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Wikipedia article"'Monkberry Moon Delight'" is a song written by English musician Paul McCartney and his wife Linda, from their 1971 album 'Ram'. Composition"Monkberry Moon Delight" is in the key of C minor. McCartney's vocals are accompanied by a chord progression consisting of Cm, Gm7, and G7 chords (iv7V7). In the chorus, which features Linda in a more active role on vocals, her and McCartney's singing is supported by Cm and Fm chords. This leads to an A7G7Cm harmonic succession, with the A7 functioning as an augmented sixth chord (Ger+6). LyricsMcCartney said of the song's title, which also appears in the song's lyrics: When my kids were young they used to call milk "monk" for whatever reason that kids doI think it's magical the way that kids can develop better names for things than the real ones. In fact, as a joke, Linda and I still occasionally refer to an object by that child-language name. So, monk was always milk, and monkberry moon delight was a fantasy drink, rather like "Love Potion No. 9", hence the line in the song, "sipping monkberry moon delight". It was a fantasy milk shake. ReceptionUpon 'Ram's release, Anthony Boot of 'The Kingston Whig-Standard' referred to "Monkberry Moon Delight" as "a bit of a waste" on what he considered to otherwise be "an excellent album." In 2020, 'Rolling Stone' ranked "Monkberry Moon Delight" #22 on their ranking of the 40 greatest McCartney songs from his solo career; the list's compilers refer to the song as one of McCartney's "genius obscurities". Personnel* Paul McCartney lead vocals, bass, piano * Linda McCartney backing vocals * David Spinozza or Hugh McCracken guitar * Denny Seiwell drums * Heather McCartney backing vocals Cover versionsIn 1972, Bahamian musician Exuma recorded a cover of "Monkberry Moon Delight", which was included on his album 'Reincarnation'. The following year, Screamin' Jay Hawkins recorded a cover of the song and released it as a single. ReferencesCategory:1971 songs Category:Songs written by Paul McCartney Category:Songs written by Linda McCartney Category:Song recordings produced by Paul McCartney Category:Paul McCartney songs Category:Music published by MPL Music Publishing | |
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