Thread: Poor Family Man
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Old 07-06-2014, 12:05 PM
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I can't believe that 'Oh Diane' reached #9 here in the UK and was the 88th best selling single of 1983. That song for me is just boring and very poor for Fleetwood Mac and I think the only people that bought it were people who were either called Diane or knew someone who was!!!

For me, I think that 'Gypsy' should've been a massive hit but it wasn't, only in the US sadly. We Brits have never actually gone wild for any singles written and sung by Stevie. Surprisingly her highest charting lead vocal single here was her own and not with FM with 'Rooms on Fire' which peaked at #16 thanks to the overwhelming reception to 'Tango in the Night' which top 10 singles were either Lindsey's or Christine's.

Personally, I think that 'Family Man' is a very weak song but it is a very typical single choice of the 80's and helped to drag out the success of TITN peaking at a respectable #54 here at the start of 1988 which is good considering that it was the fourth single to be released from the album.
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