Silly Love Songs

Silly Love Songs

Infobox Single
Name = Silly Love Songs


Artist = Wings
from Album = Wings at the Speed of Sound
B-side = "Cook of the House"
Released = April 30, 1976
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1975–1976
Genre = Soft Rock,Glam Rock
Length = 5:53 / 3:22 (Single Edit)
Label = Capitol Records
Writer = Paul McCartney
Producer = Paul McCartney
Chart position = * #2 (UK)
* #1 (U.S.)
Last single = "Venus and Mars/Rock Show"/"Magneto and Titanium Man"
(1975)
This single = "Silly Love Songs"/"Cook of the House"
(1976)
Next single = "Let 'em in"/"Beware My Love"
(1976)

"Silly Love Songs" is a song written and sung by Paul McCartney with his band Wings in 1976.

History

In addition to a comment about "silly love songs" by John Lennon, McCartney had often been teased by music critics for writing lightweight songs, and he wrote this number in response. "Silly Love Songs" was McCartney's first foray into the then-popular disco sound, with his bass guitar taking a lead role against a steady disco-style drumbeat. As such, it was the forerunner for other 1960s-era British musicians trying their hand at disco; examples that followed included The Rolling Stones' "Miss You" and Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?".

The song was included on the album, "Wings at the Speed of Sound", and released as a single, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was not only one of the Wings' best-selling singles, but became one of the best-selling singles of the 1970s.fact|date=July 2008

The song lists at #31 on "Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time." [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-40.shtml]

Recorded Versions

* Wings (1976) - Original Version
* Paul McCartney (1984) - Recorded for the soundtrack to the motion picture, "Give My Regards To Broad Street"
* The Replicants (1995) - Found on their "self-titled album", with Maynard James Keenan on vocals
* Red House Painters (1996) - Found on their album "Songs For A Blue Guitar"
* Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor (2001) - Featured in the song "Elephant Love Medley" within the film, "Moulin Rouge!"
* Ardijah - an R&B version
* Jenn Cuneta's single "Come Rain Come Shine" samples the instrumentals from the song.


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