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{{Infobox song

| name = Got a Hold on Me

| cover = Got a Hold on Me.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Christine McVie

| album = Christine McVie

| B-side = Who's Dreaming This Dream

| released = 25 January 1984

| recorded = 1983

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:52

| label = Warner Bros.

| writer = Christine McVie, Todd Sharp

| producer = Russ Titelman

| prev_title = When You Say

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Love Will Show Us How

| next_year = 1984

| misc =

}}

"'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.

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.Whitburn, Joel (2004). 'The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 416. This was McVie's only top 10 solo hit in the United States.

Synthesizers on the track were played by Steve Winwood, 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. 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.

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



Weekly charts



Year-end 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



Category:1984 songs

Category:1984 singles

Category:Songs written by Christine McVie

Category:Warner Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Russ Titelman

Category:Christine_McVie songs


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