Say You Will (Fleetwood Mac song)

"Say You Will"
Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Say You Will
Released	June 24, 2003
Format	Digital release, CD single
Recorded	2002
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:50
Label	Reprise Records
Songwriter(s)	Stevie Nicks
Producer(s)	Lindsey Buckingham, Rob Cavallo, John Shanks
Fleetwood Mac singles chronology
"Peacekeeper" (2003) "Say You Will" (2003) "Sad Angel" (2013)
"Peacekeeper" (2003) "Say You Will" (2003) "Sad Angel" (2013)

"Say You Will" is a song from Fleetwood Mac's 2003 album Say You Will.^[1] The song reached #17 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in 2003 for three weeks,^[2] and was performed live on Fleetwood Mac's Say You Will Tour. The song features vocals from American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, bass guitarist John McVie's daughter Molly McVie, singer Stevie Nicks' niece Jessica Nicks and Jessica's best friend Maddy Felsch.

Background

Nicks said the following in Performing Songwriter Magazine in 2003:

"Everybody’s experienced it - when you like somebody, it makes you a different person. It changes you and it changes you in a minute. But that song is not just about Lindsey. It’s about a movie I saw about Arturo Sandoval, the trumpet player. I loved this movie, and I just loved the way that through all the pain and separation, they managed to do music and stay happy and keep love alive, and dancing and rhythm and music, how healing it was. That was really my inspiration for that song. The chorus was written first, then I went back to write the verses. It was initially inspired by that movie. But then once you get part of the poem down, you can’t always write all of it about what inspired it initially. You have to go back. You have this great chorus that basically says, "If you dance with me, you won’t be mad at me anymore. We can be in a huge argument, but if we put on some music and start to dance, everything will be great." Then I had to think about what to make the verses about. So I went back over all my relationships with people and think of different ways that I have felt when I wanted basically to burst into song and sing that chorus (laughs). Give me one more chance. That’s what came out of it. It’s funny because, we just did an interview the day before yesterday, and I don’t think any of the band knows that that was the reason I wrote the song.".^[3] In other interviews Nicks has referred to Christine McVie as the inspiration to the song.

In a 2003 interview with the San Diego Union-Tribune, Christine McVie was said to be singing backup vocals on the track. This has yet to be confirmed or denied by Nicks.^[4]

Charts

Personnel

• Stevie Nicks – lead vocals, keyboards^[6]
• Lindsey Buckingham – lead guitar, backing vocals
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

Additional Personnel

• Sheryl Crow – backing vocals, Hammond organ
• Molly McVie – backing vocals
• Jessica Nicks – backing vocals
• Maddy Felsch – backing vocals

Technical personnel

• Producers – Lindsey Buckingham, Rob Cavallo, John Shanks
• Engineers – Lindsey Buckingham, Ken Allardyce, Ken Koroshetz, Ray Lindsey, Mark Needham, Phil Nichols, Matthew J. Doughty^[6]
• Recording – The Bellagio House, Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California
• Mixing – Mark Needham
• Mixing assistants – Phil Nichols, Matthew J Doughty, Joe Bozzi
• Mastering – Bernie Grundman

Track listing

Reprise Records – PRO-CDR-101137

1. "Say You Will" (Single Remix Fade) – 3:49
2. "Say You Will" (Single Remix Cold) – 3:36

• Producer – Lindsey Buckingham
• Remix – Chris Lord-Alge

References

The Great Rock Discography. Martin C.Strong. Page 378. ISBN 1-84195-312-1