"Cash Box"s single reviewer described "My Love as a "fine ballad" and said that, although it was lacking in melody, McCartney's "added sentiment &amp; crooning will soon make this a classic". Chris Welch of "Melody Maker" wrote: "A grand ballad from Paul, rather in the tradition of songs that turned on the troops in the days of the Cyprus Crisis and other manifestations of the '50s. In a way its appeal is timeless, and it certainly rates among his seemingly unstoppable flow of classics." Welch highlighted the "splendid gutty guitar solo" and predicted: "Much fluttering of wings and handkerchiefs as this sails up the charts."