You Make Loving Fun - wikipedia You Make Loving Fun `` You Make Loving Fun '' Single by Fleetwood Mac from the album Rumours B - side `` Gold Dust Woman '' ( US ) `` Never Going Back Again '' ( UK ) `` The Chain '' ( France / Germany ) Released September 1977 Format 7 - inch single Recorded 1976 Genre Funk rock Length 3 : 36 Label Warner Bros. Songwriter ( s ) Christine McVie Producer ( s ) Fleetwood Mac Richard Dashut Ken Caillat Fleetwood Mac UK singles chronology `` Dreams '' ( 1977 ) `` You Make Loving Fun '' ( 1977 ) `` Tusk '' ( 1979 ) Fleetwood Mac US singles chronology `` Do n't Stop '' ( 1977 ) `` You Make Loving Fun '' ( 1977 ) `` Tusk '' ( 1979 ) Rumours track listing 11 tracks Side one `` Second Hand News '' `` Dreams '' `` Never Going Back Again '' `` Do n't Stop '' `` Go Your Own Way '' `` Songbird '' Side two `` The Chain '' `` You Make Loving Fun '' `` I Do n't Want to Know '' `` Oh Daddy '' `` Gold Dust Woman '' `` You Make Loving Fun '' is a song written and sung by Christine McVie of the British - American band Fleetwood Mac. It was released as the fourth and final 45 rpm single from the band 's album Rumours in 1977 ; its fourth top - ten hit, the song peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. Contents 1 Background 2 Personnel 3 Chart performance 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 References 5 External links Background The song was inspired by an affair McVie had with the band 's lighting director, Curry Grant. `` To avoid flare - ups '', she told her then - husband John McVie that the song was about her dog ; he found out later what it was really about. On the American Top 40 program of November 26, 1977, Casey Kasem described the song as `` an emotional biography of the love lives of all five members. '' Early tracking of the song was done, according to McVie, in the absence of Lindsey Buckingham, which allowed her the freedom to `` build the song on my own ''. The recording sessions were saturated with cocaine use. Buckingham played rhythm guitar ( through a Leslie ) and tracking was done with a Fender Rhodes, Nicks playing tambourine. John McVie 's bass was rerecorded again later, and Mick Fleetwood and Christine McVie dubbed Hohner Clavinet parts. In an interview with the New York Post she remarked that she wanted it to be the third US single from the album, but instead `` Do n't Stop '' was chosen, which boosted the album 's commercial success in the US and the UK. The song also utilizes descending seconds in its chord progression. `` You Make Loving Fun '' was a concert staple for Fleetwood Mac and was played during every tour involving Christine McVie from 1976 until 1997, a year before McVie 's departure from the band and retirement from touring. It has since been revived for Fleetwood Mac 's 2014 - 2015 tour when McVie rejoined the band. Personnel Christine McVie -- electric piano, clavinet, Hammond B3 organ, lead vocals Mick Fleetwood -- drums, wind chimes, castanets, clavinet pedal John McVie -- bass guitar Lindsey Buckingham -- guitars, tom toms, backing vocals Stevie Nicks -- tambourine, backing vocals Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1977 ) Peak position Australia Kent Music Report 65 Canada RPM Top Singles 7 Netherlands 22 New Zealand 26 UK Singles Chart 45 US Billboard Hot 100 9 US Cash Box Top 100 7 Year - end charts Chart ( 1977 ) Rank Canada 100 US ( Joel Whitburn 's Pop Annual ) 78 References ^ Jump up to : Furman, Leah ( 2003 ). Rumours Exposed : The Unauthorized Biography of Fleetwood Mac. Kensington. pp. 105 -- 106, 133 -- 34. ISBN 9780806524726. ^ Jump up to : Caillat, Ken ; Stiefel, Steve ( 2012 ). Making Rumours : The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 101, 106 -- 110, 195. ISBN 9781118282366. Jump up ^ Stephenson, Ken. What to Listen for in Rock : A Stylistic Analysis. 2002. p. 107. ISBN 978 - 0 - 300 - 09239 - 4. Jump up ^ `` Ken Caillat Revisits Rumours ''. GRAMMY.com. Retrieved July 29, 2015. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ `` Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada ''. Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1999 ). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin : Record Research Inc. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 142 - X. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Fleetwood Mac Mick Fleetwood John McVie Christine McVie Stevie Nicks Mike Campbell Neil Finn Bob Brunning Peter Green Jeremy Spencer Danny Kirwan Bob Welch Dave Walker Bob Weston Lindsey Buckingham Billy Burnette Rick Vito Bekka Bramlett Dave Mason Studio albums Fleetwood Mac Mr. Wonderful Then Play On Kiln House Future Games Bare Trees Penguin Mystery to Me Heroes Are Hard to Find Fleetwood Mac Rumours Tusk Mirage Tango in the Night Behind the Mask Time Say You Will EPs Extended Play Compilations English Rose The Pious Bird of Good Omen Fleetwood Mac in Chicago Black Magic Woman The Original Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits Vintage Years Greatest Hits 25 Years -- The Chain Madison Blues The Vaudeville Years The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967 -- 1969 Show - Biz Blues The Best of Peter Green 's Fleetwood Mac The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac The Essential Fleetwood Mac Live albums Live Live in Boston Live at the BBC The Dance Shrine ' 69 Live in Boston Singles `` I Believe My Time Ai n't Long '' `` Shake Your Moneymaker '' `` Black Magic Woman '' `` Need Your Love So Bad '' `` Albatross '' `` Man of the World '' `` Oh Well '' `` Rattlesnake Shake '' `` The Green Manalishi ( With the Two Prong Crown ) '' `` Dragonfly '' `` Sentimental Lady '' `` For Your Love '' `` Warm Ways '' `` Over My Head '' `` Rhiannon '' `` Say You Love Me '' `` Go Your Own Way '' `` Dreams '' `` Do n't Stop '' `` You Make Loving Fun '' `` Tusk '' `` Sara '' `` Not That Funny '' `` Think About Me '' `` Sisters of the Moon '' `` Angel '' `` Hold Me '' `` Gypsy '' `` Love in Store '' `` Oh Diane '' `` Ca n't Go Back '' `` Big Love '' `` Seven Wonders '' `` Little Lies '' `` Family Man '' `` Everywhere '' `` Is n't It Midnight '' `` As Long as You Follow '' `` Save Me '' `` In the Back of My Mind '' `` Skies the Limit '' `` Love Is Dangerous '' `` Love Shines '' `` Paper Doll '' `` I Do '' `` Temporary One '' `` The Chain '' ( live ) `` Silver Springs '' ( live ) `` Landslide '' ( live ) `` Peacekeeper '' `` Say You Will '' `` Sad Angel '' Other songs `` Hellhound on My Trail '' `` Stop Messin ' Round '' `` Dust My Broom '' `` Madison Blues '' `` I Ca n't Hold Out '' `` Everyday I Have the Blues '' `` Sugar Mama '' `` Rock Me Baby '' `` Somebody 's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite '' `` Great Balls of Fire '' `` ( I 'm a ) Road Runner '' `` Hypnotized '' `` Monday Morning '' `` Blue Letter '' `` World Turning '' `` I 'm So Afraid '' `` Second Hand News '' `` Never Going Back Again '' `` Songbird '' `` I Do n't Want to Know '' `` Oh Daddy '' `` Gold Dust Woman '' `` Walk a Thin Line '' `` I Know I 'm Not Wrong '' `` Brown Eyes '' `` Tango in the Night '' `` No Questions Asked '' `` Tallahassee Lassie '' `` Murrow Turning Over in His Grave '' Concert tours Heroes Are Hard to Find Tour Fleetwood Mac Tour Rumours Tour Tusk Tour Mirage Tour Shake the Cage Tour Behind the Mask Tour Say You Will Tour Unleashed Fleetwood Mac Live On with the Show An Evening with Fleetwood Mac Related articles Discography Band members Buckingham Nicks Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie Stretch Bekka & Billy Just Tell Me That You Want Me : A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac `` Rumours '' ( Glee episode ) John Mayall 's Bluesbreakers Clifford Davis Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You_Make_Loving_Fun&oldid=821731219 '' Categories : 1977 singles Fleetwood Mac songs Songs written by Christine McVie Song recordings produced by Ken Caillat Song recordings produced by Richard Dashut 1977 songs Warner Bros. 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Question: who was you make loving fun written about
Answer: Curry Grant