While I don't know for sure, I assume many of the posters on this board initially consumed music by terrestrial radio. We listened to countdown shows, read printed music charts and measured songs popularity by their final chart position. A chart position is a snap shot of a song's popularity and promotion at a moment in time. It is not necessarily a measure of a song's enduring popularity or how a song may resonate with a new generation of music consumers. That final chart position also might not be indicative of the continuing royalty revenue a song might generate.
I jumped into the streaming numbers of Fleetwood Mac and found that many songs that were never singles or lower charting singles have had better long term popularity with music consumers than some of their better charting brethren.
Consolidated streaming numbers were updated January 31, 2021. The Dreams phenomenon, which no doubt provided a significant boost to its streaming numbers, was in late September and October 2020. Many music streaming services end their year October 31. A large portion of that gain should be reflected in these numbers.
Song Total Streaming
Go Your Own Way 258,518,000
Dreams 188,229,000
Everywhere 154,221,000
Landslide 138,103,000
The Chain 121,974,000
Rhiannon 91,538,000
Never Goin Back Again 78,637,000
Little Lies 76,257,000
Don't Stop 60,889,000
Gypsy 50,655,000
Second Hand News 48,942,000
You Make Loving Fun 43,949,000
Songbird 41,966,000
Gold Dust Woman 33,655,000
Seven Wonders 33,087,000
Sara 24,872,000
Tusk 24,462,000
Big Love 24,454,000
Silver Springs 22,393,000
Oh Daddy 20,052,000
FYI Over My Head, Say Love Me & Hold Me were all between 10,000,000 and 17,000,000 streams. Highest Pre Rumours streaming song is Albatross at 23,000,000 followed by Black Magic Woman at 14,500,000. No other Pre-Rumours song exceeds 7,000,000 streams and most songs of those various incarnations are between 400,000 and 2,000,000 streams. Highest post Tango streaming songs were As Long as You Follow at 7,500,000, followed by Bleed to Love Her at 4,300,000.
Maybe some numerical perspective of what songs from Fleetwood Mac the modern day music consumer connects with.
Last edited by John Run; 02-09-2021 at 06:47 AM..
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