'Tusk' is also played at Arkansas Razorbacks football games as a homage to the school's live mascot, Tusk. The University of Alabama's ' Million Dollar Band' plays 'Tusk' during its pregame show at all home games ('Tusk' being shorthand for the university's home city of Tuscaloosa), accompanied by the school's dancing elephant mascot, Big Al. The Spirit of Troy, which performed on the original recording, continues to use 'Tusk' as a regular part of its set during USC football games. The song is currently played by the marching bands of several universities with prominent college football programs. A very limited promotional 12-inch version, featuring mono and stereo versions, was also released to US radio stations. The single was released with two different picture sleeves in many territories: The first featured the black and white picture of producer/engineer Ken Caillat's dog Scooter snapping at a trouser leg, the same as that used for the album cover, whilst the second featured a plain cover with the same font as the album cover but without the dog picture.

The song was also performed live during Fleetwood Mac's concert in 1997 in conjunction with the USC Band. Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood presented it to the Trojan band on Octoduring a game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, this time in front of a huge crowd. The band's part would both set a record for the highest number of musicians performing on a single and earn the marching musicians a platinum disc. John McVie was in Tahiti during the Dodger Stadium recording, but he is represented in the video by a cardboard cutout carried around by Mick Fleetwood and later positioned in the stands with the other band members.

The performance was also filmed for the song's music video. The single was recorded live together with the supporting video at Dodger Stadium (without an audience) in Los Angeles, California in collaboration with the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band. Producers Richard Dashut and Ken Caillat hence created a drum-driven production.

Looking for a title track for the as yet unnamed album, Mick Fleetwood suggested that they take the rehearsal riff that Lindsey Buckingham used for sound-checks.

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