Appearing on CBS This Morning yesterday, Stevie Nicks shared the news that a Fleetwood Mac tour appears to be on deck for next year, following a break that allowed her and Lindsey Buckingham to release solo albums and separately tour behind them. Of course, if the Mac does indeed hit the road in 2020, it’s unlikely that Christine McVie could be coaxed into reuniting with her bandmates, as she hasn’t been an active member since 1998.

Less than 24 hours before Nicks’ announcement, I’d had a brief Twitter chat about 1982 being one of the best years in music, an exchange prompted by The Killers’ new single, “Runaways,” which sports a riff reminiscent of Asia’s “Heat Of The Moment.” That pop epic, plus the English supergroup’s follow-up, “Only Time Will Tell,” memorably soundtracked the summer of 1982 for me, alongside smashes from Chicago, The Motels, a pre-Mellencamp John Cougar (also times two), The Human League, Melissa Manchester — and Fleetwood Mac.

Thirty years ago today, Fleetwood Mac’s “Hold Me” sat at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, just a week shy of the single’s #4 peak, where it would remain for seven weeks straight. Taken from the band’s album Mirage, “Hold Me” was co-written by McVie with fellow English singer-songwriter Robbie Patton, who’d opened on tour for Fleetwood Mac and whose first two solo albums McVie produced (Buckingham and Nicks also made contributions).

McVie and Buckingham share lead vocals on the breezy “Hold Me,” which I picked up as a used jukebox single that very same summer for the bargain price of $.69 at this very five & dime store (that linked photo dates from the early 1950s). “Come on and…”

Purchase Fleetwood Mac – “Hold Me” via iTunes, Amazon MP3.