The Definitive Christine McVie Song Contest

[MacShadowsBall]

Here's the list of Christine McVie's songs (124 songs!) from her Chicken Shack, Solo, and Fleetwood Mac albums. Remember the idea is to condense Christine's entire catalog down to the definitive 18 songs. Please look over this list and let me know if a song(s) needs to be added/removed. Any ideas/complaints/questions let me know!

• Polls will be done chronologically on the Christine forum
• Possible combining some of the Pre-Rumours era albums
• Two polls each for Christine Perfect and In the Meantime (due to the limit of 10 songs per poll)
• Multiple choice polls, maybe with a choice limit
• Songs must get at least 50% votes to move forward in the contest

****Songs that are moving forward are highlighted in blue. ****

Chicken Shack - 1968/1969
Poll #1 - When the Train Comes Back; You Ain't No Good; Get Like You Used to Be; A Woman is the Blues; I Wanna See My Baby; Mean Old World

Madison Blues - 1969/1970
Poll #2 - Hey Baby; It's You I Miss; Gone Into the Sun; Tell Me You Need Me; Lonely Without You

Christine Perfect - 1970
Poll #3 - Crazy 'Bout You Baby; I'm on My Way; Let Me Go; Wait and See; Close to Me; I'd Rather Go Blind;
Poll #4 - When You Say; And That's Saying Lot; No Road, Right Road; For You; I'm Too Far Gone; I Want You

Future Games, Bare Trees, Penguin - 1971/1972/1973
Poll #5 - Show Me a Smile; Morning Rain; Spare Me a Little; Homeward Bound; Did You Ever Love Me; Remember Me; Dissatisfied

Mystery to Me, Heroes Are Hard to Find - 1973/1974
Poll #6 - Why; Believe Me; Just Crazy Love; The Way I Feel; Come Little Bit Closer; Heroes Are Hard to Find; Prove Your Love; Bad Loser

Fleetwood Mac - 1975
Poll #7 - Say You Love Me; Over My Head; Warm Ways; Sugar Daddy; World Turning

Rumours - 1977
Poll #8 - You Make Loving Fun; Songbird; Don't Stop; Oh Daddy; The Chain

Tusk, Live - 1979/1980
Brown Eyes; Think about Me; Over and Over; Never Forget; Honey Hi; Never Make Me Cry; One More Night

Mirage - 1982
Hold Me; Love in Store; Only Over You; Wish You Were Here

Christine McVie - 1984
Love Will Show Us How; The Challenge; So Excited; One in a Million; Ask Anybody; Got a Hold on Me; Who's Dreaming This Dream; I'm the One; Keeping Secrets; The Smile I Live For

Tango in the Night - 1986/1987
Can't Help Falling in Love; Little Lies; Isn't It Midnight; Everywhere; Mystified; You & I Part 1; You & I Part 2; Ricky

GH, Behind the Mask, The Chain - 1988/1989/1990/1992
As Long As You Follow; Roll with Me, Henry; Save Me; Behind the Mask; Skies the Limit; Do You Know; Heart of Stone; Love Shines

Time, The Dance - 1995/1997
Nights in Estoril; Hollywood; I Do; Sooner or Later; All Over Again; Temporary One

In the Meantime - 2004
Friend; You Are; Northern Star; Bad Journey; Anything is Possible; Calumny; So Sincere
Easy Come, Easy Go; Liar; Sweet Revenge; Forgiveness; Givin' It Back; Come Out to Play

[holidayroad]

Maybe 'Can't Help Falling In Love' (from A Fine Mess soundtrack (1986) ) and 'Roll With Me, Henry' (from Rock, Rhythm, and Blues (1989) ) should be included. (?) She didn't write either song, but some fans may want them included, just for the sake of completeness.

[Blueletter18]

Originally Posted by holidayroad

Maybe 'Can't Help Falling In Love' (from A Fine Mess soundtrack (1986) ) and 'Roll With Me, Henry' (from Rock, Rhythm, and Blues (1989) ) should be included. (?) She didn't write either song, but some fans may want them included, just for the sake of completeness.

Yes, because she didn't write "I'd Rather Go Blind" either...

[MacShadowsBall]

Originally Posted by holidayroad

Maybe 'Can't Help Falling In Love' (from A Fine Mess soundtrack (1986) ) and 'Roll With Me, Henry' (from Rock, Rhythm, and Blues (1989) ) should be included. (?) She didn't write either song, but some fans may want them included, just for the sake of completeness.

