Warm Ways
| "Warm Ways" | ||||
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| Single by Fleetwood Mac | ||||
| from the album Fleetwood Mac | ||||
| B-side | "Blue Letter" (single version) | |||
| Released | October 1975 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | February 1975 | |||
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| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Reprise K 14403 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Christine McVie | |||
| Producer(s) | Fleetwood Mac, Keith Olsen | |||
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| "Warm Ways" on YouTube | ||||
"Warm Ways" is a song performed by British/American music group Fleetwood Mac. The song was written and performed by group keyboardist/vocalist Christine McVie. In October 1975, "Warm Ways" was released as the lead single from the album entitled Fleetwood Mac in the United Kingdom. It was not released as a single in the United States, where "Over My Head" was issued as the first single instead. The single did not chart in Britain, with only the fourth single from the album, "Say You Love Me" managing to chart upon its original release. Fleetwood Mac rehearsed the song for their Fleetwood Mac Tour, but they never performed it live.
During the making of Tusk album, Buckingham borrowed aspects of his guitar playing on "Warm Ways" and repurposed it for "Over & Over", another song written by McVie. Buckingham had played slide guitar on "Warm Ways", a technique that he seldom utilised. Hernan Rojas, who served as the engineer for Tusk, said that Buckingham was reminded of "Warm Ways" when he first heard "Over & Over", making these one of the few songs along with "Never Forget" that featured Buckingham on slide guitar.