Pipes of Peace (song)

"Pipes of Peace"
Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Pipes of Peace
B-side	"So Bad"
Released	5 December 1983
Recorded	10 September 1982[1]
Studio	AIR, London
Genre	Pop
Length	3:56 (album version) 3:24 (7" version)
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney
Producer(s)	George Martin
Paul McCartney singles chronology
"Say Say Say" (1983) "Pipes of Peace" (1983) "No More Lonely Nights" (1984)
Music video
”Pipes of Peace” on YouTube

"Pipes of Peace" is a song written by English musician Paul McCartney and the title track on his 1983 album of the same name. It was released in December 1983 as a single and reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Charts for two weeks and No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart for two weeks in January 1984.^[2][3]

In the United States, "Pipes of Peace" was issued as the B-side as its British B-side, "So Bad", was the A-side.^[4] "So Bad" reached number 23 at the US Billboard Hot 100^[5] and reached number 3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. "So Bad" peaked at 18 on the Canadian RPM Chart (and two weeks at No. 2 AC).^[6][7]

The song was included on the UK and Canada version of the 1987 compilation All the Best!, the 2001 compilation Wingspan: Hits and History and the 2016 compilation Pure McCartney.