Bleed to Love Her is a song written by Lindsey Buckingham and performed by him with Fleetwood Mac on their 1997 live album The Dance. The song was originally intended for his fourth solo album, (provisionally entitled Gift of Screws but not to be confused with his album of the same name released in 2008) but when he got Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Christine McVie to play on it, it led to the 1997 reunion of the Rumours line-up.
The song's middle eight features the same lyric and melody as Buckingham's earlier song You Do Or You Don't from his Out of the Cradle (1992). Buckingham later admitted that he knew this but thought it a prudent move in terms of the songs' similar themes.
Unlike the other three original songs on The Dance, Bleed to Love Her did eventually appear in a studio version on Say You Will (2003).
Personnel (studio version)[]
Lindsey Buckingham - vocals, guitars, keyboards
Stevie Nicks - backing vocals
Christine McVie - backing vocals
John McVie - bass
Mick Fleetwood - drums