I Do (Fleetwood Mac song)

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"I Do"
I Do Fleetwood Mac Single.jpeg
Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Time
Released10 October 1995
Recorded1994
Genre Soft rock
Length3:48
Label Warner Brothers
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Richard Dashut
Fleetwood Mac singles chronology
"Paper Doll"
(1992)		"I Do"
(1995)		"Temporary One"
(1997)

"I Do" is a song by British-American band Fleetwood Mac, from their 1995 album Time . The song was released as a single to support the album and charted at number 62 in Canada. The song was written by Christine McVie and Eddy Quintela, and produced by long-time Fleetwood Mac producer Richard Dashut. An edit of the song was included in the deluxe version of box-set 50 Years – Don't Stop . [1]

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Critical reception

While its parent Time album was largely panned by music critics, "I Do" has been received positively by some publications. Ultimate Classic Rock singled out "I Do" as the one "great song" from Time and highlighted its "joy-filled chorus". [2] Joe Tiller of Dig! described the song as "an effortless and evocative soft-rock gem". [3] In his book Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Illustrated History, Richie Unterberger thought that "I Do" was the album's "clear winner" with its "buoyant piano-clear pop". [4]

GQ labeled "I Do" as one of the ten best post- Rumours songs, writing that the song "sounds like something from the Mirage era; it certainly doesn't sound like a pop song produced in the 1990s. It's all jangly keys, shimmery guitars and soaring backing vocals. It's also, fittingly, one of the more positive song on this list, a vow to love someone in spite of their flaws." [5]

Track listing

CD Maxi (1995)

  1. "I Do (Single Edit)" – 3:48
  2. "Talkin' To My Heart" – 4:54
  3. "Little Lies (Extended Version)" – 6:07
  4. "Little Lies (Dub)" – 4:04

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [6] 62
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [7] 50

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References

  1. ↑ I Do - Fleetwood Mac Song Info AllMusic , retrieved 6 September 2021
  2. ↑ DeRiso, Nick (1 November 2023). "The One Great Song on These Terrible Albums". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Tiller, Joe (10 October 2022). "Time: Fleetwood Mac Reset The Clock For Their Final 90s Album". Dig!. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Unterberger, Richie (2016). Fleetwood Mac: The Complete Illustrated History. Voyageur Press. p. 164. ISBN   978-0-7603-5176-5.
  5. ↑ Allen, Ben (11 April 2020). "The best Fleetwood Mac songs after Rumours". British GQ. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2851." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2828." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 May 2020.



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