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Rumours

Fleetwood Mac made Rumours while three relationships ended.

They recorded most of it at the Record Plant in Sausalito in 1976. John and Christine McVie had divorced; Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks had split up; Mick Fleetwood’s marriage was ending. Several of the songs are about each other. It spent 31 weeks at No. 1 in America and has sold more than 40 million copies.

Tracks 11 · 40 minutes

  1. 1

    Second Hand News - 2004 Remaster

  2. Dreams - 2004 Remaster

    Track 2

    Nicks wrote it in about ten minutes, in a room at the Record Plant built for Sly Stone. It was the band’s only No. 1 single in America.

  3. 3

    Never Going Back Again - 2004 Remaster

  4. 4

    Don't Stop - 2004 Remaster

  5. Go Your Own Way - 2004 Remaster

    Track 5

    Buckingham wrote it about Nicks, and she sings on it. She asked him to cut the line “packing up, shacking up”. He kept it.

  6. Songbird - 2004 Remaster

    Track 6

    Christine McVie recorded it alone at the piano in an empty concert hall at the University of California, Berkeley.

  7. The Chain - 2004 Remaster

    Track 7

    The only song credited to all five members. It was pieced together from parts, and John McVie’s bass line leads into the ending.

  8. 8

    You Make Loving Fun - 2004 Remaster

  9. 9

    I Don't Want to Know - 2004 Remaster

  10. 10

    Oh Daddy - 2004 Remaster

  11. 11

    Gold Dust Woman - 2004 Remaster

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Fleetwood Mac

Written by Rhune

Updated September 2026. Sources: Ken Caillat, Making Rumours (2012); Mick Fleetwood, Play On (2014).