Peak
9
Weeks
14
Score
2,188
Chart Year
1977
During the recording of Rumours the marriage of bassist John McVie and keyboardist and co-singer Christine McVie was ending. Christine started seeing the band's lighting technician Curry Grant and she penned this song about the relationship. Drummer Mick Fleetwood quipped to Q magazine June 2009: "Knowing John, he probably thought it was about one of her dogs." Christine McVie sang lead vocals on this track, which was one of four songs she wrote solo for the Rumours album. McVie had nothing prepared when the band started working on the album at The Record Plant studios in Sausalito, California. "I thought I was drying up," she said in Q magazine. "I was practically panicking because every time I sat down at a piano, nothing came out. Then, one day in Sausalito, I just sat down and wrote in the studio, and the four-and-a-half songs of mine on the album are a result of that." Cyndi Lauper was commissioned in 1977 to record several soundalike covers of songs penned written by other artists - she was one of several session singers hired to re-record several big hits of the day. Lauper said later that she was paid only twelve dollars for her work, to "sound like someone else." The only fruit to come from her sessions was a 7" vinyl single of her version of this track, which became the first song ever officially released by the New York songstress. Lauper did not own her own copy until a fan gave her one in 2002.
Sweet wonderful you You make me happy with the things you do Oh, can it be so This feeling follows me wherever I go I never did believe in miracles But I've a feeling it's time to try I never did believe in the ways of magic But I'm beginning to wonder why I never did believe in miracles But I've a feeling it's time to try I never did believe in the ways of magic But I'm beginning to wonder why Don't, don't break the spell It would be different and you know it will You, you make loving fun And I don't have to tell you but you're the only one You, you make loving fun It's all I want to do You, you make loving fun It's all I want to do You, you make loving fun It's all I want to do You, you make loving fun It's all I want to do
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 15, 1977 | 73 | 53 |
| 2 | Oct 22, 1977 | 60 | 66 |
| 3 | Oct 29, 1977 | 40 | 86 |
| 4 | Nov 5, 1977 | 30 | 96 |
| 5 | Nov 12, 1977 | 17 | 109 |
| 6 | Nov 19, 1977 | 15 | 111 |
| 7 | Nov 26, 1977 | 13 | 113 |
| 8 | Dec 3, 1977 | 11 | 115 |
| 9 | Dec 10, 1977 | 10 | 116 |
| 10 | Dec 17, 1977 | 9 | 117 |
| 11 | Dec 24, 1977 | 21 | 105 |
| 12 | Dec 31, 1977 | 21 | 105 |
| 13 | Jan 7, 1978 | 51 | 75 |
| 14 | Jan 14, 1978 | 77 | 49 |