Big Love (Fleetwood Mac song)

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"Big Love"
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Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Tango in the Night
B-side"You & I Part 1"
Released23 March 1987
Recorded1986–1987
Genre
Length3:41
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Lindsey Buckingham
Producer(s)
Fleetwood Mac singles chronology
"Can't Go Back"
(1982) 		"Big Love"
(1987) 		"Seven Wonders"
(1987)
Music video
"Big Love" on YouTube

"Big Love" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. The song first appeared on the band's 1987 album Tango in the Night. The song was the first single to be released from the album, reaching number 5 in the US[3] and number nine in the UK. The single was also a hit on the American dance charts, where the song peaked at number 7.[4]

A 12-inch version featured an extended dance mix, with added vocals by Stevie Nicks. While the 12-inch version in some territories included "You & I, Part II" from the Tango in the Night album, the 7-inch version and 12-inch version in other territories included a non-album track, "You & I, Part I". A limited edition 12-inch picture disc was released in the UK, as well as a double 7-inch pack that included the "Big Love" single, and an exclusive 7-inch featuring "The Chain" as an A-side. "Big Love" became a standard of the Balearic beat dance sound,[5][6] and the object of an extended remix by the DJ Arthur Baker.[7]

Background[]

"Big Love" was written by Lindsey Buckingham for a third solo album that he began in 1985, which instead became Fleetwood Mac's Tango in the Night. The song epitomised the album's stylised production,[8] with its provocative "oh–ahh" vocal exchange. Though many assumed the "female" "ahh" to be Stevie Nicks, Buckingham performed both, his voice being sampled and altered to mimic that of a woman. "It was odd," he said, "that so many people wondered if it was Stevie on there with me."[9]

Music video[]

The video opens on a shot of a mansion. Then the camera slowly pans back and continues to pan back nonstop throughout the video as Buckingham sings with the band featured playing instruments in various settings while Nicks dances around wearing different outfits during the video. During the last segment of the song the video is then played back in a slightly altered form.

Solo version[]

After Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac in 1987 (shortly after Tango in the Night was released), the band did not perform "Big Love" live until his return in 1997. It was in 1993, on his first solo tour, that Buckingham performed a guitar-only version of the song. When Buckingham played "Big Love" live, he used a gutted Gibson Chet Atkins SST with a capo on the fourth fret and a synth pickup.[10] In 1997, he performed "Big Love" in the same style on Fleetwood Mac's live album The Dance. The song also appeared on the second volume of Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown film soundtrack. Buckingham continues to perform the song on solo tours as well as Fleetwood Mac tours.[11]

Track listings[]

UK 7" single (Warner Brothers Records W 8398)

  1. "Big Love" – 3:37
  2. "You and I, Part I" – 3:09

UK 12" single (Warner Brothers Records W 8398 T)

  1. "Big Love" (Extended Remix) – 6:42
  2. "You and I, Part I" – 3:09

US 12" single (Warner Brothers Records 0-20683)

  1. "Big Love" (Extended Remix) – 6:42
  2. "Big Love" (House on the Hill Dub) – 3:03
  3. "Big Love" (Piano Dub) – 6:36
  4. "You and I, Part II" – 2:40

Personnel[]

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1987) Position
Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles[23] 92
US Billboard Top Pop Singles[24] 81

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Silver 250,000double-dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[]

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  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Fireside. p. 304. ISBN 0-394-72107-1. big love.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 230.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 100.
  5. ^ Alexis Patridis, "Fleetwood Mac: Tango in the Night review – timely reissue coasts from gloss to gloom", The Guardian, 23 March 2016.
  6. ^ Iain Stewart (2003). Ibiza and Formentera. Rough Guides. p. 327. ISBN 978-1-84353-063-3.
  7. ^ Simon Frith; Andrew Goodwin (2006). On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word. Routledge. p. 401. ISBN 978-1-134-93950-3.
  8. ^ Holden, Stephen (1987-05-13). "The Pop Life – Edgy Wistfulness From Fleetwood Mac". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  9. ^ Elliott, Paul (October 2013). "Eye of the hurricane". Classic Rock #189. p. 59.
  10. ^ Shadrick, Jason (October 10, 2012). "Rig Rundown - Lindsey Buckingham". www.premierguitar.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  11. ^ "Fleetwood Mac brings crazy-ass fingerpicking and monster drums to Vancouver". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  12. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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  14. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 46, No. 10". RPM. 13 June 1987. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
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  18. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Songs (A-B)". www.rock.co.za. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
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  20. ^ "Fleetwood Mac > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  21. ^ a b c d e "Allmusic: Tango in the Night: Charts & Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  22. ^ "Single Search: Fleetwood Mac – "Big Love"" (in German). Media Control. Retrieved 20 February 2013.[dead link]
  23. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 47, No. 12; Top 100 Single of 1987". RPM. 26 December 1987. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  24. ^ Billboard Magazine – Year-end Charts of 1987. 26 December 1987.
  25. ^ "British single certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Big Love". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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