Got a Hold on Me
| "Got a Hold on Me" | ||||
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| Single by Christine McVie | ||||
| from the album Christine McVie | ||||
| B-side | "Who's Dreaming This Dream" | |||
| Released | January 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Christine McVie, Todd Sharp | |||
| Producer(s) | Russ Titelman | |||
| Christine McVie singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio | ||||
| "Got a Hold on Me" on YouTube | ||||
"Got a Hold on Me" is a song by Christine McVie, released as the lead single from her eponymous second solo album in 1984.
The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary and Rock Tracks charts for four and two weeks, respectively.[1] The song was McVie's only top 10 solo hit in the United States.
Synthesizers on the track were played by Steve Winwood,[1] while the guitars were played by Todd Sharp (the song's co-writer) and McVie's Fleetwood Mac bandmate Lindsey Buckingham.[2] Sharp recalled that he wrote the song with McVie section by section over the course of thirty minutes and had identified the song's commercial viability upon hearing the first verse.[3] McVie stated that the song's subject matter was fictional, saying that "at the time I wrote it, no one did have a hold on me."[4]
The video for the song was produced by Jon Roseman and directed by Mike Brady.[5] Shot in both black-and-white and color, it is a pseudo-performance video showing Christine McVie in a mansion-like room singing at her piano while a backup band appears in silhouette shadows on the walls around her.[6]
Personnel
[edit]- Christine McVie – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, percussion
- Steve Winwood – synthesizers
- Lindsey Buckingham – guitar
- Todd Sharp – guitar, backing vocals
- George Hawkins – bass, backing vocals
- Steve Ferrone – drums, percussion
Charts
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Year-end charts[edit]
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See also
[edit]- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1984 (U.S.)
- List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s
References
[edit]- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 416.
- ^ "Todd Sharp, January 18 - 31, 2000 - Section 2". The Penguin. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Wittenberg, Ed (1 December 2022). "Former Cleveland guitarist Todd Sharp 'shocked', 'heartbroken' over Christine McVie's death". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ Leech, Jeanette (27 January 2024). "Why Christine McVie's Self-Titled 1984 Album Was "More Sophisticated" Than Fleetwood Mac". Dig!. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Video Music Monitor" (PDF). Billboard. 28 January 1984. p. 43. Retrieved 9 December 2024 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 187. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1984-03-31. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1984-03-31. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Christine McVie Adult Contemporary Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Christine McVie Mainstream Rock Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ Musicoutfitters.com
- ^ Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1984
- ^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1984
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