Warm Ways
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| "Warm Ways" | ||||
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| Single by Fleetwood Mac | ||||
| from the album Fleetwood Mac | ||||
| B-side | "Blue Letter" (single version) | |||
| Released | October 1975 (UK)[1] | |||
| Recorded | February 1975 | |||
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| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Reprise K 14403 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Christine McVie | |||
| Producer(s) | Fleetwood Mac, Keith Olsen | |||
| Fleetwood Mac singles chronology | ||||
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"Warm Ways" is a song performed by British/American music group Fleetwood Mac. The song was written and performed by group keyboardist/vocalist Christine McVie. In October 1975, "Warm Ways" was released as the lead single from the album entitled Fleetwood Mac in the United Kingdom. It was not released as a single in the United States, where "Over My Head" was issued as the first single instead. The single did not chart in Britain, with only the fourth single from the album, "Say You Love Me" managing to chart upon its original release.[1]
During the making of Tusk album, Buckingham borrowed aspects of his guitar playing on "Warm Ways" and repurposed it for "Over & Over", another song written by McVie. Buckingham had played slide guitar on "Warm Ways", a technique that he seldom utilised. According to Hernan Rojas, who served as the engineer for Tusk, said that Buckingham was reminded of "Warm Ways" when he first heard "Over & Over", making these one of the few songs along with "Never Forget" that featured Buckingham on slide guitar.[2]
Critical reception
[edit]PopMatters wrote that the song "lives up to its title and then some", adding that the music possessed a "wistful" quality.[3] Writing for NPR, Annie Zaleski noted how McVie stretched out the syllables on a few lyrics found in "Warm Ways", including the words "dream," "morning" and "light", which Zaleski said "illuminate[d] the coziness of sleeping by a beloved."[4]
Personnel
[edit]- Christine McVie – keyboards, lead vocals
- Lindsey Buckingham – guitars, harmony vocals
- Stevie Nicks – harmony vocals
- John McVie – bass guitar
- Mick Fleetwood – drums, gong
References
[edit]- ^ a b Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 296. ISBN 9780862415419.
- ^ Caillat, Ken; Rojas, Hernan (2019). Get Tusked: The Inside Story of Fleetwood Mac's Most Anticipated Album. Guilford, Connecticut: Backbeat Books. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-4930-5983-6.
- ^ "Christine McVie's Warm Ways". PopMatters. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ Zaleski, Annie (5 December 2022). "Christine McVie brought romantic optimism to Fleetwood Mac". NPR. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
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