Trouble (Lindsey Buckingham song)
| "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." | |||
| Released | Nov 1981 | |||
| Format | 7" single[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:56 | |||
| Label | Asylum | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lindsey Buckingham | |||
| Producer(s) | Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut | |||
| Lindsey Buckingham singles chronology | ||||
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"Trouble" is a song written, composed and performed by Lindsey Buckingham and released as the lead single from his 1981 debut solo album Law and Order.
The single was Buckingham's first hit as a solo artist, peaking at #9 in the US[2] and #31 in the UK, where it remained charted for seven weeks.[3] It was most successful in Australia, where it topped the chart for 3 weeks and became the 8th biggest selling single of 1982.[4]
Background
Buckingham approached "Trouble" differently from his other songs, wanting the song to have more of a "live feel". He recruited his Fleetwood Mac bandmate, Mick Fleetwood, to play drums. However, Buckingham believed none of the takes were solid from start to finish, so a taped loop of the drum track (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 would later overdub some additional drum fills and cymbal crashes, in addition to other percussion instruments, creating the illusion of live drums. George Hawkins was brought in to play bass guitar. Hawkins had worked with Fleetwood on his first solo album earlier that year. "Trouble" was the only track on "Law and Order" on which Buckingham played neither bass or drums. Buckingham was also particularly proud of the Spanish guitar solo.[5]
Some of Buckingham's vocals for the song are sung in falsetto.
Track listings
7": Asylum Records / E-47223 (US)
- A "Trouble" – 3:45
- B "Mary Lee Jones" – 3:12[6]
7": Mercury / 6000 743 (Australia)
- A "Trouble" – 3:56
- B "That's How We Do It In L.A." – 2:52[7]
Chart performance
Weekly charts
| Chart (1981–82) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart[9] | 16 |
| Belgian Singles Chart[10] | 40 |
| Dutch Top 40[11] | 41 |
| German Singles Chart[12] | 39 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[13] | 3 |
| UK Singles Chart[3] | 31 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[2] | 9 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1982) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 8 |
Music video
The distinctive music video for "Trouble" features a multi-instrumental "big band" consisting of male musicians—five as guitarists and one bassist, 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 and Bob Weston,[14] as well as Dwight Twilley and Andy Ward (the drummer from Camel).
In other media
- The song is heard in the film Just One of the Guys during the blind date.
- Metavari recorded a cover version of "Trouble" for their 2017 Record Store Day release, Metropolis (An Original Re-Score by Metavari), on One Way Static Records and distributed in the United States by Light in the Attic Records.[15][16]
Personnel
- Lindsey Buckingham - guitars, keyboards, drum overdubs, percussion, lead and backing vocals
- George Hawkins - bass guitar
- Mick Fleetwood - drums
References
- ↑ "Discogs.com - Lindsey Buckingham "Trouble"". Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- 1 2 "Lindsey Buckingham - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- 1 2 "ChartArchive - The Chart Archive". Chartstats.com. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- 1 2 "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ↑ Madness Fades - Lindsey Buckingham, In His Words
- ↑ "Discogs.com - Lindsey Buckingham "Trouble" 7"". Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ↑ "Discogs.com - Lindsey Buckingham "Trouble" 7"". Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Austrian charts portal". Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Belgian charts portal". Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Dutch charts portal". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "German charts portal". Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ↑ Trouble Video - Spot the players
- ↑ "One Way Static". One Way Static. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
- ↑ "Metavari - Metropolis (An Original Re-Score by Metavari) | Light In The Attic Records". Light In The Attic Records. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
External links
| Preceded by "Down Under" by Men at Work |
Australian Kent Music Report number-one single February 1–15, 1982 |
Succeeded by "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell |