Only Over You

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"Only Over You"
Song by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Mirage
ReleasedJune 18, 1982 (1982-06-18)
Length4:08
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Christine McVie
Producer(s) Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat
Licensed audio
"Only Over You" on YouTube

"Only Over You" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their 1982 album Mirage . It was written by Christine McVie for her boyfriend at the time, the Beach Boys' drummer Dennis Wilson. [1] The record sleeve states, "With thanks to Dennis Wilson for inspiration." [2] Biographer Jon Stebbins characterized the song as McVie's "last declaration of love" toward Wilson. [2]

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McVie wrote the song as a message to her then-boyfriend, Dennis Wilson (pictured 1971). Dennis Wilson 1971 2.png
McVie wrote the song as a message to her then-boyfriend, Dennis Wilson (pictured 1971).

Release and reception

"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". [3] An alternate mix of "Only Over You" was included on the 2016 deluxe reissue of Mirage. [4]

Annie Zaleski of The A.V. Club characterised "Only Over You" as "an old-fashioned torch song". [5] Writing for Rolling Stone , John Milward highlighted McVie's vocal delivery on the song's opening line, "I'm out of my mind", and drew a lyrical parallel to "Over My Head". [6] The Guardian and Paste ranked the song number 26 and number 24 respectively on their lists of the 30 greatest Fleetwood Mac songs. [7] [8]

Influence

In 2009, musician Daniel Lopatin (credited as "sunsetcorp") reworked "Only Over You" as a hypnagogic pop music video titled "angel". [9] 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. [10] A year later in 2010, he would release the track as "Untitled A2" under the pseudonym "Chuck Person" of Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 . [11]

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