Eat at Home

"Eat at Home"
Single by Paul and Linda McCartney
from the album Ram
B-side "Smile Away"
Released 1971 (Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America and Japan only)
Format 7"
Recorded 16 October 1970
Genre Rock
Length 3:18
Label Apple
Songwriter(s) Paul and Linda McCartney
Producer(s) Paul and Linda McCartney
Paul and Linda McCartney singles chronology
"The Back Seat of My Car"
(1971)		 "Eat at Home"
(1971)		 "Give Ireland Back to the Irish"
(1972)

"The Back Seat of My Car"
(1971)		 "Eat at Home"
(1971)		 "Give Ireland Back to the Irish"
(1972)
Ram track listing
12 tracks
Side one
  1. "Too Many People"
  2. "3 Legs"
  3. "Ram On"
  4. "Dear Boy"
  5. "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
  6. "Smile Away"
Side two
  1. "Heart of the Country"
  2. "Monkberry Moon Delight"
  3. "Eat at Home"
  4. "Long Haired Lady"
  5. "Ram On"
  6. "The Back Seat of My Car"

"Eat at Home" is a 1971 single by Paul and Linda McCartney that also appeared on their album Ram from the same year. The song, a standard rock number, features McCartney on lead vocals, electric guitar, bass and drums and Linda McCartney performing backing vocals.[1]

Charts

The single was not released in the UK or the US.[1] It was released in several European countries, South America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, and reached #7 in the Netherlands and #8 in Norway.[2]

Reception

Music critic Stewart Mason of AllMusic described it as McCartney's homage to Buddy Holly,[3] and Stephen Thomas Erlewine, also of Allmusic, described it as "a rollicking, winking sex song."[4] In a contemporary review for RAM, Jon Landau of Rolling Stone described "Eat at Home" as one of two only good songs he enjoyed on the album, also comparing it to Buddy Holly.[5]

Although John Lennon was highly critical of many of the songs on Ram, feeling they were veiled attacks on him, he publicly admitted that he enjoyed this particular song quite a bit.[6]

Cover versions

Little Joy often included a cover of the song in their setlist during the Little Joy tour.

Personnel

Notes

  1. 1 2 McGee 2003, p. 196.
  2. ↑ "Eat at Home". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  3. ↑ Mason 2009.
  4. ↑ Erlewine 2009.
  5. ↑ Landau, Jon (8 July 1971). "Ram". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Fanelli, Damian. "10 Underappreciated Paul McCartney Songs".

References

  • Stephen Thomas, Erlewine. "Review of Ram". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  • Mason, Stewart. "Review of "The Back Seat of My Car"". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  • McGee, Garry (2003). Band on the Run: A History of Paul McCartney and Wings. New York: Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 0-87833-304-5.


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