[Jeff Chandler]

I’m not surprised. When the Beatles wrote “Back in the USSR” and were crying out for peace, they didn’t even know the USSR was a totalitarian state.

Ignorance is bliss, except for those around the ignorant.

[Borges]

That’s not what that song was about...

[sparklite2]

John was notified about charges of the Beatles being pro-Bolshevik. He was told that some were saying Beatles music was un-American. John said, “That’s very observant of them.”

[dead]

“Back in the USSR” was just a parody of Chuck Berry and the Beach Boys. There really wasn’t any political message in that particular song. McCartney wrote it, not Lennon, and McCartney didn’t tend towards the political.

[fini]

"When the Beatles wrote “Back in the USSR” and were crying out for peace, they didn’t even know the USSR was a totalitarian state."

That just goes to show you how your knowledge of current events flavors your ideas. I say this because I was about 12 when the song came out and I thought it was joking, because "everyone knew" how bad it was in the USSR at that time.