Momma Miss America (song)

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Album This song officially appears on the McCartney LP.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 1970

Timeline This song has been written (or started being written) in 1969 (Paul McCartney was 27 years old)

Song facts

“Momma Miss America” – intially titled “Rock ‘n’ Roll Springtime” – is an instrumental track from Paul McCartney’s debut solo album, “McCartney“, released in April 1970.

An instrumental recorded completely at home. Made up as I went along – first a sequence of chords, then a melody on top. Piano, drums, acoustic guitar, electric guitar. Originally it was two pieces but they ran into each other by accident and became one.
Paul McCartney, from the press release of “McCartney”, April 1970

Putting [the “McCartney” album] together was probably the most fun [of my solo albums]. It was so intimate, it was just me, and, listening to it now, I think that I did stuff that I wouldn’t normally have done. Some of the instrumentals I like a lot. They may not mean much – ‘Momma Miss America’ doesn’t really add up to much – but I like them.
Paul McCartney – From interview in Club Sandwich, Winter 1994

For me now, it’s great memories of a happy period: getting with Linda, earliest days. She helped me, because I’d have a guitar and amp in the house and she’d say, ‘I never knew you played guitar!’ Yeah, I’d play a few blues licks, you know? I’d say I did this and that, did the “Taxman” solos… She was very encouraging, and that led me to ‘Momma Miss America’, ‘Kreen-Akrore’, which were right off the wall. Then a few more normal things crept in, and it became an album.
Paul McCartney – From “Conversations with McCartney” by Paul du Noyer

From PopMatters, 2010:

“Momma Miss America” is another instrumental track on the McCartney album, as the only voice heard is that of an engineer announcing that this is take one of “Rock ‘n’ Roll Springtime”. That title was soon changed, as what was to become two separate songs “ran into each other by accident and became one”. Made up as McCartney went along, it was recorded entirely at his London home.
McCartney’s only recent involvement with the song is its inclusion on The McCartney Years box DVD set. (It is used as background music on Disc 2’s “Chronology” menu.)

“Momma Miss America“, along with “Singalong Junk“, was included on the soundtrack of the 1996 movie, “Jerry Maguire“, featuring Tom Cruise.

From the press release of “McCartney”, April 1970

Last updated on March 31, 2022

Officially appears on

McCartney

LP • Released in 1970

4:09 • Studio version • A • Stereo

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer

Phil McDonald :: Mixing engineer

Session Recording:: Late December 1969

Studio :: At home, Cavendish Avenue, London

Session Mixing:: Feb 21, 1970

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

McCartney (by DCC Compact Classics)

CD • Released in 1992

4:09 • Studio version • A1992 • Stereo • 1992 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer

Phil McDonald :: Mixing engineer

Steve Hoffman :: Remastering

Session Recording:: Late December 1969

Studio :: At home, Cavendish Avenue, London

Session Mixing:: Feb 21, 1970

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

McCartney (1993)

Official album • Released in 1993

4:09 • Studio version • A1993 • Stereo • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer

Phil McDonald :: Mixing engineer

Peter Mew :: Remastering

Session Recording:: Late December 1969

Studio :: At home, Cavendish Avenue, London

Session Mixing:: Feb 21, 1970

Studio :: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Jerry Maguire (Music From The Motion Picture)

CD • Released in 1996

4:09 • Studio version • A

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer

Phil McDonald :: Mixing engineer

Session Recording:: Late December 1969

Studio :: At home, Cavendish Avenue, London

Session Mixing:: Feb 21, 1970

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

McCartney - Archive Collection

Official album • Released in 2011

4:08 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer

Phil McDonald :: Mixing engineer

Guy Massey :: Remastering

Steve Rooke :: Remastering

Simon Gibson :: Remastering

Session Recording:: Late December 1969

Studio :: At home, Cavendish Avenue, London

Session Mixing:: Feb 21, 1970

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

McCartney (Limited Red LP)

LP • Released in 2017

4:08 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer

Phil McDonald :: Mixing engineer

Guy Massey :: Remastering

Steve Rooke :: Remastering

Simon Gibson :: Remastering

Session Recording:: Late December 1969

Studio :: At home, Cavendish Avenue, London

Session Mixing:: Feb 21, 1970

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

McCartney (50th Anniversary)

Official album • Released in 2020

4:09 • Studio version • A2020 • 2020 half-speed mastering

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer

Phil McDonald :: Mixing engineer

Miles Showell :: Mastering

Session Recording:: Late December 1969

Studio :: At home, Cavendish Avenue, London

Session Mixing:: Feb 21, 1970

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

McCartney I II III Limited Edition Colour 3LP Box Set

LP • Released in 2022

4:08 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer

Phil McDonald :: Mixing engineer

Guy Massey :: Remastering

Steve Rooke :: Remastering

Simon Gibson :: Remastering

Session Recording:: Late December 1969

Studio :: At home, Cavendish Avenue, London

Session Mixing:: Feb 21, 1970

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

McCartney I II III Box Set

Official album • Released in 2022

4:08 • Studio version • A2011 • Stereo • 2011 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer

Phil McDonald :: Mixing engineer

Guy Massey :: Remastering

Steve Rooke :: Remastering

Simon Gibson :: Remastering

Session Recording:: Late December 1969

Studio :: At home, Cavendish Avenue, London

Session Mixing:: Feb 21, 1970

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

McCartney - Ultimate Archive Collection

Unofficial album • Released in 2015

4:08 • Studio version • A2011

Paul McCartney :: Acoustic guitar, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Producer, Recording engineer

Phil McDonald :: Mixing engineer

Session Recording:: Late December 1969

Studio :: At home, Cavendish Avenue, London

Session Mixing:: Feb 21, 1970

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

Latest concerts where Momma Miss America has been played

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.