| "Tusk" | ||||
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| Single by Fleetwood Mac | ||||
| from the album Tusk | ||||
| B-side | "Never Make Me Cry" | |||
| Released | 21 September 1979[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1978–1979 | |||
| Genre | Avant-pop | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lindsey Buckingham | |||
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Short sample of "Tusk" to demonstrate the percussion-driven production and integration of the USC Marching Band within the song | ||||
"Tusk" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from the 1979 double LP of the same name. The song peaked at number eight in the United States for three weeks, reached number six in the United Kingdom (where it was certified Silver for sales of over 250,000 copies), number five in Canada, and number three in Australia. Lindsey Buckingham wrote the song and is the lead singer on the track.
The single was released with two different picture sleeves in many territories: the first featured the black and white picture of producer/engineer Ken Caillat's dog Scooter snapping at a trouser leg, the same as that used for the album cover, whilst the second featured a plain cover with the same font as the album cover but without the dog picture. A limited promotional 12-inch version, featuring mono and stereo versions, was also released to US radio stations.
A slightly different mix of the track appeared on the retrospective four-disc compilation 25 Years – The Chain in 1992.