"Magnet and Steel" is a hit single written and performed by

Walter Egan Walter Egan (born July 12, 1948) is an American rock musician, best known for his 1978 gold status hit single " Magnet and Steel" from his second album release, ''Not Shy'', produced by Egan, Lindsey Buckingham and Richard Dashut. The song reach ...

, released in March 1978. It was the first and biggest hit on Egan's second solo LP, ''Not Shy''. It reached number eight on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number nine in Canada. It spent 22 weeks on the American charts.

Stevie Nicks Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasing the album ...

and

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician, record producer, and the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with ...

, members of

Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a British-American Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1967 by the singer and guitarist Peter Green (musician), Peter Green. Green named the band by combining the surnames of the drummer, Mick Fleetwood, and the bassis ...

, sang background vocals along with several others; Buckingham was also one of the song's producers, along with Egan and

Richard Dashut Richard Charles Dashut (born September 19, 1951) is an American record producer who produced several Fleetwood Mac albums including '' Rumours'', ''Tusk'', ''Live'', ''Mirage'', ''Tango in the Night'', and ''Time''. Dashut was born in West Hol ...

. Nicks was also Egan's inspiration for the song.

Later uses

"Magnet and Steel" was featured in ''

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'' (1997), ''

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'' (1998), and '' Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo'' (1999). It was also heard in the Season 2 episode "Ohio" of the HBO series ''Divorce'' (2018) and in the film ''

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''. The singer

Matthew Sweet Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964) is an American alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician who was part of the burgeoning music scene in Athens, Georgia, during the 1980s before gaining commercial success in the 1990 ...

recorded a version of the song for the ''

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'' album with

on guitar and backing vocals.

Personnel

– lead vocals, guitar *

– guitars, background vocals *

– background vocals * Annie McLoone – background vocals * John Selk – bass guitar, background vocals * Tom Moncrieff – guitar, background vocals *

Stephen Hague Stephen Hague (born 1960) is an American record producer most active with various British acts since the 1980s. Early life Hague was born in Portland, Maine, in 1960. Early career Hague started his musical career in the mid-1970s as a session ...

– keyboards, vocals * Mike Huey – drums, percussion

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

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