The track set the record for the highest number of musicians performing on a single, and considering that it came in the wake of ‘Rumours’, still went to #6 in the UK. A happier spin on a ‘Rumour’s break-up, vocalist Christine McVie committed to looking forward, rather than backward after eight years of marriage with bass guitarist John McVie. All 300-ish of them. The lyrics refer to Nicks reflecting on her time before Fleetwood Mac, when she was playing in Buckingham Nicks and struggling to make ends meet.

The members of Fleetwood Mac were experiencing emotional upheavals while recording the Rumours album. However, none of the other members knew they were writing about each other until the album was released (though surely it was kinda obvious). Nicks wrote the song after reading the novel Triad by Mary Bartlet Leader, which is about a woman named Branwen, who is possessed by another woman named Rhiannon.
We’ll leave the Glee version aside for now. The world's defining voice in music and pop culture since 1952. One of their most recognisable tracks, 'Go Your Own Way' featured on their classic album Rumours. Nicks sings of “drowning in a sea of love, where everyone would love to drown”, over Mick Fleetwood’s brush drum-work, the harsh mixing with the mellow. Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks is working on a film, Mick Fleetwood says Lindsey Buckingham will never play, When Michael Jackson beatboxed and sang 'Who Is it, ' acapella for an awestruck Oprah Winfrey, RickRolling: A look back at the Rick Astley internet, Home video of Amy Winehouse singing aged 14 confirms, Queen's Brian May reveals 'stomach explosion' almost, the passing of Mick Fleetwood's co-founder Peter Green. Which once you’ve heard, you can’t un-hear. The only track credited to all members of the ‘Rumours’-era line-up of Fleetwood Mac (Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine Mc Vie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks), the key to ‘The Chain’ lies in its simplicity.

The story behind the song is twofold. Firstly, of course, Eva Cassidy’s 1998 version of the track, and secondly, Willie Nelson’s 2006 recording – produced by Ryan Adams. He recalls it being one of the last songs written for the album, after he had started a rebound relationship with another woman. Inspired by Santo and Johnny’s ‘Sleep Walk’ from 1959, the song resembles a relaxing sea setting, with cymbals imitating the sound of waves. Fleetwood Mac are days away from launching a huge world tour. Nicks’ cautious vocal sounds even more helpless knowing what’s yet to come.From: ‘Fleetwood Mac’,1975. However, Nicks later said that the song's exclusion from the album led to a growing tension within the band. Another Christine McVie ‘Rumours’ track, ‘You Make Loving Fun’ came from a typically ‘Rumours’ background. “I’m not a child any more, I’m tall enough to reach for the stars.” The song evolved into 'Tusk', the title track of the album, and reached the top 10 in both the UK and US. They went from a half-forgotten 1960s blues-rock act to one of the biggest bands in the world. “Women they will come and they will go/When the rain washes you clean you’ll know”. A ‘Rumours’ off-cut, ‘Silver Springs’ was the B-Side to ‘Go Your Own Way’, and only made it onto a Fleetwood Mac album almost twenty years after it was written – on 1997’s ‘The Dance’. Written and sung by Christine McVie, 'Everywhere' reached number four in the UK Singles Chart in 1988.
He had his voice sampled and altered in studio so that it would sound like a woman’s. I was trying to be all philosophical.

From their '60s British blues beginnings to world-dominating California rock of the '70s to their on-and-off lineup changes, they remain one of music's greatest groups. Following the passing of Mick Fleetwood's co-founder Peter Green, we've picked 20 of Fleetwood Mac's finest songs to make for a perfect introduction to the legendary band: Say You Love Me This featured on Fleetwood Mac's self-titled album in 1975 and was written by Christine McVie. The song is about the complicated relationship between members and then-lovers Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. It is one of four songs written solely by Christine McVie on the album, and was later famously covered by Eva Cassidy. “ Dreams“ (1977) Rumours is the definitive break-up album with just about every track chronicling … Buckingham still managed to claim the track though – the feminine ‘aah’s on the track are his. Written by Stevie Nicks, this song featured on the band's self-titled album in 1975. The song was also inspired by Samuel Coleridge’s poem ‘The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner’, which mentions the albatross, known for its bad luck amongst sailors. Written by Peter Green, this 1969 track is about a man who has everything he wants, apart from the companion he craves the most. Fleetwood Mac have one of the most unique stories of any band in history.