| "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 | |||
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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 #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary and Rock Tracks charts for four and two weeks, respectively.[1] The song was McVie's only top 10 solo hit in the United States.
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.[2] The other musicians were bassist George Hawkins and drummer-percussionist Steve Ferrone.
The video for the song was produced and directed by Jon Roseman.[3] 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.[4]
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 416.
- ^ "Todd Sharp, January 18 - 31, 2000 - Section 2". The Penguin. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Christine McVie: Got a Hold On Me". MVDBase. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Video on YouTube