You Make Loving Fun

"You Make Loving Fun"
Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Rumours
B-side "Gold Dust Woman" (U.S.A.)
"Never Going Back Again" (U.K.)
Released September 1977
Format 7-inch vinyl single
Recorded 1976
Genre Rock
Length 3:36
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Christine McVie
Producer(s) Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat
Fleetwood Mac singles chronology
"Dreams"
(1977 UK)
"Don't Stop"
(1977 USA)		 "You Make Loving Fun"
(1977)		 "Tusk"
(1979)
Rumours track listing

"You Make Loving Fun" is a song written and sung by Christine McVie of the British-American band Fleetwood Mac. It was released as the fourth and final 45 rpm single from the band's album Rumours in 1977; its fourth top-ten hit, the song peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background

The song was inspired by an affair McVie had with Curry Grant.[1] "To avoid flare-ups", she told her then-husband John McVie that the song was about her dog; he found out later what it was really about.[2]

Early tracking of the song was done, according to McVie, in the absence of Lindsey Buckingham, which allowed her the freedom to "build the song on my own". The recording sessions were saturated with cocaine use. Buckingham played rhythm guitar (through a Leslie) and tracking was done with a Fender Rhodes, Nicks playing tambourine. John McVie's bass was rerecorded again later, and Mick Fleetwood and Christine McVie dubbed Hohner Clavinet parts.[2] In an interview with the New York Post she remarked that she wanted it to be the third US single from the album, but instead "Don't Stop" was chosen, which boosted the album's commercial success in the US and the UK.[1]

"You Make Loving Fun" was a concert staple for Fleetwood Mac and was played during every tour involving Christine McVie from 1976 until 1997, a year before McVie's departure from the band and retirement from touring. It has since been revived for Fleetwood Mac's 2014-2015 tour when McVie rejoined the band.

Personnel

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australia KMR 65
Canada RPM Top Singles 7
Netherlands 22
New Zealand 26
UK Singles Chart 45
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 9
US Cash Box Top 100 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Australia[5] 172
Canada[6] 100
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[7] 78

References

  1. 1 2 Furman, Leah (2003). Rumours Exposed: The Unauthorized Biography of Fleetwood Mac. Kensington. pp. 105–106, 133–34. ISBN 9780806524726.
  2. 1 2 Caillat, Ken; Stiefel, Steve (2012). Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 101, 106–110, 195. ISBN 9781118282366.
  3. ↑ "Ken Caillat Revisits Rumours". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. ↑ "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  6. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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