The Chain

Just to remind you, Our Throwback Thursday features a favorite song, something about the song and a cover version of the song. Today's song is from the diamond certified album Rumours, Fleetwood Mac's 1976 classic, The Chain -



Stevie Nicks wrote the lyrics about Lindsey Buckingham as their relationship was falling apart. Buckingham and Nicks share lead vocals on the song.



The song began as a Christine McVie song called Butter Cookie (Keep Me There). The beginning of the track wasn't working, but the band loved Mick Fleetwood and John McVie's ending, which was now on tape. So, they counted back from the bass line, used the kick-drum as a metronome, Nicks gave them the lyrics for the verses, Buckinghan and Christine McVie wrote the music and the chorus lyrics, Lindsey added the guitar over the ending, and The Chain as we know it was born.



The cover version of the song I chose is a strange one, for me. The former boy-band singer and actor Harry Styles did an excellent cover of the song for BBC One in 2017. Kudos to Mr. Styles.



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