Trouble (Lindsey Buckingham song)

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"Trouble"
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Single by Lindsey Buckingham
from the album Law and Order
B-side "That's How We Do It in L.A."
ReleasedJanuary 1981 (US) [1]
Recorded1981
Length3:56
Label Asylum
Songwriter(s) Lindsey Buckingham
Producer(s) Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut
Lindsey Buckingham singles chronology
"Trouble"
(1981)		"It Was I"
(1981)

"Trouble" is the debut solo single by Lindsey Buckingham, released in 1981 from his debut solo album Law and Order . The single was Buckingham's first hit as a solo artist, peaking at number nine in the US and number 31 in the UK, where it remained charted for seven weeks. In Australia, it topped the chart for three weeks and became the eighth biggest-selling single of 1982. It experienced similar levels of success in South Africa, reaching number one for two weeks and finishing 1982 as the country's 13th best-selling single.

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Background

"Trouble" was the only track on Law and Order on which Buckingham played neither bass or drums. Buckingham wanted the song to have a "live feel" and recruited his Fleetwood Mac bandmate, Mick Fleetwood, to play drums. However, Buckingham believed none of Fleetwood's takes were satisfactory from start to finish, so a tape loop of one of Fleetwood's drum tracks (about four seconds long) was used throughout the song: "The irony of that was that the original reason for having Mick play on the song was to approach the track completely live, as opposed to my usual technique." Buckingham later overdubbed some additional drum fills and cymbal crashes to create the illusion of live drums. [2]

George Hawkins, who had worked with Fleetwood on The Visitor earlier that year, was brought in to play bass guitar. Buckingham recorded some half-speed guitars for the choruses along with a Spanish influenced guitar solo, the latter of which he was particularly proud of. [2] Some of Buckingham's vocals for the song are sung in falsetto. Buckingham commented in a 2018 interview with Stereogum that "Trouble" lacked the campiness that the rest of Law and Order possessed, which he believed factored into the record label's decision to release "Trouble" as a single. [3]

Critical reception

Record World called the song an "out-of-the box" smash with a sound that was "simply dazzling." [4] Andy Claps of AllMusic praised "Trouble" for its "overwhelmingly strong" melody and "soothing atmosphere that slides around the listener like a security blanket." [5]

Music video

The distinctive music video for "Trouble" features a multi-instrumental "big band" consisting of male musicians—four as guitarists and two bassists, besides Buckingham, and six as drummers, including Mick Fleetwood. Walter Egan also appears in the music video as the second guitarist from the front. The video also features ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarists Bob Welch, who appears in the music video as the third guitarist from the front, and Bob Weston, [6] as well as Dwight Twilley, who appears in the music video as the second guitarist from the back, and Andy Ward (the drummer from Camel).

The video received regular airplay on MTV during late 1981 and early 1982.

Track listings

7": Asylum Records / E-47223 (US)

7": Mercury / 6000 743 (Australia)

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [28] Gold50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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