"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.

"Got a Hold on Me"
Single by Christine McVie
from the album Christine McVie
B-side	"Who's Dreaming This Dream"
Released	25 January 1984
Recorded	1983
Length	3:52
Label	Warner 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]

Personnel

• Christine McVie – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, percussion
• Steve Winwood – synthesizers
• Lindsey Buckingham – guitar
• Todd Sharp – guitar, backing vocals
• George Hawkins – bass, backing vocals
• Steve Ferrone – drums, percussion

Charts

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1984 (U.S.)
• List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of the 1980s

References

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