Song · Fleetwood Mac
“You Make Loving Fun” by Fleetwood Mac
From the album Rumours (1977)
“You Make Loving Fun” by Fleetwood Mac appears on 16 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1997 and 2026. It was first released in 1977 on the album Rumours. Its best result is #155 on the KSLX Arizona 500 (2021). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,336 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Christine McVie wrote and sang "You Make Loving Fun", the last of the four singles Fleetwood Mac drew from Rumours in 1977. The song was inspired by her affair with Curry Grant, who ran the band's lights, and to keep the peace she told her then-husband, bassist John McVie, that it was about her dog.
She laid down the early tracks while Lindsey Buckingham was away, which left her free to build it her own way, with Mick Fleetwood on drums, Stevie Nicks on tambourine and McVie on a Rhodes piano run through a Stratoblaster that boosted its output by 15 decibels. The result struts with a sly, funky ease. McVie wanted it out as the third US single, but "Don't Stop" got the nod; this one still reached No. 9 on the Hot 100, the album's fourth top-10 hit.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 606 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 1997 | 490 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) | 499 |
| 2002 | 726 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2002 | 294 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2004 | 743 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
| 2020 | 407 | 97 Rock | 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) | 500 |
| 2020 | 544 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) | 1025 |
| 2021 | 155 | 100.7 KSLX | KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) | 499 |
| 2022 | 388 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) | 1025 |
| 2022 | 455 | 94.1 KRNA | KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2022 | 352 | 97.1 The River | River 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2022 | 275 | 100.7 KSLX | KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 455 | 101.5 WPDH | WPDH Top 1015 (2023) | 1015 |
| 2025 | 374 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2025) | 500 |
| 2026 | 495 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
| 2026 | 403 | 102.5 WDVE | DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) | 500 |
Also listed as: You Make Lovin' Fun; You Make Lovin Fun.
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