10 Rock Songs That Were A Nightmare To Make

10. Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac

It's sort of hard to find any track of Fleetwood Mac's Rumors that wasn't a nightmare to make. Aside from the fact that both of the main couples in the band were separating at the time, you can really feel the animosity in every one of the lyrics, from the snideness of Lindsey Buckingham's Go Your Own Way to the raw beauty of Christine McVie's Songbird. If there was one song that really felt like that tension though, it's Stevie Nicks' Gold Dust Woman.

Being one of the few heavier offerings on the record along with the Chain, the backing track alone is worth including just for how raw it sounds. Wanting to match the intensity exactly, Nicks put herself through the ringer, going for hours and hours before getting in the right headspace for the vocals.

After a full day of recording, the final take of Stevie's vocal came in the middle of the night, as all of the lights were turned down on the studio floor to get the most ominous atmosphere for Nicks to thrive in. All while nursing a cold, Nicks went on a vocal tour de force for the ages, almost turning into the otherworldly enchantress that everyone compared who to during the live shows. It just goes to show that even when you're at your weakest, you can sometimes use that pain as rocket fuel.