Silly Love Songs

"Silly Love Songs"
"Silly Love Songs"
	German single sleeve
Single by Wings
from the album Wings at the Speed of Sound
B-side	"Cook of the House"
Released	1 April 1976
Recorded	16 January 1976
Studio	Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre	Disco; funk;
Length	5:54 ; 3:28 (promo US radio edit)
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney; Linda McCartney;
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney
Wings singles chronology
Wings at the Speed of Sound track listing
	11 tracks Side one "Let 'Em In"; "The Note You Never Wrote"; "She's My Baby"; "Beware My Love"; "Wino Junko"; Side two ; "Silly Love Songs"; "Cook of the House"; "Time to Hide"; "Must Do Something About It"; "San Ferry Anne"; "Warm and Beautiful";
Alternative covers
Music video
	"Silly Love Songs" on YouTube

"Silly Love Songs" is a song by the British–American rock band Wings that was written by Paul and Linda McCartney. The song first appeared in March 1976 on the album Wings at the Speed of Sound, then it was released as a single backed with "Cook of the House" on 1 April in the US, and 30 April in the UK. The song, which features disco overtones, was written in response to music critics accusing McCartney of predominantly writing "silly love songs" and "sentimental slush"; however, McCartney has since clarified that the song was actually directed to John Lennon who accused him of writing such songs.^[1]

The song was McCartney's 27th American number one as a songwriter; the all-time record for the most number one hits achieved there by a songwriter.^{[n 1]} With this song, McCartney became the first person to have a year-end No. 1 song as a member of two distinct acts. McCartney previously hit No. 1 in the year-end Billboard chart as a member of the Beatles with "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in 1964 and "Hey Jude" in 1968.^[2]^[3]

"Silly Love Songs" has since appeared on multiple McCartney greatest hits compilations, including Wings Greatest, All the Best! and Pure McCartney. The song has also appeared on the "Hits" section of the compilation album Wingspan: Hits and History. Despite its popularity, McCartney has not performed the song live since the dissolution of Wings.

^ McCartney: Songwriter ISBN 0-491-03325-7 p. 152
^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1964
^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1968

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[1] McCartney: Songwriter ISBN 0-491-03325-7 p. 152

[3] Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1964

[4] Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1968

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