"Only Over You" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their 1982 album Mirage. It was written by Christine McVie for her boyfriend at the time, the Beach Boys' drummer Dennis Wilson.[1] The record sleeve states, "With thanks to Dennis Wilson for inspiration."[2] Biographer Jon Stebbins characterized the song as McVie's "last declaration of love" toward Wilson.[2]
| "Only Over You" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Fleetwood Mac | |
| from the album Mirage | |
| Released | June 18, 1982 |
| Length | 4:08 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Songwriter(s) | Christine McVie |
| Producer(s) | Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat |
| Licensed audio | |
| "Only Over You" on YouTube | |
Release and reception
edit"Only Over You" appeared as the sixth track on their 1982 album Mirage. In the UK, the song was issued as the B-side to their single "Oh Diane".[3] An alternate mix of "Only Over You" was included on the 2016 deluxe reissue of Mirage.[4]
Annie Zaleski of The A.V. Club characterised "Only Over You" as "an old-fashioned torch song".[5] Writing for Rolling Stone, John Milward highlighted McVie's vocal delivery on the song's opening line, "I'm out of my mind", and drew a lyrical parallel to "Over My Head".[6] The Guardian and Paste ranked the song number 26 and number 24 respectively on their lists of the 30 greatest Fleetwood Mac songs.[7][8]
Influence
editIn 2009, musician Daniel Lopatin (credited as "sunsetcorp") reworked "Only Over You" as a hypnagogic pop music video titled "angel".[9] The lyrics "Angel please don't go, I miss you when you go" were slowed down and looped with a phaser effect applied to certain phrases.[10] A year later in 2010, he would release the track as "Untitled A2" under the pseudonym "Chuck Person" of Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1.[11]
References
edit- ^ Howe, Zoë (2014). Stevie Nicks: Visions, Dreams and Rumours. Omnibus. ISBN 9781783231287.
- ^ a b c Stebbins, Jon (2000). Dennis Wilson: The Real Beach Boy. ECW Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-55022-404-7.
- ^ "Fleetwood Mac - Oh Diane". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "Fleetwood Mac's 'Mirage' is Getting a Deluxe Reissue". 12 May 2016.
- ^ Zeleski, Annie (25 July 2016). "Fleetwood Mac's Mirage is a well-crafted diamond in the rough". AV Club. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Milward, John (16 August 1982). "Mirage". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (19 May 2022). "Fleetwood Mac's 30 greatest songs – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ Mitchell, Matt (7 August 2023). "The 30 Greatest Fleetwood Mac Songs". Paste. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ Bach, Anders (2020). "The Reproduction". In Schulze, Holger (ed.). The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Anthropology of Sound. Bloomsbury. p. 390. ISBN 9781501335419.
- ^ Trainer, Adam (2016). "From Hypnagogia to Distroid: Postironic Musical Renderings of Personal Memory". The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality. Oxford University Press. p. 412. ISBN 978-0-19-932128-5.
- ^ Hansen, K. Nkanza (2 September 2020). "Eccojams Vol. 1 Was the Blueprint for Vaporwave". Talkhouse. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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