“Tusk” by Fleetwood Mac

Lindsey Buckingham wrote and sang "Tusk", the title track of Fleetwood Mac's sprawling 1979 double LP, and it's an unlikely hit: a hypnotic, tribal stomp of pounding drums, muttered vocals and sudden shouts, capped by the USC Trojan Marching Band blasting horns and woodwinds and banging extra percussion. Mick Fleetwood's drums carry the whole thing, John McVie's bass throbs underneath, Christine McVie adds keyboards, and she and Stevie Nicks chime in on backing vocals. Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut produced it with the band at The Village.

Weird or not, it sold: number eight in the US for three weeks, six in the UK, five in Canada and three in Australia. One of its picture sleeves reused the album cover, Caillat's dog Scooter snapping at a trouser leg.

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