| "Little Woman Love" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) US revised picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Wings | ||||
| A-side | "Mary Had a Little Lamb" | |||
| Released | 12 May 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 13 November 1970, 21 January 1971 (overdubs)[1] | |||
| Studio | CBS Studios, New York NY | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly | |||
| Length | 2:11 | |||
| Label | Apple | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
| Wings singles chronology | ||||
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"Little Woman Love" is a Wings song released as the B-side of the non album single "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on 12 May 1972 by Apple Records.[2]
It was composed by Paul McCartney in 1970 and recorded during the Ram sessions but left off the album.[3] In keeping with McCartney's practice at the time, the composition was credited to Paul and Linda McCartney.
Beatle biographer John Blaney describes "Little Woman Love" as a "breezy rocker" with a rockabilly feel.[3] The song is unusual for Wings in that instead of Paul McCartney playing electric bass guitar, jazz musician Milt Hinton plays slap bass.[3]
Cash Box described it as a "Lady Madonna-ish rocker."[4]
While "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was dismissed by the critics, it climbed to the top 10 in the United Kingdom.[5] In the United States, however, radio stations also played "Little Woman Love." As a result, the picture sleeve for "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was revised by Apple Records to have a separate listing for the flip side. The single reached number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.[6] On the Cash Box chart, which listed single sides separately, "Little Woman Love" only appeared for one week at number 95.[7]
"Little Woman Love" was never released on an album until 1993, when it was included as a bonus track to Wild Life in The Paul McCartney Collection. It was included on the Special and Deluxe editions of Ram[8] and Red Rose Speedway. It was later included on The 7" Singles Box in 2022.[9]
