Album This song officially appears on the Mull Of Kintyre / Girls’ School 7" Single.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1977
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
August 1977
Nov 26, 1977 • From Record Mirror
If people want to dance or leap around they just turn the record over and they’ve got it. And if anyone thought we were into just ballads they’re in for a surprise. I suppose a few people will prefer the more rocking side. You see, ‘B’ sides get swallowed and hardly anybody plays them so this time around we did a double ‘A’ so everyone can hear the varied sides of Wings.
Paul McCartney – From interview with Record Mirror, November 1977
After our Australian tour, we were supposed to go to Japan but the Japanese Minister Of Justice decided we couldn’t go in because we’d been a bit naughty. Se we decided to go to Hawaii for a holiday instead and while I was there I looked at the back pages of these American newspapers and in the entertainment section there were all these porn films with titles like ‘School Mistress’, ‘Yuki’, ‘Kid Sister’, ‘Oriental Princess’ and others. I liked the titles so much I wove them into a song. So it’s supposed to be like a pornographic St Trinians.
Paul McCartney – From interview with Record Mirror, November 1977
Sleepy head, kid sister
Lying on the floor
18 years and younger, boy
Well, she knows what she's waiting for
Yuki's a cool school mistress
She's an oriental princess
She shows films in the classroom, boy
The put the paper on the windows
Ah, what can the sisters do?
Ah, girl's school
Head nurse is Sister Scala
Now she's a Spanish doll
She runs a full body out call massage parlor
From the teacher's hail
Ah, what can the sisters do?
Ah, girl's school
Well now, Roxanne's a woman trainer
She puts the Kids to bed
She gives them pills in a paper cup
And she knocks them on the head
Ah, what can the sisters do?
Ah, girl's school
Ah, what can the sisters do?
Ah, girl's school
She shows films in the classroom, boy
The put the paper on the windows, yeah
Ah, what can the sisters do?
Ah, girl's school
Ah, what can the sisters do?
Ah, girl's school
Mull Of Kintyre / Girls’ School
7" Single • Released in 1977
4:34 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals Linda McCartney : Percussion, Vocals Denny Laine : Guitar, Percussion, Vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Backing vocals, Guitar Joe English : Drums, Percussion
Session Recording: February 7 to March 31, 1977 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
7" Single • Released in 2022
4:34 • Studio version • A2022 • 2022 remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals Linda McCartney : Percussion, Vocals Denny Laine : Guitar, Percussion, Vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Backing vocals, Guitar Joe English : Drums, Percussion
Session Recording: February 7 to March 31, 1977 • Studio EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Unofficial album • Released in 2013
3:21 • Studio version • 's School promo edit stereo
London Town - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
4:35 • Studio version • A
London Town - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
3:23 • Studio version • Promo edit
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present
"Girls' School" 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.
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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