Magnet and Steel

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| name = Magnet and Steel

| image = Magnet and steel by walter egan Australian single side-A.png

| alt = side-A label by Polydor Records

| caption = Side A of the Australian single

| type = single

| artist = Walter Egan

| album = Not Shy

| B-side = {{ubl|"Tunnel O'Love" (U.S.)|"She's So Tough" (International)}}

| released = March 1978{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/310719|title = Walter Egan - Magnet and Steel}}

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| genre = Soft rock

| length = 3:25

| label = Columbia (US)
Polydor (international)

| writer = Walter Egan

| producer = Walter Egan, Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut

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"Magnet and Steel" is a hit single written and performed by Walter Egan, released in March 1978. It was the first and biggest hit on Egan's second solo LP, Not Shy. It reached number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number nine in Canada. It spent 22 weeks on the American charts.

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, members of Fleetwood Mac, sang background vocals along with several others; Buckingham was also one of the song's producers, along with Egan and Richard Dashut. Nicks was also Egan's inspiration for the song.{{cite web

| url = http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/qa/walteregan_qa2.htm

| title = The Penguin Q&A Sessions: Walter Egan

| work = FleetwoodMac.net

| date = October 13–26, 1999

| accessdate = 2013-05-06

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120318165236/http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/qa/walteregan_qa2.htm

| archive-date = 2012-03-18

| url-status = dead

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