Magnet and Steel
| "Magnet and Steel" | ||||||||
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| Single by Walter Egan | ||||||||
| from the album Not Shy | ||||||||
| B-side | "Tunnel O'Love" (U.S.) "She's So Tough" (International) |
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| Released | May 1978 | |||||||
| Format | 45 RPM | |||||||
| Genre | Soft rock, yacht rock | |||||||
| Length | 3:25 | |||||||
| Label | Columbia | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Walter Egan | |||||||
| Producer(s) | Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Richard Dashut | |||||||
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"Magnet and Steel" is a hit single written and performed by Walter Egan, released in May 1978. It was the first and greatest hit on Egan's second solo LP, Not Shy. It reached number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number nine in Canada. It spent 22 weeks on the American charts.
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, members of Fleetwood Mac, sang background vocals and co-produced the song. Nicks was also Egan's inspiration for the song.
"Magnet and Steel" was featured in Boogie Nights (1997), Overnight Delivery (1998) and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999).
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