Long Haired Lady (song) • The Paul McCartney Project

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Album This song officially appears on the Ram LP.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 1971

Timeline This song has been written (or started being written) in 1970 (Paul McCartney was 28 years old)

Lonesome Town

Long Leather Coat

Master release

Ram

By Paul & Linda McCartney

Related sessions

This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions

Home recordings - "Ram" demos

May-August 1970

Recording "Long Haired Lady"

Oct 27, 1970

Overdubs for "The Back Seat Of My Car", "Long Haired Lady"

Jan 11, 1971

"Thrillington" session #1

Jun 15, 1971

"Thrillington" session #2

Jun 16, 1971

"Thrillington" session #3

Jun 17, 1971

"Thrillington" session #4

Jun 18, 1971

Related interviews

Interview with Eirik Wangberg

Jan 01, 2005

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Song facts

“Long Haired Lady” is a track from 1971 “Ram” album, by Paul & Linda McCartney. From “Eight Arms To Hold You” by Chip Madinger & Mark Easter:

[…] ‘Long Haired Lady’ was one of the first in the solo McCartney catalog to feature the element of being “pieced together”. Paul had three segments “Well Well Well”, “Who’s The Lady?” and “Love Is Long” which he fashioned into one epic-length track, the longest on the LP […]

Long Haired Lady is very period piece, [fey Californian accent] ‘My long-haired lady.’ Very ’70s.
Paul McCartney, Mojo magazine, July 2001

From mixing engineering Eirik Wangberg:

Although the main bulk of the track had been done in New York, we did record a lot of background vocals at Sound Recorders.
There is also something about Long Haired Lady I’d like to mention. I remember playing the song back to Paul in the studio. He rested his arms on my shoulders after hearing it and, as I turned and looked at his face, tears were rolling down. Paul is a very, very sensitive person! Listening to his vocal work with Linda really got him into it. It was amazing.
Engineer Eirik Wangberg, interviewed by Claudio Dirani, 2005

In 2005, “Long Haired Lady” received the remix treatment of DJ Hellraiser, and was released on the “Twin Freaks” album.

Last updated on December 31, 2021

Lyrics

Well well well well well
Do you love me like you know you ought to do?
Well well well well well
Or is this the only thing you want me for?
Well, I've been meaning to talk to you about it for sometime,
Sweet little lass you know, my long haired lady.

Who's the lady that makes that brief occasional laughter?
She's the lady who wears those flashing eyes.
Who'll be taking her home when all the dancing is over?
I'm the lucky man she will hypnotize.
Long haired lady.

Bees are buzzing about my sweet delectable lady,
Birds are humming about their big surprise.
Who's your favourite person, dear phenomenal lady?
I belong to the girl with the flashing eyes.
Long haired lady.

My love is long, love is long, my love is long
I'll sing your song, love is long, my love is long
And when you're young, love is long, your love is long
When your lips lead into song, love is long, your love is long.