 roaring series of Harrison slide breaks that brought to mind Duane Allman " . Further overdubs included contributions from three backing vocalists , led by American soul singer Madeline Bell .   = = = " Blindman " = = =   For the single 's B @-@ side , Starr had already written and recorded " Blindman " , the theme song for the Ferdinando Baldi @-@ directed Spaghetti Western of the same name , filming for which Starr had interrupted in order to perform at the Concert for Bangladesh . Starr produced the track with Voormann . The sessions for " Blindman " took place at Apple on 18 – 19 August , with Badfinger guitarist Pete Ham assisting Starr and Voormann . Like the film Blindman ( 1971 ) , the song is held in low regard by critics ; Spizer describes it as " a muddy @-@ sounding dirge with little to recommend " .   = = Release and reception = =   Apple Records issued the single on 17 March 1972 in Britain , as Apple R 5944 , with a US release taking place three days later , as Apple 1849 . It was Starr 's first release since " It Don 't Come Easy " , a year before . During this period , his priority had been to develop a career as an actor in films such as 200 Motels ( 1971 ) and Blindman . Further aligning himself with Britain 's glam rock movement , Starr made his directorial debut with Born to Boogie ( 1972 ) , a film starring Bolan that included Starr 's footage of a T. Rex concert held at Wembley on 18 March . With " Back Off Boogaloo " , NME critic Bob Woffinden noted Starr 's success in establishing himself in the two years since the Beatles ' break @-@ up , and wrote that the single " confirmed that he and Harrison , dark horses both , were the ones who had managed their solo careers more purposefully and intelligently " compared with McCartney and Lennon .   The song was a hit in the US , reaching number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and achieved Starr 's best position on the UK Singles Chart , where it reached number 2 . A promotional video for " Back Off Boogaloo " was shot on 20 March at Lennon 's Tittenhurst Park residence while Starr was looking after the property . The video , which shows Starr walking around an outdoor structure and followed by a Frankenstein @-@ like monster , was directed by Tom Taylor and financed by Caravel Films . A similar monster appeared on the single 's picture sleeve , holding a cigarette .   Alan Clayson writes of reviewers criticising " Back Off Boogaloo " for being repetitious , leading Starr to respond in a 1973 interview : " Play me a pop song that isn 't . " On release , Chris Welch wrote in Melody Maker : " A Number One hit could easily be in store for the maestro of rock drums . There 's a touch of the Marc Bolans in this highly playable rhythmic excursion ... It 's hypnotic and effective , ideal for jukeboxes and liable to send us all mad by the end of the week . " Woffinden described the single as " every bit as ebullient " as " It Don 't Come Easy " , although " slightly inferior " , while Mike DeGagne of AllMusic views it as a song where " [ t ] he jovial spirit of Ringo Starr shines through " . In a 1974 article for the NME , Charles Shaar Murray highlighted " Back Off Boogaloo " as a " great radio and juke @-@ box tune " .   