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The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and topped the BillboardAdult Contemporary and Rock Tracks charts for four and two weeks, respectively. In the 10 March 1984 edition of Billboard, Paul Grein noted that it was the first time any member of Fleetwood Mac had achieved a number one hit on the Adult Contemporary chart. In 1985, "Got a Hold on Me" received a most-performed-song citation at BMI's 33rd annual award dinner, which commemorated songs licensed by BMI that received heavy airplay in 1984.
Synthesizers on the track were played by Steve Winwood, while the guitars were played by Todd Sharp (the song's co-writer) and McVie's Fleetwood Mac bandmate Lindsey Buckingham. George Hawkins handled some of the song's background vocals. Sharp recalled that he wrote the song with McVie section by section over the course of thirty minutes and had identified the song's commercial viability upon hearing the first verse. McVie stated that the song's subject matter was fictional, saying that "at the time I wrote it, no one did have a hold on me."
The video for the song was produced by Jon Roseman and directed by Mike Brady. Shot in both black-and-white and color, it is a pseudo-performance video showing Christine McVie in a mansion-like room singing at her piano while a backup band appears in silhouette shadows on the walls around her.
Personnel
Christine McVie – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, percussion
