Christine McVie stated in a series of 1977 interviews that she wrote the song about Mick Fleetwood's separation from his erstwhile wife, Jenny Boyd.
[6] Fleetwood Mac biographer Cath Carroll praised McVie's vocal and likened the song to a "sexy, old English version of The Rolling Stones' 'Fool to Cry'.
[10] Near the end of one take, Christine McVie played random notes on her keyboard to grab the attention of the engineers in the control room.
McVie held down the piano's sustain pedal and played long single chords on beat 1 of the verses to create a "dramatic" effect.
[6] For the electric guitar parts, Buckingham played a Fender Stratocaster that was connected through a Leslie speaker and a volume pedal.
He believed that the song's "gorgeously windswept production" created some "chilling moments" but felt that the lyrics and melody were not particularly strong.