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Dear Boy (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Dear Boy'" is a song from the Paul McCartney album 'Ram'. Credited to Paul and Linda McCartney, the song was written during the couple's lengthy holiday on their farm in the Mull of Kintyre. The lyrics were written by Paul about how lucky he was to have Linda.
Background
"Dear Boy" was written as an autobiographical song about his relationship with his wife, Linda. He says in a 1971 interview,
"Dear Boy" was also written as a message to Linda McCartney's ex-husband. In the 2012 RAM Special Edition Documentary, McCartney describes the song as written about Linda's former husband, Joseph Melville See Jr., and the things he hadn't seen in her. He said on the topic in 2001,
McCartney's former partner John Lennon, however, thought that the song was about him. Certain lines such as "She was just the cutest thing around" could have referred to McCartney as being the cute Beatle. He may have changed the gender to conceal his identity and Lennon mentioned in subsequent interviews that the 'Ram' album had subtle allusions to himself and Yoko Ono. Since then, however, McCartney has said that the song was not about Lennon.
Covers
Singer-songwriter David Cloyd released a cover of the song on 13 September 2011.
Personnel
*Paul McCartney lead vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, percussion
*Linda McCartney backing vocals
*David Spinozza/Hugh McCracken guitar
*Denny Seiwell drums, percussion
*Paul Beaver, Philip Davis synthesizers
*Jim Guercio backing vocals
References
Category:Paul McCartney songs
Category:Songs written by Paul McCartney
Category:Songs written by Linda McCartney
Category:Music published by MPL Music Publishing
Category:1971 songs
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