Big Love (Fleetwood Mac song)

"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,[3] and number nine in the UK. The single was also a hit on the American dance charts, where the song peaked at number 7.[4]

For other uses, see Big Love (disambiguation).
"Big Love"
Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Tango in the Night
B-side"You & I Part 1"
Released23 March 1987
Recorded1986–1987
Genre
Length3:41
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Lindsey Buckingham
Producer(s)
Fleetwood Mac singles chronology
"Can't Go Back"
(1982)		 "Big Love"
(1987)		 "Seven Wonders"
(1987)
Music video
"Big Love" on YouTube

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" became a standard of the Balearic beat dance sound,[5][6] and the object of an extended remix by Arthur Baker.[7]

Background

"Big Love" was written by Lindsey Buckingham for a third solo album that he began in 1985, which instead became Tango in the Night. The song epitomised the album's stylised production, with its provocative "oh–ahh" vocal exchange. Though many assumed the "female" "ahh" to be Stevie Nicks, Buckingham performed both, his voice being sampled and altered to mimic that of a woman. "It was odd," he said, "that so many people wondered if it was Stevie on there with me."[8]

Music video

The video begins with the shot of a large mansion. It slowly pans back and continues to pan back nonstop throughout the video as Lindsey Buckingham sings and the band featured playing instruments in different settings whilst Stevie Nicks dances wearing various outfits during the video.

Solo version

After Buckingham left Fleetwood Mac in 1987 (shortly after Tango in the Night was released), the band did not perform "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. When playing "Big Love" live, he uses a gutted Gibson Chet Atkins SST with a capo on the fourth fret and a synth pickup.[9] 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.[10]

Track listings

12" single (Warner Brothers Records 0-20683)

  1. "Big Love" (Extended Remix) – 6:42
  2. "Big Love" (House on the Hill Dub) – 3:03
  3. "Big Love" (Piano Dub) – 6:36
  4. "You and I, Part I" – 3:04

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts
Chart (1987) Position
Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles[23] 92
US Billboard Top Pop Singles[24] 81

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Silver 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
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  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 230.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 100.
  5. Alexis Patridis, "Fleetwood Mac: Tango in the Night review – timely reissue coasts from gloss to gloom", The Guardian, 23 March 2016.
  6. Iain Stewart (2003). Ibiza and Formentera. Rough Guides. p. 327. ISBN 978-1-84353-063-3.
  7. Simon Frith; Andrew Goodwin (2006). On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word. Routledge. p. 401. ISBN 978-1-134-93950-3.
  8. Elliott, Paul (October 2013). "Eye of the hurricane". Classic Rock #189. p. 59.
  9. October 10, Jason Shadrick; 2012. "Rig Rundown - Lindsey Buckingham". www.premierguitar.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  24. Nielsen Business Media, Inc (26 December 1987). Billboard Magazine – Year End Charts – Year-end Charts of 1987.
  25. "British single certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Big Love". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 10 April 2020. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Big Love in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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