"Only Over You" is a song by the British-American rock band

Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. Fleetwood Mac were founded by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, before bassist John McVie joined the line-up for their epony ...

from their 1982 album ''

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''. It was written by Christine McVie for her boyfriend at the time, the Beach Boys' drummer Dennis Wilson. The record sleeve states, "With thanks to Dennis Wilson for inspiration." Biographer

Jon Stebbins Jon Stebbins is a Los Osos, California-based musician, songwriter, documentary producer and author of four books about The Beach Boys, as well as two other books. Music career Stebbins was a member of a music band called 'The Point' which was ac ...

characterized the song as McVie's "last declaration of love" toward Wilson. Dennis Wilson 1971 2

Release

"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". An alternate mix of "Only Over You" was included on the 2016 deluxe reissue of ''Mirage''. '' The Guardian'' and '' Paste'' ranked the song number 26 and number 24 respectively on their lists of the 30 greatest Fleetwood Mac songs.

Influence

In 2009, musician

Daniel Lopatin Daniel Lopatin (born July 25, 1982), best known as Oneohtrix Point Never or OPN, is an American Experimental music, experimental electronic music producer, composer, singer and songwriter. His music has experimented with wikt:trope, tropes from ...

(credited as "sunsetcorp") reworked "Only Over You" as a hypnagogic pop music video titled "angel".. 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. A year later in 2010, he would release the track as "Untitled A2" under the psuedonym "Chuck Person" of ''Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1''.

References

1982 songs Fleetwood Mac songs Songs written by Christine McVie Songs about the Beach Boys Dennis Wilson {{1980s-pop-song-stub