NEW FUN FACTS: Fleetwood Mac singer/keyboard player Christine McVie wrote this song with Robbie Patton, a singer who had a #26 US hit in 1981 with \"Don't Give It Up,\" which features guitar by Lindsey Buckingham. Patton toured as an opening act with Fleetwood Mac in 1979 and McVie produced his albums Distant Shores (1981) and Orders From Headquarters (1982).
This song was inspired by Christine McVie's relationship with Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson. After she split with Fleetwood Mac bass player John McVie, Christine dated Wilson for several years before they broke up in 1981. Wilson died in 1983 in a drunk-drowning accident.
The video for this song was inspired in large part by the works of the Belgian painter Magritte, whose paintings appear in the clip. It was directed by Steve Barron and shot in the Mojave Desert. The combination of extreme heat and band tension made for a very difficult shoot. Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks had all started solo projects, and getting the band to collaborate was a lesson in futility. The video's producer Simon Fields said in I Want My MTV by Craig Marks, \"John McVie was drunk and tried to punch me. Stevie Nicks didn't want to walk on the sand with her platforms. Christine McVie was fed up with all of them. They were a fractious bunch.\"
The video was subpar, but it was a fresh Fleetwood Mac video, which was good enough for MTV, which in 1982 was desperate for new clips by Rock artists, especially established ones. Fleetwood Mac's video for \"Tusk\" was one of the few they had available when they launched on August 1, 1981.
Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham share the lead vocals on this track.
Can you understand me?
Baby don't you hand me a line
Although it doesn't matter
You and me got plenty of time
There's nobody in the future
So baby let me hand you my love
Oh, there's no step for you to dance to
So slip your hand inside of my glove
Hold me....hold me....hold me...
hold me....hold me....hold me...
I don't want no damage
But how'm I gonna manage with you
Oh, you want the percentage
But i'm the fool payin' the dues
I'm just around the corner
If you got a minute to spare
I'll be waitin' for ya'
If you ever want to be there
Hold me....hold me....hold me...
Hold me....hold me....hold me...
Hold me....hold me....hold me...
Hold me....hold me....hold me...
[Instrumental]
(Come on and...)
Hold me....hold me....hold me...
Hold me....hold me....hold me...
Hold me....hold me....hold me...
hold me....hold me....hold me...
Hold me....hold me....hold me...
hold me....hold me....hold me...
