Every Paul McCartney single, ranked
LA TimesPaul McCartney is such a preternaturally gifted songwriter that he could probably write a song in his sleep — and given his productivity over the last half a century, there’s a chance that at some point he did. “Freedom” Inspired by 9/11 — events McCartney witnessed while sitting in a plane on the tarmac at New York’s JFK Airport — this reassuring folk-rock stomp-along met the emotional needs of its moment. “Say Say Say” — with Michael Jackson McCartney’s most recent Hot 100-topper is more of an even playing field, vocally speaking, than you may remember. “FourFiveSeconds” — with Rihanna and Kanye West On Spotify, this improbable intergenerational team-up outdraws McCartney’s solo tunes — and many of the Beatles’ hits — by hundreds of millions of streams. But the magic of “Silly Love Songs” — maybe the purest distillation of McCartney’s guiding emotional philosophy — is the way it elevates happiness to an idea worthy of a life’s work.
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