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Released in 1970

Rock of All Ages

Written by Pete HamTom EvansMike Gibbins

Last updated on January 7, 2022


Album This song officially appears on the Come And Get It / Rock Of All Ages 7" Single.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1970

Related session

This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Other songs by Badfinger

Rock Of All Ages” is a song written and recorded by Badfinger, and released on their 1970 album “Magic Christian Music“. It was co-produced by Paul McCartney and Mal Evans. From Beatles Bible:

[…] Rock Of All Ages, the b-side to the Come And Get It single, was recorded on [Sept 18th 1969]. McCartney co-produced the song with Mal Evans, and helped write it, although the latter gesture went uncredited.

During the session McCartney played piano and sang a guide vocal alongside Badfinger’s Tom Evans, which was later replaced by a second vocal part by Evans.

Two stereo mixes of Rock Of All Ages were released. The single version had McCartney’s piano in the right channel, while the album version had it centred. The latter version of the song also faded 10 seconds earlier.


Lyrics

Well, you're taking all my money

And I guess you think it's funny but I don't, my my

You always want it right now

And you know it brings me down but I don't, why? Why?

Guess you think it's funny

That you're taking all my money but I don't


You know you should believe me, baby

Every night you leave me on my own, my my

We got to get together, baby

Try to make it better but you won't, why? Why?

Every night you're leaving

But you know you should believe me but I don't


My my, my my

You know you take me down the line

My my, my my

Baby, don't you know you're mine?


You're taking all my money

And I guess you think it's funny but I don't, my my

You always want it right now

And you know it brings me down but I don't, why? Why?

Guess you think it's funny

That you're taking all my money but I don't


My my, my my

You know you take me down the line

My my, my my

Baby, don't you know you're mine?


You're taking all my money

And I guess you think it's funny but I don't, my my

You always want it right now

And you know it brings me down but I don't, why? Why?

Guess you think it's funny

That you're taking all my money but I don't


You know you should believe me, baby

Every night you leave me on my own, my my

We got to get together, baby

Try to make it better but you won't, why? Why?

Every night you're leaving

But you know you should believe me but I don't


You're taking all my money

And I guess you think it's funny but I don't, my my

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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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