 In the 2012 RAM Special Edition Documentary, Paul describes the song as written about Linda's former husband, Joseph Melville See Jr., and the things he hadn't seen in her.He said on the topic in 2001,

Paul's former partner John Lennon, however, thought that the song was about him.Certain lines such as "She was just the cutest thing around" could have referred to Paul as being the cute Beatle.