Temporary One

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"Temporary One"
Temporary One Single Art.jpeg
Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album The Dance
Released1997
RecordedJune 1997
Venue Warner Bros. Studios (Burbank, California, US)
Genre
Length4:00
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Fleetwood Mac singles chronology
"I Do"
(1995)
"Temporary One"
(1997)
"Landslide (live)"
(1998)

"Temporary One" is a Fleetwood Mac song written by Eddy Quintela and Christine McVie. The song first appeared on their 1997 live album The Dance . It was released as a single in Germany, where it peaked at No. 99 on the Media Control Charts. Fleetwood Mac performed the song on their "The Dance" tour in 1997.

Contents

Music video

The live version of the track was used as a music video in Germany.

Track listings

All songs were recorded live at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, in June 1997.

German CD single [1]

  1. "Temporary One" – 3:06
  2. "Go Your Own Way" – 4:46
  3. "Songbird" – 3:05
  4. "Gypsy" – 4:12

Australian maxi-CD single [2]

  1. "Temporary One"
  2. "Silver Springs"
  3. "Songbird"
  4. "Gypsy"

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts) [3] 99

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References

  1. Temporary One (German CD single liner notes). Fleetwood Mac. Reprise Records. 1997. 9362 43955-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Temporary One / Silver Springs (Australian maxi-CD single liner notes). Fleetwood Mac. Reprise Records. 1997. 9362439362.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. "Fleetwood Mac – Temporary One" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.