Big Love (Fleetwood Mac song)
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| Single by Fleetwood Mac | ||||||||||
| from the album Tango in the Night | ||||||||||
| B-side | "You & I Part 1" | |||||||||
| Released | 23 March 1987 | |||||||||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1985–87 | |||||||||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||||||||
| Length | 3:42 | |||||||||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Lindsey Buckingham | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut | |||||||||
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"Big Love" is a song by Fleetwood Mac, that appeared on their 1987 album Tango in the Night. The song was the first single to be released from the album, reaching number 5 in the US, and number nine in the UK. The single was also a hit on the American dance charts, where the song peaked at number 7.
A 12-inch version featured an extended dance mix, with added vocals by Stevie Nicks. While the 12-inch version included "You & I, Part II" from the Tango in the Night album, the 7-inch version 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, which contained the "Big Love" single, and an exclusive 7-inch featuring "The Chain" as an A-side.
"Big Love" was written by Lindsey Buckingham, and was originally going to be part of his third solo album which he began working on in 1985, but the project became a Fleetwood Mac album instead. The song epitomised the stylised production techniques used on the album, with its provocative "oh - ahh" male/female vocal exchange. Though many assumed the female "ahh" to be Stevie Nicks, it was actually Lindsey Buckingham performing both, created by way of his voice being sampled and altered in the studio to mimic that of a woman. The sample was aired several times on Late Night with David Letterman, where Letterman told viewers they were hearing the sounds of CPR.
Since Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac in 1987 (shortly after Tango in the Night was released), the band never performed "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. In 1997, he performed it in the same style on Fleetwood Mac's live album and video The Dance. It also appeared on the second volume of Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown film soundtrack. Buckingham continues to perform the song on Fleetwood Mac and solo tours.
12" single (Warner Brothers Records 0-20683)
"Big Love" became a standard of the Balearic beat dance sound, and the object of an influential extended remix by Arthur Baker. A cover version of "Big Love" appeared on Canadian electronic artist CFCF's debut album Continent.
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