Don't Stop (Fleetwood Mac song)
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| “Don't Stop” | |||||
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| Single by Fleetwood Mac from the album Rumours |
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| B-side | "Never Going Back Again" | ||||
| Released | July 6, 1977 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | 1976 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 3:13 | ||||
| Label | Reprise Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Christine McVie | ||||
| Producer | Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut & Ken Caillat | ||||
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"Don't Stop" is a song by the rock group Fleetwood Mac, written by vocalist and keyboard player Christine McVie. Sung by McVie and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, it was the third single from the band's 1977 hit album Rumours, and is one of the band's most enduring hits, peaking at number three on the Billboard singles chart. It was used by US presidential candidate Bill Clinton for his first campaign. Upon winning the election, President Clinton persuaded the then-disbanded group to reform to perform it for his inaugural ball in 1993.
[edit] Background and writing
"Don't Stop" reflects Christine's feelings after her separation from John McVie. "'Don't Stop' was just a feeling. It just seemed to be a pleasant revelation to have that 'yesterday's gone,'" Christine remembers in The Fleetwood Mac Story: Rumours and Lies, "It might have, I guess, been directed more toward John, but I'm just definitely not a pessimist." [1]
[edit] Trivia
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Sufjan Stevens song "Carlyle Lake" off The Avalanche features the lyric "Oh, stop thinking of tomorrow/Don't stop thinking of today." A nod to "Don't Stop."
In the early 1990s, family restaurant/arcade Chuck E. Cheese had a show featuring anamatronic characters that "danced" and "played" "Don't Stop."
This song has become the theme at various Bill Clinton's speeches. Particular his speeches at the Democratic Nation Conventions of 2000 & 2004. At the 2000 convention he ended his speech with "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow!". Immediately after this sentence, the song was played over the speakers.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Brunning, Bob .(2001). Rumours And Lies: The Fleetwood Mac Story. ISBN 978-1844490110. Retrieved January 2, 2007.
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