The song has simple acoustic tune with a heavy bass chorus, and an unusually mellow sound to the acoustic guitar that was achieved by tuning all of the strings a full step lower than standard pitch. The song is about a man searching for a farm in the middle of nowhere. The song reflects Paul's heading for the Scottish countryside to escape the headaches associated with the Beatles' break-up at the time.[1]
Compositionedit
The song is played in the key of D Minor at a tempo of 172.
In a contemporary review for Ram, Jon Landau of Rolling Stone gave "Heart of the Country" a negative review, calling it the album's "lowest point", and the song that "most clearly indicates [Ram's] failures".[2] Landau described the song as "an evenly paced, finger-picking styled tune, with very light jazz overtones, obviously intended as Paul's idea of "mellow."".[2] However, Landau believed McCartney's lyrics about the country "ring false".[2]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the song as "an effortless folk-pop tune that ranks among [McCartney's] very best songs".[3] Erlewine also praises its "imaginative and gorgeous arrangement".[4] In 2013, Rolling Stone rated "Heart of the Country" at number 26 in its list of Paul McCartney's best post-Beatles songs.[1]
Aftermathedit
McCartney and Elvis Costello re-recorded the song, with Mark Ronson producing, in 2013 for a commercial featuring his late wife Linda's vegetarian recipe book.[5]
heart, country, film, film, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor,. For the film see Heart of the Country film This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Heart of the Country news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Heart of the Country is a song written by Paul and Linda McCartney from their album Ram released in 1971 Heart of the Country Single by Paul and Linda McCartneyfrom the album RamA side The Back Seat of My Car Released13 August 1971Recorded16 November 1970GenreFolk rock country folkLength2 21LabelAppleSongwriter s Paul and Linda McCartneyProducer s Paul and Linda McCartneyPaul and Linda McCartney singles chronology Uncle Albert Admiral Halsey 1971 Heart of the Country 1971 Eat at Home 1971 Music video Heart of the Country on YouTube Contents 1 Origins 2 Composition 3 Personnel 4 Reception 5 Aftermath 6 ReferencesOrigins editThe song has simple acoustic tune with a heavy bass chorus and an unusually mellow sound to the acoustic guitar that was achieved by tuning all of the strings a full step lower than standard pitch The song is about a man searching for a farm in the middle of nowhere The song reflects Paul s heading for the Scottish countryside to escape the headaches associated with the Beatles break up at the time 1 Composition editThe song is played in the key of D Minor at a tempo of 172 Personnel editPaul McCartney lead vocals bass guitar guitar Linda McCartney backing vocals Hugh McCracken guitar Denny Seiwell drums with brushes Reception editIn a contemporary review for Ram Jon Landau of Rolling Stone gave Heart of the Country a negative review calling it the album s lowest point and the song that most clearly indicates Ram s failures 2 Landau described the song as an evenly paced finger picking styled tune with very light jazz overtones obviously intended as Paul s idea of mellow 2 However Landau believed McCartney s lyrics about the country ring false 2 Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the song as an effortless folk pop tune that ranks among McCartney s very best songs 3 Erlewine also praises its imaginative and gorgeous arrangement 4 In 2013 Rolling Stone rated Heart of the Country at number 26 in its list of Paul McCartney s best post Beatles songs 1 Aftermath editMcCartney and Elvis Costello re recorded the song with Mark Ronson producing in 2013 for a commercial featuring his late wife Linda s vegetarian recipe book 5 It was also included on The 7 Singles Box in 2022 6 References edit a b Paul s 40 Greatest Solo Songs Special Collector s Edition Paul McCartney Rolling Stone 2013 p 89 a b c Landau Jon 8 July 1971 Ram Rolling Stone Retrieved 30 July 2017 Erlewine S T Wingspan AllMusic Retrieved 2011 10 15 Erlewine S T Ram AllMusic Retrieved 2013 12 25 Paul McCartney tunes up with song for Linda s vegetarian food range The Guardian 18 January 2013 Retrieved 3 August 2020 The 7 Singles Box Out 2 December 2022 PaulMcCartney com 10 November 2022 Retrieved 5 December 2022 nbsp This article about a song by one or more members of the Beatles is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heart of the Country amp oldid 1209023073, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
