Critics at the time were divided about whether this was a good idea. Unlike its predecessors, Wings At The Speed Of Sound was a more democratic effort, with McCartney sharing writing and vocal responsibilities with the rest of the band. The album stayed at the top of the Billboard 200 for seven weeks and sold more than a million copies. Wings At The Speed Of Sound was McCartney's fourth consecutive Number One album with Wings. What do you think goes through my mind when I'm writing a song about silly love songs? I'm flashing on all this." Someone says, 'It's a bit too cute.' Well, I know that. All someone has to say is, 'A bit poppy,' or, 'That was a bit sickly, that one,' and I expect the song to flop. "I listen to people, and I just get crackers. McCartney insisted that he liked Lennon's song, but he also acknowledged that the slams do get to him. In fact, "Silly Love Songs" was McCartney's response to general criticism that his writing had become lightweight since the breakup of the Beatles–including a jibe in a song by former Beatle mate John Lennon, who referred to McCartney's music as "muzak" in his own song, "How Do You Sleep?" I hate silly rhymes, but when they work, they're the greatest little things in songwriting."
"I'm a fan of old-fashioned writing," he said. The song and its rather simple, straightforward sentiment–"You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs"–earned a substantial amount of criticism, all of which McCartney rebuffed. "Silly Love Songs" wound up being the top single of 1976, according to Billboard.
It subsequently reached Number One on the British pop chart as well. One of Paul McCartney's most controversial post- Beatles hits, "Silly Love Songs" made a quick trip to Number One on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for five weeks. Wings At The Speed Of Sound (Capitol, 1976) Paul McCartney 1.Maybe Im Amazed 2.Heart Of The Country 3.Jet 4.Warm And Beautiful 5.Listen To What The Man Said 6.Dear Boy 7. Recorded: January-February 1976 at Abbey Road Studios, London
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