You Gave Me the Answer

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“You Gave Me the Answer”
“You Gave Me the Answer” cover
Single by Paul McCartney & Wings
from the album Venus and Mars
A-side "Letting Go"
Released October 4, 1975 (United States)
October 18, 1975 (United Kingdom)
Format 7" single
Recorded 1975
Genre Rock
Length 4:33
Label Capitol Records
Writer(s) Paul McCartney
Producer Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney & Wings singles chronology
"Listen to What the Man Said"
(1975)
"Letting Go"/"You Gave Me the Answer"
(1975)
"Venus and Mars/Rock Show"/"Magneto and Titanium Man"
(1975)

You Gave Me the Answer is a song written by Paul McCartney for the album Venus and Mars. It had a dancing ambience, and sounded very much like New Orleans, Louisiana, where they recorded the song. Paul's vocals on the song are very treated. It sounds a bit as if he was on the telephone with a friend. In 1976, at the Seattle Kingdome, Paul dedicated this song to Fred Astaire.