Too Many People

"Too Many People"
Single by Paul and Linda McCartney
from the album Ram
A-side	"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
Released	2 August 1971
Format	7"
Recorded	1970
Genre	Rock
Length	4:10
Label	Apple Records
Writer(s)	Paul McCartney
Producer	Paul and Linda McCartney
Paul and Linda McCartney singles chronology
"Another Day" (1971) "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"/"Too Many People" (1971) "The Back Seat of My Car" (1971)
Ram track listing 12 tracks Side one "Too Many People" "3 Legs" "Ram On" "Dear Boy" "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" "Smile Away" Side two "Heart of the Country" "Monkberry Moon Delight" "Eat at Home" "Long Haired Lady" "Ram On" "The Back Seat of My Car"

"Too Many People" is a song by Paul McCartney from his 1971 album Ram as well as the B-side of the "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" single.

The song is an instance of "musical sniping" among the four Beatles after the band broke up, the target in this case presumed to be McCartney's former bandmate and songwriting partner John Lennon. "[John had] been doing a lot of preaching, and it got up my nose a little bit," said McCartney in a 1984 interview with Playboy. "I wrote, 'Too many people preaching practices,' I think is the line. I mean, that was a little dig at John and Yoko...there was 'You took your lucky break and broke it in two.'"

McCartney sings falsetto during part of the bridges. Hugh McCracken's guitar solo between the second bridge and third chorus is played in one piece. The second solo after the final bridge is accompanied by a drum stick on the side of a floor tom.