It appears on his fifteenth solo studio album Kisses on the Bottom (2012), and was released as the record's lead single on 20 December 2011.
One of only two original compositions on the album, "My Valentine" was written as a love song for McCartney's wife, Nancy Shevell.
[2] "My Valentine" earned positive reviews from critics, with multiple publications feeling it held its own against the covers on Kisses on the Bottom.
Rolling Stone Australia ranked it as the 71st best solo track by a member of the Beatles, calling it "an artistic statement of purpose" and likening it to "Tower of Song" by Leonard Cohen.
[7] American Songwriter considered it on par with the standards covered on Kisses on the Bottom, stating it "couldn't be any more beautiful in its simplicity", as well as arguing it "may overall be McCartney's greatest love song".