Written by: Richard Starkey, Vini Poncia
Recorded: March 1977
Producer: Arif Mardin
Engineer: Lew Hahn
Released: 20 September 1977 (UK), 30 September 1977 (US)
Available on:
Ringo The 4th
Personnel
Ringo Starr: vocals, drums
Lon Van Eaton, Danny Kortchmar: guitar
David Foster: piano, keyboards
Chuck Rainey: bass guitar
Unknown: strings
‘Simple Love Song’ is the final song on Ringo Starr’s sixth solo album, 1977’s Ringo The 4th.
It was written by Starr and Vini Poncia, one of six such collaborations on the album. The song begins with a reference to The Beatles’ ‘Ticket To Ride’: “Oh my, I’m riding so high”.
The other notable element of the song is the truck driver’s key change towards the end, a jarring decision presumably made to lift a middling song and provide a suitable ending for the album.