Love Is Dangerous Explained

Love Is Dangerous
Type:promotional single
Artist:Fleetwood Mac
Album:Behind the Mask
Released:1990
Recorded:1989–90
Genre:Pop rock[1]
Length:3:18
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:Greg Ladanyi, Fleetwood Mac
Prev Title:Save Me
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:Skies the Limit
Next Year:1990

"Love Is Dangerous" is a single released in 1990 by British-American band Fleetwood Mac from their album Behind the Mask. The single failed to chart on the US Hot 100, but reached number 7 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart and number 70 in Canada. It was one of the album's two songs co-written by Stevie Nicks and Rick Vito.[2] Vito recorded a solo version of the song for his album Crazy Cool in 2001.

Critical reception

Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Steve Hochman thought that the song "injected the band's original blues foundation".[3] Rolling Stone characterized the song as a "funky romp that keeps the imagery to a bare minimum."[4]

Credits

Fleetwood Mac

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
US Billboard Mainstream Rock[5] 7
Canadian Singles Chart[6] 70

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert . Davis . Fleetwood Mac – Behind The Mask . 30 January 2015 . Sputnikmusic . 11 August 2015.
  2. Web site: Rick Vito Q&A: Section 1 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190601131054/http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/qa/rickvito_qa.htm . 1 June 2019 . 4 February 2024 . The Penguin.
  3. Web site: Hochman . Steve . 8 April 1990 . Fleetwood Rolls on Without Buckingham . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20241005235701/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-08-ca-1494-story.html . 5 October 2024 . 5 October 2024 . Los Angeles Times.
  4. Web site: Berger . Aaron . 31 May 1990 . Behind the Mask . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220507130246/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/behind-the-mask-250171/. 7 May 2022 . 5 October 2024 . Rolling Stone.
  5. Fleetwood Mac Chart History. Billboard. 2019-05-30.
  6. Web site: Item 961. bac-lac.gc.ca . 23 June 1990 . . 26 January 2024.