Got a Hold on Me

"Got a Hold on Me" is a 1984 song from Fleetwood Mac's keyboardist and vocalist Christine McVie. It was the first single released off her second solo album.

Not to be confused with British pop duo Dollar's single "Love's Gotta Hold on Me".
"Got a Hold on Me"
Single by Christine McVie
from the album Christine McVie
B-side"Who's Dreaming This Dream"
Released25 January 1984
Recorded1983
Length3:52
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Christine McVie, Todd Sharp
Producer(s)Russ Titelman
Christine McVie singles chronology
"When You Say"
(1969)		 "Got a Hold on Me"
(1984)		 "Love Will Show Us How"
(1984)
Audio
"Got a Hold on Me" on YouTube

The song rose to #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary and Rock Tracks charts for four and two weeks, respectively.[1] This 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. The other musicians were bassist George Hawkins and drummer-percussionist Steve Ferrone. Got a Hold on Me was released as the lead single from McVie's self-titled 1984 solo album.

The video for the song was produced and directed by Jon Roseman and premiered in February 1984.[2] 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.[3]

Chart history

See also

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 416.
  2. http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=18378
  3. Video on YouTube
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 187. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1984-03-31. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  6. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1984-03-31. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  7. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  8. Musicoutfitters.com
  9. Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1984
  10. Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1984


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