| "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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| "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] In the 10 March 1984 edition of Billboard, Paul Grein noted that it was the first time any member of Fleetwood Mac had achieved a number one hit on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2] In 1985, "Got a Hold on Me" received a most-performed-song citation at BMI's 33rd annual award dinner, which commemorated songs licensed by BMI that received heavy airplay in 1984.[3]
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.[4] George Hawkins handled some of the song's background vocals.[5] 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.[6] 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."[7]
The video for the song was produced by Jon Roseman and directed by Mike Brady.[8] 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.[9]
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 416.
- ^ Grein, Paul (10 March 1984). "Video Music Monitor" (PDF). Billboard. p. 43. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Video Music Monitor" (PDF). Billboard. 29 June 1985. p. 43. Retrieved 27 December 2024 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Todd Sharp, January 18 - 31, 2000 - Section 2". The Penguin. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "George Hawkins, Jr., April 4 - 19, 2000 - Section 1". The Penguin. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ 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