Back in the U.S.S.R.

E464750

"Back in the U.S.S.R." is a rock song by the Beatles that parodies American surf music and celebrates a fictional return to the Soviet Union, opening their 1968 self-titled "White Album."

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Back in the U.S.S.R. canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rock song ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The Beatles ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The White Album ⓘ
artist The Beatles ⓘ
composer Paul McCartney ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coveredBy Billy Joel ⓘ
Paul McCartney (solo live performances) ⓘ
linked to: Paul McCartney
drummerOnRecording George Harrison ⓘ
John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
genre parody ⓘ
rock ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
surf rock ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
hasLivePerformance The Beatles’ 1968–1969 studio-era rehearsals ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature Beach Boys–style vocal harmonies ⓘ
jet airplane sound effects ⓘ
uptempo rock and roll rhythm ⓘ
hasNotablePerformance Paul McCartney’s 2003 concert in Moscow’s Red Square ⓘ
hasSetting Soviet Union ⓘ
includedIn 1968 double LP The Beatles ⓘ
influencedBy Chuck Berry ⓘ
The Beach Boys ⓘ
label Apple Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 2:43 ⓘ
lyricist Paul McCartney ⓘ
mentions Georgia ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
notableFact Ringo Starr temporarily left the band during the recording of the song ⓘ
openingTrackOf The Beatles (White Album) ⓘ
parodies American surf music ⓘ
partOf The Beatles (1968 double album) ⓘ
performer The Beatles ⓘ
producer George Martin ⓘ
recorded 1968 ⓘ
references Back in the U.S.A. ⓘ
California Girls ⓘ
releaseDate 1968-11-22 ⓘ
songwriter George Harrison ⓘ
John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
theme fictional return to the Soviet Union ⓘ
satire of Cold War stereotypes ⓘ
trackNumber 1 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Beatles (White Album) → hasPart → Back in the U.S.S.R. ⓘ
The Beatles 1967–1970 → includesSong → Back in the U.S.S.R. ⓘ
Dear Prudence → follows → Back in the U.S.S.R. ⓘ
Back in the U.S.A. → hasInfluenced → Back in the U.S.S.R. ⓘ
Back in the U.S.A. → inspiredTitleOf → Back in the U.S.S.R. ⓘ
Freshen Up tour → performedSong → Back in the U.S.S.R. ⓘ
1967–1970 → includesSong → Back in the U.S.S.R. ⓘ
subject linked to: compilation album "1967–1970"
1967–1970 → includesSong → Back in the U.S.S.R. ⓘ
subject linked to: Blue Album