Landslide (song)

Infobox Song
Name = Landslide


Artist = Fleetwood Mac
Album = Fleetwood Mac
A-side =
B-side =
Format =
Recorded = 1975
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:05
Label = Reprise
Writer = Stevie Nicks
Producer = Fleetwood Mac
Keith Olsen
Certification = Audiosample
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Audio file = Landslide by Fleetwood Mac.ogg"Landslide" is a song written by Stevie Nicks and performed by Fleetwood Mac. It was first featured on the band's 1975 album "Fleetwood Mac". It is a favorite amongst both Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks fansFact|date=July 2008, and has been successfully interpreted by artists in different musical genres.

Fleetwood Mac version

ong creation

Nicks has said that she wrote this song while she was contemplating going back to school or continuing on with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. She wrote this song while visiting Aspen, Colorado with her Goya guitar. She was sitting in someone's living room, overlooking the snow-covered mountains and thinking what to do with her life. She says that she "sat looking out at the Rocky Mountains pondering the avalanche of everything that had come crashing down on us...at that moment, my life truly felt like a landslide in many ways." These comments are in relation to "Buckingham Nicks" being dropped by the label and the fact that she and Buckingham were not getting along. She says she "wrote "Landslide" about whether or not [she] was going to give it all one more chance.See ]

"The Dance"

At the start of her 1997 live performance of "Landslide" with Buckingham, Nicks said "This is for you, Daddy," dedicating the song to her father, who was in the audience that night. [ [http://www.nicksfix.com/askstevie.htm Ask Stevie NicksFix] ]

The 1997 Fleetwood Mac reunion captured on their "The Dance" live album and DVD made "Landslide" a featured number, with only Nicks and former partner Buckingham on acoustic guitar on stage. Nicks made some wry gestures regarding the (now past) youthfulness of the lyric, and kissed Buckingham at the end. Released as a single, this version became popular for airplay on adult contemporary radio stations. Many Fleetwood Mac fans consider this to be the definitive version of "Landslide" (rather than the original album version).Fact|date=July 2008

Personnel

* Stevie Nicks — Vocals
* Lindsey Buckingham — Guitar

* Christine McVie — Keyboards - on live performances between 1975–1982

Cover versions

Alternative rockers The Smashing Pumpkins made an acoustic cover of the song that was featured on their 1994 B-side collection "Pisces Iscariot". The cover was a hit and made it to the top three on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in the U.S. that year. It was later featured in the "Alias" episode "Page 47", as well on the FOX's short-lived series "Reunion" episode "1994" and the "Cold Case" episode "Detention". The original version would be used in a later episode "Fireflies".

Singer-songwriter Tori Amos has covered the song in concerts since 1994 during her Pink Tour. The album , released in 1997, includes a live version recorded on January 1, 1996.Infobox Single
Name = Landslide


Artist = Dixie Chicks
Album = Home
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 2002
Format = CD
Recorded = 2001–2002
Genre = Country
Length = 3:50
Label = Sony
Writer = Stevie Nicks
Producer = Dixie Chicks, Lloyd Maines
Certification =
Last single = "Long Time Gone" (2002)
This single = "Landslide" (2002)
Next single = "Travelin' Soldier" (2003)
Misc =

The country group Dixie Chicks then covered "Landslide" on their 2002 "Home" album. This rendition, featuring the group's trademark two- and three-part harmonies and country phrasings, was very popular, reaching the Top 10 of both the pop (#7) and country charts (#2) as well as several other charts. It became the Dixie Chicks' only #1 single (to date) on the adult contemporary chart. Lead singer Natalie Maines said she was attracted in part to the song because she was then the same age that Nicks was when she performed it. A deluxe edition of "Home" contained a remixed version of this "Landslide", produced by Sheryl Crow. The Chicks then created yet another arrangement of the song, using inverted harmonies, for performance on their 2006 Accidents & Accusations Tour.

Several other artists from diverse genres of music have also recorded and performed the song over the years since its debut. Among them, the list includes a performance by Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante during his solo concerts, and a concert recording by Joey McIntyre for his live album, "One Too Many: Live from New York" released in 2003. Ari Hest also recorded a live solo version of the song. Additional recorded covers include those by jazz singer Stacey Kent for her album "Breakfast on the Morning Tram", Venice for their 1999 album "Spin art", and Australian singer-songwriter Lior for his 2007 compilation album "No Man's Woman".

Charts

Dixie Chicks version

References