eat at home

Eat at home, eat at home

Bring the love that you feel for me-hee

Into line with the love I see

And in the morning you'll bring to me-hee love

Come on little lady

Lady let's eat in bed

Eat in bed eat in bed

Bring the love that you feel for me-hee

Into line with the love I see

And in the morning you'll bring to me-hee love

C'mon little lady

Lady now don't do that.

C'mon on little lady,

Lady now don't do that do that do that.

Do that to to to too to to to tooo

To to too do that

Oh no

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“Eat at Home” has been played in 12 concerts.

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The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present

"Eat at Home" is one of the songs featured in the book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present," published in 2021. The book explores Paul McCartney's early Liverpool days, his time with the Beatles, Wings, and his solo career. It pairs the lyrics of 154 of his songs with his first-person commentary on the circumstances of their creation, the inspirations behind them, and his current thoughts on them.

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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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