10 Greatest Ever Fleetwood Mac Songs
4. Landslide
Stevie Nicks wrote Landslide in 1974 after Polydor Records had dropped her and Lindsay Buckingham's "Buckingham Nicks" album, leaving her wondering whether she should return to school or continue looking to make it professionally in the business.
According to Nicks, the bulk of the writing took place during a stay in the Colorado Rocky Mountains whilst Buckingham was away on tour, with the theme of life caving in on her being perfectly epitomised by the surroundings. "Landslide" is honest, emotional, and made all the better with Buckingham's gentle strumming on the guitars being the only other instruments
The introduction of Buckingham and Nicks in 1975's "Fleetwood Mac" helped give the band the sort of recognisable vocal sound they had been sorely missing during their more Bluesy phase, and Landslide was one of the biggest reasons behind the album's success. Millions of, mostly female, audiences resonated with Nicks and her writing on the back of songs like Landslide, and it has gone on to become one of the most played and subsequently covered hits in the Mac library, with the likes of Harry Styles, The Smashing Pumpkins and The Japanese House all recording their own takes on it.