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's 17th studio album, '' Say You Will'' (2003). The song reached number seven on the US ''

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chart and was performed live on Fleetwood Mac's

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. The song features vocals from American singer-songwriter

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, bass guitarist

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's daughter Molly McVie, singer

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' niece Jessica Nicks and Jessica's best friend Maddy Felsch.

Background

Nicks said the following in Performing Songwriter Magazine in 2003: "...but that song is not just about Lindsey. It’s about a movie I saw about Arturo Sandoval, the trumpet player...that was really my inspiration for that song. The chorus was written first, then I went back to write the verses... you have this great chorus that basically says, "If you dance with me, you won’t be mad at me anymore. We can be in a huge argument, but if we put on some music and start to dance, everything will be great." Then I had to think about what to make the verses about. So I went back over all my relationships with people and think of different ways that I have felt when I wanted basically to burst into song and sing that chorus (laughs). Give me one more chance. That’s what came out of it. It’s funny because, we just did an interview the day before yesterday, and I don’t think any of the band knows that that was the reason I wrote the song."

Track listing

Reprise Records – PRO-CDR-101137 # "Say You Will" (Single Remix Fade) – 3:49 # "Say You Will" (Single Remix Cold) – 3:36 * Producer – Lindsey Buckingham * Remix – Chris Lord-Alge

Personnel

– lead vocals *

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– keyboards, guitars, backing vocals *

– bass guitar *

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– drums, percussion Additional personnel *

–

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, backing vocals * Molly McVie – backing vocals * Jessica Nicks – backing vocals * Maddy Felsch – backing vocals

Technical personnel

* Producer – Lindsey Buckingham * Engineers – Lindsey Buckingham, Ken Allardyce, Ken Koroshetz, Ray Lindsey,

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, Phil Nichols, Matthew J. Doughty * Recording – The Bellagio House,

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, Hollywood, California * Mixing – Mark Needham * Mixing assistants – Phil Nichols, Matthew J Doughty, Joe Bozzi * Mastering –

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Charts

Release history

References

Bibliography

''The Great Rock Discography''. Martin C.Strong. Page 378. {{Authority control Fleetwood Mac songs 2003 singles 2003 songs Reprise Records singles Song recordings produced by John Shanks Song recordings produced by Rob Cavallo Songs written by Stevie Nicks