- Go Your Own Way (song)
Infobox Single
Name = Go Your Own Way
Artist =Fleetwood Mac
from Album =Rumours
B-side = "Silver Springs"
Released =January 3 1977
Format = 7" single, 12" single
Recorded = 1976
Genre = Rock,Hard Rock
Length = 3:43
Label =Warner Bros. Records
Writer =Lindsey Buckingham
Producer = Fleetwood Mac,Richard Dashut &Ken Caillat
Certification =
Chart position =
* #9United World Chart
* #10 US Pop
* #45 US Adult Contemporary
* #38 UK
Last single = "Say You Love Me "
(1976)
This single = "Go Your Own Way"
(1977)
Next single = "Dreams"
(1977)
Misc ="Go Your Own Way" is a song written by
Lindsey Buckingham and performed byFleetwood Mac . It is one of the band's most enduring hits.Fact|date=April 2008 It was the first single to be released from the highly successful album, "Rumours ", which was to be released in February 1977 and peaked at number ten on theBillboard Hot 100 . It is ranked #119 onRolling Stone 's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, one of the group's two entries along with "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) ", and is onThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.Inspiration
Buckingham wrote this song with regard to his bandmate
Stevie Nicks , with whom he had just ended a romantic relationship. It describes their breakup, with the most obvious line being, "Packing up, shacking up is all you want to do." Nicks insisted she never shacked up with anyone when they were together, and wanted Lindsey to take out the line, but he refused. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6595964/go_your_own_way rollingstone.com] ]Cover versions
*
The Cranberries , on the 1998Fleetwood Mac tribute album , "Legacy: a Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours".
*NOFX on their 1989 album "S&M Airlines ".
* Punk/grunge band Seaweed covered the song on the soundtrack to the 1994 movie "Clerks ".
* Scottish alternative bandBiffy Clyro covered the song.
*Jennifer Brown on her 2003 album "Home"
* In 2004,Boy George covered the song, in a reggae style. In 2007, as a remixed house-dance version, it was released on a promotional EP.
*Wilson Phillips , on their 2004 covers album "California".
* In 2007 Ana Diaz as well as Autopilot society and Fanny(or Faye) Hamlin (from the Swedish band Play) performed interpretations of the song in an advertisement for Swedish clothing companyMQ .
*Mad Francis covered the song as part of their album, "Down in the Basement."Live cover performances, remixes, appearances in other media, etc.
* In September 2007,
Carrie Underwood andLindsey Buckingham performed the song for "Fashion Rocks".
* In 2007,Marco G andMC Mario , two CanadianDJ s, remixed the song.
* In 2006 at theCentral Park SummerStage festival, bandsDeath Cab for Cutie andThe Decemberists performed a version of the song.
* Vancouver band Mass Undergoe frequently plays the song in their live set featuring a reggae section in the bridge.
* This song is heard in the movie "Forrest Gump "
* This song is briefly heard in the movie "Casino (film) "
* "Go Your Own Way" was played during the pilot of the television drama "Swingtown ".
*Michael Johns ofAmerican Idol (season 7) performed this song during the Top 20 week.
* In 2008 duringConcert at Sea inthe Netherlands , the Dutch bandKrezip played this song.
* The song has been performed frequently live by solo artist/producerButch Walker .
* The song will appear as a playable track in the music video games, "Rock Band 2 " and "".Other performances
On the
December 2 ,2006 airing ofCMT 's "Crossroads" featuring country music groupLittle Big Town and Fleetwood Mac band member Buckingham, "Go Your Own Way" was the last song performed. Taking Nicks' place in the singing was Little Big Town's Kimberly Roads.References
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