Editing Back in the U.S.S.R. (section)

==Composition==
"Back in the U.S.S.R." opens and closes with the sound of a [[turboprop]] aircraft landing on a runway.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=151}} The effect also appears partway through the recording and represents an "aural cartoon", according to music critic [[Tim Riley (music critic)|Tim Riley]], who says the song is "offered as a hoot and delivered as such".{{sfn|Riley|2002|pp=262–63}} The opening lyrics refer to a "dreadful" flight back to the USSR from [[Miami Beach]] in the United States, on board a [[British Overseas Airways Corporation|BOAC]] airliner. Driven by McCartney's [[Glossary of music terminology#U|uptempo]] piano playing and Harrison's lead guitar riffs,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beatlesbible.com/1968/08/23/recording-mixing-back-in-the-ussr/|title=23 August 1968: Recording, mixing: Back In The USSR|date=21 November 2018|publisher=The Beatles Bible|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/back-in-the-ussr/|title=Back In The USSR|date=14 March 2008|publisher=The Beatles Bible|access-date=24 December 2016}}</ref> the lyrics tell of the singer's happiness on returning home, where "the [[Ukraine]] girls really knock me out" and the "[[Moscow]] girls make me sing and shout". He invites these women to "Come and keep your [[Comrade#Russo-Soviet usage|comrade]] warm" and looks forward to hearing the sound of "[[balalaika]]s ringing out".{{sfn|Miles|1997|pp=422–423}}{{sfn|Aldridge|1990|p=49}}

Cultural historian Doyle Greene describes the song as a parody of Berry's "Back in the U.S.A." "with a bridge that parodies the Beach Boys' 'California Girls'".{{sfn|Greene|2016|p=46}} According to Riley, while "Back in the U.S.S.R." is usually viewed as a Beach Boys parody – specifically, a "send-up" of "California Girls" and "[[Surfin' U.S.A. (song)|Surfin' U.S.A.]]" – its "more direct association" is with Berry's track.{{refn|group=nb|Love said that the song was the Beatles' "take" on the Beach Boys, but a gesture he considered "light-hearted and humorous".{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=422}}}} He adds that Berry's focus on commercialism is "relocated and mocked" such that "the joyous return to the Soviet homeland is sarcastic [[camp (style)|camp]]."{{sfn|Riley|2002|p=263}} McCartney's lyrics also contain an allusion to [[Hoagy Carmichael]]'s and [[Stuart Gorrell]]'s "[[Georgia on My Mind]]". He sings about the female population of [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|the Soviet Republic of Georgia]], right after mentioning "the Ukraine girls" and "Moscow girls".{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=187}}