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meanmistermustard said

6. I Am Your Singer (a gorgeous duet with Linda)

Interesting that you should pick that song- I really love the footage in Wingspan of a happy and hirsute Paul and Linda rehearsing it on the farm. With a simple acoustic the chord progression is made more obvious and it really is a beautiful one. However, to my ears, the arrangement on Wild Life really does it no justice at all, with Linda singing slightly flat, thumping tom-toms and a flute solo.

Anywho, for a revised top 10, featuring a strangely disproportionate amount of songs beginning with L:

1. Little Lamb Dragonfly (ridiculously underrated song, stands up to some of Paul's best work with the Beatles if you ask me)

2. Daytime Nighttime Suffering (again, a fantastic pop single, why hidden away as the B-side to the inferior Goodnight Tonight?)

3. Tomorrow (the best song from Wild Life, with some of his best vocals to boot)

4. Band on the Run

5. Live and Let Die

6. Love in Song

7. Let 'em In

8. Let Me Roll It

9. Don't Let It Bring You Down (about the only song I really like from London Town)

10. Beware My Love

meanmistermustard said
 

Ben Ramon.
Disco was still quite the thing when Goodnight Tonight came out which might be why it was the a-side and Daytime Nighttime Suffering the flip. Ive never settled on which is better, both have some good moments.
Tomorrow is a fabulous song and possibly should have been on my list as well – but what to omit?

I do like Goodnight Tonight, the refrain is ridiculously catchy and the prominent bassline adds nicely to the disco flavour, but I could do without the middle section with the conga solos and vocoder babbling. Daytime Nighttime Suffering has always struck me as more interesting from a songwriting perspective, some great hooks and harmonies in every section.