Single
Listen to What the Man Said entered the Australian singles chart* on 9 June 1975 and peaked at #14. It was #84 on the Top 100 of 1975.
Album:
The song is on Venus and Mars which entered the Australian albums chart* on 9 June 1975 and peaked at #2.
Songwriters:
Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney
Producer:
Paul McCartney
Record label of Australian release:
Capitol
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Listen to What the Man Said featured new Wings member Joe English on drums, with guest musicians Dave Mason on guitar and Tom Scott on soprano saxophone.
It is an optimistic love song. Even though love may be blind or may cause separated lovers to suffer, the singer believes that love will prevail.
The words spoken before the music begins are by Paul McCartney, doing an impression of The Meters guitarist Leo Nocentelli. He says “All right, OK… very good to see you down in New Orleans, man, yeah, yeah. Reet, yeah, yeah…” The word “reet” is jazz slang meaning “good, proper, excellent.”
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen_to_What_the_Man_Said
Lyrics:
Any time, any day
You can hear the people say
That love is blind
Well, I don′t know, but I say love is kind
Soldier boy kisses girl
Leaves behind a tragic world
But he won’t mind
He′s in love and he says love is fine
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