Political Reception
Like "Revolution" and "Piggies", "Back in the U.S.S.R." prompted immediate responses from the New Left and Far Right, who claimed the group were "pro-Soviet". As further evidence of The Beatles' supposed "pro-Soviet" sentiments, the John Birch Society magazine cited the song. "Back in the U.S.S.R." shocked many far right conservatives in America, because the song appeared to be praising America's enemy, the North Vietnamese. The line "You don't know how lucky you are boys", left many anti-communist groups speechless.
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