Got a Hold on Me

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Not to be confused with British pop duo Dollar's single "Love's Gotta 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"
Released25 January 1984
Recorded1983
Length3:52
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Christine McVie, Todd Sharp
Producer(s)Russ Titelman
Christine McVie singles chronology
"When You Say"
(1969) 		"Got a Hold on Me"
(1984) 		"Love Will Show Us How"
(1984)
Audio
"Got a Hold on Me" on YouTube

"Got a Hold on Me" is a 1984 song from Fleetwood Mac's keyboardist and vocalist Christine McVie. It was the first single released off her second solo album.

The song rose to #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary and Rock Tracks charts for four and two weeks, respectively.[1] This 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. The other musicians were bassist George Hawkins and drummer-percussionist Steve Ferrone. Got a Hold on Me was released as the lead single from McVie's self-titled 1984 solo album.

The video for the song was produced and directed by Jon Roseman and premiered in February 1984.[2] 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.[3]

Chart history[]

See also[]

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1984 (U.S.)
  • List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 416.
  2. ^ "Site Maintenance".
  3. ^ Video on YouTube
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1984-03-31. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1984-03-31. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  7. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  8. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  9. ^ Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1984
  10. ^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1984

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