I Know I'm Not Wrong

"I Know I'm Not Wrong"
Song by Fleetwood Mac from the album Tusk
Released	September 19, 1979
Recorded	June 26, 1978 - June 20, 1979
Genre	folk rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock
Length	3.02
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Lindsey Buckingham
Producer(s)	Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat

"I Know I'm Not Wrong" is a song by Fleetwood Mac from the 1979 double LP Tusk. It was recorded as the final song of side three of the LP on September 19, 1979, written by Lindsey Buckingham, whose sparser songwriting arrangements and the influence of punk rock and new wave were the leading creative force on it and other Tusk tracks. This was both the first and last song worked on for the 'Tusk' album, and took almost a year to complete.

While drummer Mick Fleetwood played drums on the track, Buckingham recorded another drum part on Kleenex boxes. In the 70s, conventional drums were often in the forefront of the mix, which was something that Buckingham wanted to move away from when recording 'Tusk'. Instead, Buckingham wanted to emulate what he heard on early rock and roll records, where the drums were more elusive.

So since Tusk, I’ve often looked for alternatives for the function of things such as the snare and hi-hat— anything that would get away from the norm. I’d think, ‘What can I do on the two and four that doesn’t sound like a snare?’ Of course, in rock, you need the action and rhythm of that instrument, but why not subvert the norm and find other things?

Cath Carroll, Fleetwood Mac biographer and author of a book on the creation of Rumours, likened the rhythm of "I Know I'm Not Wrong" to that of "The Ledge", another track from the Tusk album. "A silly little synth riff toward the end puts an odd-sounding date stamp on the piece and is, in its perky way, the most jarring element on the album. This song is another piece of brilliant concision, with a half-stated simple three-note chorus." She noted the track's "not-quite-there quality that Buckingham manages to coax out of his higher vocal register" which is common to several Tusk songs.

The track "To Wild Homes" found on The New Pornographers's record Mass Romantic features the melody of "I Know I'm Not Wrong" where A.C. Newman plays the song's melody over the fading chorus at the end of the track. Newman referred to it as "living proof that Tusk has haunted our music."

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