Among Beatle biographers , Simon Leng terms it " a rocking , soccer crowd chant that suited Starr 's talents well " , and Bruce Spizer praises the track as a " high @-@ energy in @-@ your @-@ face rocker propelled by Ringo 's thundering drums and George 's stinging slide guitar " . In the 2005 publication NME Originals : Beatles – The Solo Years 1970 – 1980 , Paul Moody listed " Back Off Boogaloo " first among Starr 's " ten solo gems " and described it as " Good time rock 'n'droll to match the Faces " . Guitar World editor Damian Fanelli includes the song on his list of Harrison 's ten best post @-@ Beatles " Guitar Moments " , saying of the recording : " the main event is clearly Harrison 's slightly wild , wacky – and very bouncy – slide guitar solo , which includes an alternate melody line that 's even catchier than the melody Ringo is singing . "   Re @-@ releases for " Back Off Boogaloo " include Starr 's 1975 greatest hits album , Blast from Your Past , and , along with " Blindman " , as a bonus track on the 1992 reissue of his Goodnight Vienna album ( 1974 ) . " Back Off
Ġroaring Ġseries Ġof ĠHarrison Ġslide Ġbreaks Ġthat Ġbrought Ġto Ġmind ĠDu ane ĠAll man Ġ" Ġ. ĠFurther Ġoverd ubs Ġincluded Ġcontributions Ġfrom Ġthree Ġbacking Ġvocal ists Ġ, Ġled Ġby ĠAmerican Ġsoul Ġsinger ĠMad eline ĠBell Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ" ĠBlind man Ġ" Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠFor Ġthe Ġsingle Ġ' s ĠB Ġ@ - @ Ġside Ġ, ĠStarr Ġhad Ġalready Ġwritten Ġand Ġrecorded Ġ" ĠBlind man Ġ" Ġ, Ġthe Ġtheme Ġsong Ġfor Ġthe ĠFer din ando ĠBald i Ġ@ - @ Ġdirected ĠSp aghetti ĠWestern Ġof Ġthe Ġsame Ġname Ġ, Ġfilming Ġfor Ġwhich ĠStarr Ġhad Ġinterrupted Ġin Ġorder Ġto Ġperform Ġat Ġthe ĠConcert Ġfor ĠBangladesh Ġ. ĠStarr Ġproduced Ġthe Ġtrack Ġwith ĠVo orm ann Ġ. ĠThe Ġsessions Ġfor Ġ" ĠBlind man Ġ" Ġtook Ġplace Ġat ĠApple Ġon Ġ18 ĠâĢĵ Ġ19 ĠAugust Ġ, Ġwith ĠBad finger Ġguitarist ĠPete ĠHam Ġassisting ĠStarr Ġand ĠVo orm ann Ġ. ĠLike Ġthe Ġfilm ĠBlind man Ġ( Ġ1971 Ġ) Ġ, Ġthe Ġsong Ġis Ġheld Ġin Ġlow Ġregard Ġby Ġcritics Ġ; ĠSp izer Ġdescribes Ġit Ġas Ġ" Ġa Ġmuddy Ġ@ - @ Ġsounding Ġdir ge Ġwith Ġlittle Ġto Ġrecommend Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠRelease Ġand Ġreception Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠApple ĠRecords Ġissued Ġthe Ġsingle Ġon Ġ17 ĠMarch Ġ1972 Ġin ĠBritain Ġ, Ġas ĠApple ĠR Ġ59 44 Ġ, Ġwith Ġa ĠUS Ġrelease Ġtaking Ġplace Ġthree Ġdays Ġlater Ġ, Ġas ĠApple Ġ18 49 Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas ĠStarr Ġ' s Ġfirst Ġrelease Ġsince Ġ" ĠIt ĠDon Ġ' t ĠCome ĠEasy Ġ" Ġ, Ġa Ġyear Ġbefore Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthis Ġperiod Ġ, Ġhis Ġpriority Ġhad Ġbeen Ġto Ġdevelop Ġa Ġcareer Ġas Ġan Ġactor Ġin Ġfilms Ġsuch Ġas Ġ200 ĠMot els Ġ( Ġ1971 Ġ) Ġand ĠBlind man Ġ. ĠFurther Ġalign ing Ġhimself Ġwith ĠBritain Ġ' s Ġglam Ġrock Ġmovement Ġ, ĠStarr Ġmade Ġhis Ġdirector ial Ġdebut Ġwith ĠBorn Ġto ĠBo ogie Ġ( Ġ1972 Ġ) Ġ, Ġa Ġfilm Ġstarring ĠBol an Ġthat Ġincluded ĠStarr Ġ' s Ġfootage Ġof Ġa ĠT . ĠRex Ġconcert Ġheld Ġat ĠWembley Ġon Ġ18 ĠMarch Ġ. ĠWith Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġ, ĠN ME Ġcritic ĠBob ĠW off ind en Ġnoted ĠStarr Ġ' s Ġsuccess Ġin Ġestablishing Ġhimself Ġin Ġthe Ġtwo Ġyears Ġsince Ġthe ĠBeatles Ġ' Ġbreak Ġ@ - @ Ġup Ġ, Ġand Ġwrote Ġthat Ġthe Ġsingle Ġ" Ġconfirmed Ġthat Ġhe Ġand ĠHarrison Ġ, Ġdark Ġhorses Ġboth Ġ, Ġwere Ġthe Ġones Ġwho Ġhad Ġmanaged Ġtheir Ġsolo Ġcareers Ġmore Ġpurposefully Ġand Ġintellig ently Ġ" Ġcompared Ġwith ĠMcCartney Ġand