Originally Posted by Blueletter18

Yes, because she didn't write "I'd Rather Go Blind" either...

I'm fine with adding "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "Roll With Me, Henry". I'm not aware of the second one, but as long as Christine is singing lead/duet on a song, then it counts. "Can't help falling in love" can be added to the Tango era list, and "Roll with Me Henry" can be added to Behind the Mask era list.

Even though she didn't write "I'd Rather Go Blind" it is still on her solo album, I think it should count also.

[Villavic]

I see bootlegs and demos are not included... so I can't vote for Christine's version of Gypsy
Just kidding.

[MacShadowsBall]

I know right!

I thought it best to exclude demo's as that can get into a murky area.

[ejb1969]

You may also want to consider her guest vocal on the song "Can't Feel the Pain" by Brent Bourgeois (Eponymous), 1990.

http://youtu.be/CsvWXzkDGy8

[becca]

There seems to be a bootleg type of set of 3 CDs titled All Things Christine making the rounds. It even has some Chicken Shack. I had no interest in it as I had it all on official releases. I don't think they're selling it but it had a CD tray and front and back cover to a booklet. Didn't even have the obscure tracks like Come Out To Play or Gone Into The Sun (which is on the Complete Blue Horizon thing).

I thought Come Out And Play dated from the 1984 solo album but can't seem to find that info now if it was.

[MacShadowsBall]

Originally Posted by ejb1969

You may also want to consider her guest vocal on the song "Can't Feel the Pain" by Brent Bourgeois (Eponymous), 1990.

http://youtu.be/CsvWXzkDGy8

I don't think it will count as I can barely tell Christine is even on the song.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by MacShadowsBall

I don't think it will count as I can barely tell Christine is even on the song.

Agree here too. It's too minimal.

[MacShadowsBall]

Originally Posted by becca

There seems to be a bootleg type of set of 3 CDs titled All Things Christine making the rounds. It even has some Chicken Shack. I had no interest in it as I had it all on official releases. I don't think they're selling it but it had a CD tray and front and back cover to a booklet. Didn't even have the obscure tracks like Come Out To Play or Gone Into The Sun (which is on the Complete Blue Horizon thing).

I thought Come Out And Play dated from the 1984 solo album but can't seem to find that info now if it was.

3 CD's would be to easy for us! One makes it harder and yet more fun. Interesting box set idea, though

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Agree here too. It's too minimal.

Yeah, nice song but it won't count.

Any other songs missing just reply back here on this thread.

[MacShadowsBall]

Just Perfect: The Definitive Christine McVie Collection is the official name of this contest and the 18 songs that will arise over the next months.

Originally Posted by MacShadowsBall

Mystery to Me, Heroes Are Hard to Find - 1973/1974
Poll #6 - Why; Believe Me; Just Crazy Love; The Way I Feel; Come Little Bit Closer; Heroes Are Hard to Find; Prove Your Love; Bad Loser

aleuzzi, jbrownsjr, nicepace, and others...

Should we credit "Keep on Going" from Mystery to Me to Christine? I know Welch wrote it, but Christine does lead vocals on it. We have included a few songs sung my Christine but written by others.

[nicepace]

Should we credit "Keep on Going" from Mystery to Me to Christine? I know Welch wrote it, but Christine does lead vocals on it. We have included a few songs sung my Christine but written by others.

Yes! This is the criteria I suggested earlier in this thread, which you agreed was good:
"any studio or live recording appearing on an official release, on which she is the lead singer (or co-lead singer). It shouldn't matter if it was recorded by Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, Christine solo, or another artist."

"Keep On Going" belongs in this contest just as much as "I'd Rather Go Blind."

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by MacShadowsBall

Just Perfect: The Definitive Christine McVie Collection is the official name of this contest and the 18 songs that will arise over the next months.



aleuzzi, jbrownsjr, nicepace, and others...

Should we credit "Keep on Going" from Mystery to Me to Christine? I know Welch wrote it, but Christine does lead vocals on it. We have included a few songs sung my Christine but written by others.

Absolutely, she owns it.

[MacShadowsBall]

Thanks jbrownsjr and nicepace. We'll add "Keep on Going" to the Mystery to Me/Heroes poll and "Coventry Carol" to the Time/Dance poll for the contest.

For some reason I can't edit my first post on this thread, so I'll update via a new post/reply.