"Love in Store" is a song by British-American rock group Fleetwood Mac. The song is the opening track on the 1982 album '' Mirage'', the fourth album by the band with Lindsey Buckingham acting as main producer with Richard Dashut and

Ken Caillat Kenneth Douglas Caillat ( ) is an American record producer. He is best known for engineering the Fleetwood Mac albums '' Rumours'', ''Tusk'', ''Mirage'', ''Live'', and '' The Chain Box Set''. Life and career Caillat was the president of 5.1 Ent ...

. "Love in Store" was written by

Christine McVie Christine Anne McVie (; née Perfect; 12 July 1943 – 30 November 2022) was an English musician and songwriter. She was best known as keyboardist and one of the vocalists of the band Fleetwood Mac. McVie was a member of several bands, nota ...

and Jim Recor and it became the album's third single in the US. Released in November 1982, it went on to peak at No. 22 for three weeks as the follow-up to Top 20 hits "Hold Me" (No. 4) and "

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" (No. 12). It also peaked at #11 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song features lead vocals by Christine McVie with prominent vocal harmonies by Stevie Nicks and background vocals by Lindsey Buckingham. '' Billboard'' said that "has the same appeal as the string of singles that first gave the group ownership of the pop charts in 1975–1976." In the UK, another track from ''Mirage'', "

Oh Diane "Oh Diane" is a song by British-American rock group Fleetwood Mac. It was written by guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and Richard Dashut for the 1982 album '' Mirage'', the fourth album by the band with Lindsey Buckingham as producer. Background D ...

", was released as the third single instead and was a Top 10 hit. "Love In Store" was not released as a single in the UK, although it was released in some European territories. The song is included on the 2002 US version, and 2009 UK re-issue of the album '' The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac''. An alternative mix of the song was released in 1992 on the CD box set 25 Years – The Chain.

Personnel

– electric piano,

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, lead vocals, backing vocals *

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician and record producer, best known as the lead guitarist and male lead vocalist of the band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with Fl ...

–

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, acoustic guitar, backing vocals * Stevie Nicks – backing vocals *

John McVie John Graham McVie (born 26 November 1945) is a British bass guitarist. He is best known as a member of the rock bands John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers from 1964 to 1967 and Fleetwood Mac since 1967. His surname, combined with that of Mick Fle ...

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bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

Mick Fleetwood Michael John Kells Fleetwood (born 24 June 1947) is a British musician, songwriter and occasional actor. He is best known as the drummer, co-founder, and leader of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood, whose surname was merged with that of t ...

– drums,

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, güiro, wood block,

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Chart performance

References

Bibliography

*''The Great Rock Discography''. Martin C. Strong. p. 378, Canongate Books, .

External links

Official Charts Company.com. UK chart informationOfficial website
1982 singles Fleetwood Mac songs Songs written by Christine McVie Song recordings produced by Ken Caillat Song recordings produced by Richard Dashut 1982 songs Warner Records singles {{1980s-rock-song-stub