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Back In The USSR

Name: Back In The USSR
Description: This song serves as the opening track on a 1968 double album by the English rock band the Beatles. Paul McCartney wrote it, though it was credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The composition parodies Chuck Berry's "Back in the U.S.A." and the Beach Boys' "California Girls."

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This song serves as the opening track on a 1968 double album by the English rock band the Beatles. Paul McCartney wrote it, though it was credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The composition parodies Chuck Berry's "Back in the U.S.A." and the Beach Boys' "California Girls."

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What the lyrics are about

The narrator expresses happiness about returning to the Soviet Union, which reverses the patriotic American sentiment found in the original Berry song.