Mama's Little Girl

1990 single by Paul McCartney

"Mama's Little Girl"

Single by Paul McCartney

A-side

"Put It There"

B-side

"Same Time Next Year" (12" only)
(Paul McCartney & Wings)

Released

5 February 1990

Recorded

14 March 1972 ^[1]

Studio

Olympic Studios

Genre

Rock, folk rock, psychedelic folk

Label

Parlophone

Songwriter(s)

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney singles chronology

"Figure of Eight"
(1990)

"Mama's Little Girl"
(1990)

"Birthday"
(1990)

"Mama's Little Girl" is a song by Paul McCartney & Wings that was taped in March 1972 during the Red Rose Speedway recording sessions.

Recording and performance

The final mix was made in 1987 at Air Studios in London by McCartney, co-producer Chris Thomas and engineer Bill Price.

McCartney performed "Mama's Little Girl" as part of a medley during the 1973 James Paul McCartney television special, though it was not broadcast.

Personnel

Paul McCartney - vocals, acoustic guitar, drums, electric guitar, tambourine
Linda McCartney - tambourine, backing vocals
Denny Laine - backing vocals, bass
Henry McCullough - electric guitar
Denny Seiwell - African percussion
Heather McCartney - backing vocals

Release

"Mama's Little Girl" was intended to be included on Cold Cuts, an album of outtakes which was never released.

"Mama's Little Girl" was officially issued:

In 1990 as the B-side of the "Put It There" single & on the 2 CD Japanese version of the Flowers in the Dirt album.
In 1993 as a bonus track on the 1993 remastered CD edition of Wings' 1971 Wild Life album.
In 2018 as part of the Red Rose Speedway Archive Collection.
In December 2022 as part of Paul McCartney’s The 7” Singles Box collection of 80 singles and 159 tracks.

Track listings

This song was released as a 7" single, a 12" maxi-single, and a CD single.

7" single

"Put It There"
"Mama's Little Girl"

12" single

"Put It There"
"Mama's Little Girl"
"Same Time Next Year"

CD single

"Put It There"
"Mama's Little Girl"
"Same Time Next Year"

References

^ "Recording "Mama's Little Girl" (Mar 14, 1972)". The Paul McCartney project.

Wings

Studio albums

Wild Life (1971)
Red Rose Speedway (1973)
Band on the Run (1973)
Venus and Mars (1975)
Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)
London Town (1978)
Back to the Egg (1979)

Live albums

Wings over America (1976)
Wings over Europe (2018)
One Hand Clapping (2024)

Compilations

Wings Greatest (1978)
Cold Cuts (unreleased)
Wingspan: Hits and History (2001)

Singles

"Give Ireland Back to the Irish"
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" / "Little Woman Love"
"Hi, Hi, Hi" / "C Moon"
"My Love"
"Live and Let Die" / "I Lie Around"
"Helen Wheels" / "Country Dreamer"
"Mrs. Vandebilt" / "Bluebird"
"Jet" / "Mamunia"
"Let Me Roll It"
"Band on the Run" / "Zoo Gang"
"Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"
"Junior's Farm" / "Sally G"
"Listen to What the Man Said" / "Love in Song"
"Letting Go" / "You Gave Me the Answer"
"Venus and Mars"/"Rock Show" / "Magneto and Titanium Man"
"Silly Love Songs" / "Cook of the House"
"Let 'Em In" / "Beware My Love"
"Maybe I'm Amazed" / "Soily"
"Seaside Woman"
"Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School"
"With a Little Luck" / "Backwards Traveller"/"Cuff Link"
"I've Had Enough" / "Deliver Your Children"
"London Town" / "I'm Carrying"
"Goodnight Tonight" / "Daytime Nighttime Suffering"
"Old Siam, Sir"
"Getting Closer"
"Arrow Through Me" / "Old Siam, Sir"
"Rockestra Theme"
"Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)"
"Mama's Little Girl"

Other songs

"Big Barn Bed"
"Little Lamb Dragonfly"
"No Words"
"Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)"
"Call Me Back Again"
"She's My Baby"
"Must Do Something About It"
"Warm and Beautiful"
"Girlfriend"

Tours

Filmography

Wings Over the World (1979)
Concert for Kampuchea (1980)
Rockshow (1980)
Back to the Egg (1981)
Wingspan – An Intimate Portrait (2001)

1972 Wings Tour Bus
Discography
Songs
McGear
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (album)
Japanese Tears
Standard Time
Suzy and the Red Stripes
The Oriental Nightfish
Wide Prairie

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1970s	"Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (with Linda McCartney) "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" / "Too Many People" (with Linda McCartney) "The Back Seat of My Car" / "Heart of the Country" (with Linda McCartney) "Eat at Home" / "Smile Away" (with Linda McCartney) "Wonderful Christmastime"
1980s	"Coming Up" "Waterfalls" "Temporary Secretary" "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder) "Take It Away" "Tug of War" "The Girl Is Mine" (with Michael Jackson) "Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson) "Pipes of Peace"/""So Bad" "No More Lonely Nights" "We All Stand Together" "Spies Like Us" "Press" "Pretty Little Head" "Stranglehold" "Only Love Remains" "Once Upon a Long Ago" "Ferry Cross the Mersey" "My Brave Face" / "Flying to My Home" "This One" "Figure of Eight"
1990s	"Put It There" / "Mama's Little Girl" (with Wings) "Birthday" (live) / "Good Day Sunshine" (live) "All My Trials" (live) "Hope of Deliverance" "C'Mon People" "Off the Ground" "Biker Like an Icon" / "Things We Said Today" "A Leaf" (with Anya Alexeyev) "Come Together" (The Smokin' Mojo Filters) "Young Boy" "The World Tonight" "Beautiful Night" "No Other Baby" / "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" "Run Devil Run" (promo)
2000s	"From a Lover to a Friend" "Freedom" / "From a Lover to a Friend" "Hello Goodbye" (promo) "Tropic Island Hum" / "We All Stand Together" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with U2) "Fine Line" "Jenny Wren" "Really Love You" (Twin Freaks) "This Never Happened Before" (promo) "Dance Tonight" / "Nod Your Head" "Ever Present Past" "Heal the Pain" (with George Michael) "Walk with You" (with Ringo Starr)
2010s	"(I Want to) Come Home" "My Valentine" "Only Our Hearts" Christmas Kisses: "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" / "Wonderful Christmastime" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (The Justice Collective) "New" "Queenie Eye" "Only One" (with Kanye West) "FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna & Kanye West) "All Day" (with Kanye West) "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" (with Timo Maas & James Teej) "I Don't Know" / "Come On to Me" "Fuh You" "Who Cares" "Back in Brazil" "Get Enough" "Home Tonight / In a Hurry"
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