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"Silly Love Songs"
#1 weeks: 5
weeks: 1976-05-22, 1976-06-12, 1976-06-19, 1976-06-26, 1976-07-03
genre: soft rock, glam rock
artist: Wings
album: Wings at the Speed of Sound
writers: Paul McCartney
producers: Paul McCartney
label:
formats: 7" single
lengths: 5:53 / 3:22 (Single Edit)

"Silly Love Songs" is a song written and sung by Paul McCartney with his band Wings in 1976. The song was released as a single and included on the album Wings at the Speed of Sound. The US single was released on 1 April 1976 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The UK single was released on 30 April 1976 and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart.

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?".

Linda McCartney and Denny Laine's vocals are heard, doing the counterpoint portions during the "I Love You" parts, while Paul sings lead.

The song lists at number 31 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time.