Heartbreak Hotel told Durden, "Everybody in the world has someone who cares. Let's put a Heartbreak Hotel at the end of this lonely street". They were interrupted by the arrival of Glenn Reeves, a local performer who had previously worked with Axton. The duo asked Reeves to help with the song, but after hearing the title he remarked that it was "the silliest thing I've ever heard", and left them to finish it themselves. The song was written within an hour, and Durden recorded it onto Axton's tape recorder. Reeves returned, and after hearing the song he was asked to provide a
Love in Song overdubs were added at Wally Heider Studios in Lost Angeles on March 10, 1975. In addition to playing 12 string guitar and singing lead vocals, Paul McCartney plays upright bass, using the same bass that Bill Black played on Elvis Presley hits such as "Heartbreak Hotel." Denny Laine and Jimmy McCulloch also play guitar, and Linda McCartney sings backing vocals. "Love in Song" is one of the few "Venus and Mars" songs on which Geoff Britton plays drums, as the song was recorded before he was replaced as Wings' drummer by Joe English. Several critics have described "Love in Song"