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"Back in the USSR" was released as a single in the UK in 1976.

"Back in the U.S.S.R." is a song by The Beatles written by Paul McCartney ( John Lennon shares songwriting credits), and which opens the double-disc album The Beatles (a.k.a. The White Album).

The song describes, a bad flight from the United States to the Soviet Union on board a British BOAC airplane; the "superior" beauty of Soviet women over those of the Western world; the sound of balalaikas ringing; and the incredible fortune of returning to a communist state.

The song was a parody of Chuck Berry's Back in the U.S.A. and the Beach Boys' California GirlsCalifornia Girls is the title of a song written by Mike Love and Brian Wilson and recorded by The Beach Boys for their 1965 album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!! . The song also has a well-known cover version by former Van Halen lead singer David Lee Rot. The title was inspired in part by Harold WilsonJames Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx KG, OBE, PC ( March 11, 1916 May 24, 1995) was one of the more successful Labour Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and a 1960s icon. Wilson is regarded by many as probably one of the more intellectual poli's " I'm Backing Britain " campaign.

"Back in the USSR" was released by ParlophoneParlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. The "£" trademark is not the British pound sign, it's a German "L" for Lindstrom. During the war, the Transoceanic Trading Company was set up in as a single in the UK in 1976. It featured the song " Twist and ShoutTwist and Shout is a song originally by Phil Medley and Bert Russell. It was previously recorded by the Topnotes and the Isley Brothers and was later covered by The Beatles, with John Lennon on the lead vocals, and originally released on their first album" on Side B.

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