ĠLennon Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġsong Ġwas Ġa Ġhit Ġin Ġthe ĠUS Ġ, Ġreaching Ġnumber Ġ9 Ġon Ġthe ĠBillboard ĠHot Ġ100 Ġ, Ġand Ġachieved ĠStarr Ġ' s Ġbest Ġposition Ġon Ġthe ĠUK ĠSing les ĠChart Ġ, Ġwhere Ġit Ġreached Ġnumber Ġ2 Ġ. ĠA Ġpromotional Ġvideo Ġfor Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġwas Ġshot Ġon Ġ20 ĠMarch Ġat ĠLennon Ġ' s ĠT itten hurst ĠPark Ġresidence Ġwhile ĠStarr Ġwas Ġlooking Ġafter Ġthe Ġproperty Ġ. ĠThe Ġvideo Ġ, Ġwhich Ġshows ĠStarr Ġwalking Ġaround Ġan Ġoutdoor Ġstructure Ġand Ġfollowed Ġby Ġa ĠFrankenstein Ġ@ - @ Ġlike Ġmonster Ġ, Ġwas Ġdirected Ġby ĠTom ĠTaylor Ġand Ġfinanced Ġby ĠCar a vel ĠFilms Ġ. ĠA Ġsimilar Ġmonster Ġappeared Ġon Ġthe Ġsingle Ġ' s Ġpicture Ġsleeve Ġ, Ġholding Ġa Ġcigarette Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAlan ĠCl ayson Ġwrites Ġof Ġreviewers Ġcritic ising Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġfor Ġbeing Ġrepet itious Ġ, Ġleading ĠStarr Ġto Ġrespond Ġin Ġa Ġ1973 Ġinterview Ġ: Ġ" ĠPlay Ġme Ġa Ġpop Ġsong Ġthat Ġisn Ġ' t Ġ. Ġ" ĠOn Ġrelease Ġ, ĠChris ĠWelch Ġwrote Ġin ĠMelody ĠMaker Ġ: Ġ" ĠA ĠNumber ĠOne Ġhit Ġcould Ġeasily Ġbe Ġin Ġstore Ġfor Ġthe Ġma estro Ġof Ġrock Ġdrums Ġ. ĠThere Ġ' s Ġa Ġtouch Ġof Ġthe ĠMarc ĠBol ans Ġin Ġthis Ġhighly Ġplayable Ġrhyth mic Ġexc ursion Ġ... ĠIt Ġ' s Ġhypnot ic Ġand Ġeffective Ġ, Ġideal Ġfor Ġj uke boxes Ġand Ġliable Ġto Ġsend Ġus Ġall Ġmad Ġby Ġthe Ġend Ġof Ġthe Ġweek Ġ. Ġ" ĠW off ind en Ġdescribed Ġthe Ġsingle Ġas Ġ" Ġevery Ġbit Ġas Ġe bull ient Ġ" Ġas Ġ" ĠIt ĠDon Ġ' t ĠCome ĠEasy Ġ" Ġ, Ġalthough Ġ" Ġslightly Ġinferior Ġ" Ġ, Ġwhile ĠMike ĠDe G agne Ġof ĠAll Music Ġviews Ġit Ġas Ġa Ġsong Ġwhere Ġ" Ġ[ Ġt Ġ] Ġhe Ġj ov ial Ġspirit Ġof ĠRing o ĠStarr Ġshines Ġthrough Ġ" Ġ. ĠIn Ġa Ġ1974 Ġarticle Ġfor Ġthe ĠN ME Ġ, ĠCharles ĠSha ar ĠMurray Ġhighlighted Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġas Ġa Ġ" Ġgreat Ġradio Ġand Ġj uke Ġ@ - @ Ġbox Ġtune Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAmong ĠBeat le Ġbi ographers Ġ, ĠSimon ĠL eng Ġterms Ġit Ġ" Ġa Ġrocking Ġ, Ġsoccer Ġcrowd Ġchant Ġthat Ġsuited ĠStarr Ġ' s Ġtalents Ġwell Ġ" Ġ, Ġand ĠBruce ĠSp izer Ġpraises Ġthe Ġtrack Ġas Ġa Ġ" Ġhigh Ġ@ - @ Ġenergy Ġin Ġ@ - @ Ġyour Ġ@ - @ Ġface Ġrock er Ġpropelled Ġby ĠRing o Ġ' s Ġthunder ing Ġdrums Ġand ĠGeorge Ġ' s Ġst inging Ġslide Ġguitar Ġ" Ġ. ĠIn Ġthe Ġ2005 Ġpublication ĠN ME ĠOrig inals Ġ: ĠBeatles ĠâĢĵ ĠThe ĠSolo ĠYears Ġ1970 ĠâĢĵ Ġ1980 Ġ, ĠPaul ĠMoody Ġlisted Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġfirst Ġamong ĠStarr Ġ' s Ġ" Ġten Ġsolo Ġgems Ġ" Ġand Ġdescribed Ġit Ġas Ġ" ĠGood Ġtime Ġrock Ġ' n 'd roll Ġto Ġmatch Ġthe ĠFaces Ġ" Ġ. ĠGuitar ĠWorld Ġeditor ĠDamian ĠFan elli Ġincludes Ġthe Ġsong Ġon Ġhis Ġlist Ġof ĠHarrison Ġ' s Ġten Ġbest Ġpost Ġ@ - @ ĠBeatles Ġ" ĠGuitar ĠMoments Ġ" Ġ, Ġsaying Ġof Ġthe Ġrecording Ġ: Ġ" Ġthe Ġmain Ġevent Ġis Ġclearly ĠHarrison Ġ' s Ġslightly Ġwild Ġ, Ġw acky ĠâĢĵ Ġand Ġvery Ġboun cy ĠâĢĵ Ġslide Ġguitar Ġsolo Ġ, Ġwhich Ġincludes Ġan Ġalternate Ġmelody Ġline Ġthat Ġ' s Ġeven Ġcatch ier Ġthan Ġthe Ġmelody ĠRing o Ġis Ġsinging Ġ. Ġ" Ġ Ġ ĠRe Ġ@ - @ Ġreleases Ġfor Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff ĠBo og al oo Ġ" Ġinclude ĠStarr Ġ' s Ġ1975 Ġgreatest Ġhits Ġalbum Ġ, ĠBlast Ġfrom ĠYour ĠPast Ġ, Ġand Ġ, Ġalong Ġwith Ġ" ĠBlind man Ġ" Ġ, Ġas Ġa Ġbonus Ġtrack Ġon Ġthe Ġ1992 Ġre issue Ġof Ġhis ĠGood night ĠVienna Ġalbum Ġ( Ġ1974 Ġ) Ġ. Ġ" ĠBack ĠOff