Seaside Woman 1974 interview with Linda, she wrote the song during a McCartney family visit to Jamaica in 1971 "when ATV was suing us saying I was incapable of writing, so Paul said, 'Get out and write a song.'" The lawsuit, which alleged that Linda's co-writing credits were inauthentic and that she was not a real songwriter, was "amicably settled," according to an ATV spokesman, in June 1972. Wings first performed "Seaside Woman" during the Wings University Tour in February 1972. On July 14, during their Wings Over Europe Tour, a show in France was cancelled, so the band recorded an early
Rupert and the Frog Song included two other shorts with music by Linda McCartney: "Seaside Woman" (a song credited to Suzy and the Red Stripes) and, "The Oriental Nightfish". In September 2004 the film was re-released on DVD "Tales of Wonder Music and Animation Classics" (also called "Paul McCartney – Music & Animation Collection"), to mark its 20th Anniversary, along with two other shorts directed by Geoff Dunbar, "Tropic Island Hum" and "Tuesday". This version contains an alternative opening, which begins in an old bedroom filled with Rupert merchandise. We see Paul McCartney opening a large chest and digging through old dusty books until he