Magnet and Steel - wikipedia Magnet and Steel `` Magnet and Steel '' Single by Walter Egan from the album Not Shy B - side `` Tunnel O'Love '' ( U.S. ) `` She 's So Tough '' ( International ) Released May 1978 Format 45 RPM Genre Soft rock, yacht rock Length 3 : 25 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Walter Egan Producer ( s ) Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Richard Dashut Alternative cover International single sleeve `` Magnet and Steel '' is a hit single written and performed by Walter Egan, released in May 1978. It was the first and greatest 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 and Lindsey Buckingham, members of Fleetwood Mac, sang background vocals and co-produced the song. Nicks was also Egan 's inspiration for the song. `` Magnet and Steel '' was featured in Boogie Nights ( 1997 ), Overnight Delivery ( 1998 ) and Deuce Bigalow : Male Gigolo ( 1999 ). Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 References 3 External links Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1978 ) Peak position Australia 32 Canada RPM 9 New Zealand 7 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 18 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 9 Year - end charts Chart ( 1978 ) Rank Canada 68 New Zealand 46 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 40 U.S. Cash Box 59 References Jump up ^ `` The Penguin Q&A Sessions : Walter Egan ''. FleetwoodMac.net. October 13 -- 26, 1999. Retrieved 2013 - 05 - 06. Jump up ^ `` One Hit Wonders ''. Australian-charts.com. October 22, 2008. Archived from the original ( Internet forum ) on May 13, 2013. Retrieved 2011 - 08 - 06. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. Jump up ^ Steffen Hung. `` New Zealand charts portal ''. Charts.org.nz. Archived from the original on 2016 - 08 - 26. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Music : Top 100 Songs Billboard Hot 100 Chart ''. Billboard.com. 1978 - 08 - 26. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 85. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2014 - 10 - 31. Retrieved 2014 - 10 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Top Selling Singles of 1978 The Official New Zealand Music Chart ''. Nztop40.co.nz. 1978 - 12 - 31. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1978 / Top 100 Songs of 1978 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2016 - 03 - 04. Retrieved 2015 - 11 - 03. External links Listen to `` Magnet and Steel '' ( Audio ). Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magnet_and_Steel&oldid=782949735 '' Categories : 1978 singles 1978 songs Columbia Records singles Song recordings produced by Richard Dashut Hidden categories : Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 30 May 2017, at 05 : 58. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: when did the song magnet and steel come out
Answer: May 1978