You Make Loving Fun

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"You Make Loving Fun"
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Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Rumours
B-side
ReleasedSeptember 1977
Recorded1976
Genre
Length3:36
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Christine McVie
Producer(s)
Fleetwood Mac USsingles chronology
"Don't Stop"
(1977)
"You Make Loving Fun"
(1977)
"Tusk"
(1979)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] Platinum600,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

Cyndi Lauper covered "You Make Loving Fun" in 1984. A non-album single, it was only released in Japan. [24]

As part of the Mick Fleetwood-produced 20th anniversary tribute album Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, "You Make Loving Fun" was covered by American singer-songwriter Jewel. [25]

The outro for the Bob's Burgers episode "The Helen Hunt" parodied the song as "You Make Plumbing Fun". [26]

References

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  15. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Fleetwood Mac" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
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  21. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  22. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN   0-89820-142-X.
  23. "British single certifications – Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  24. Cyndi Lauper – You Make Loving Fun, Discogs.com
  25. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  26. "Bob's Burgers S9E12". TV Tropes. Retrieved 2023-06-07.