Biggest hit song by country

[vermicious knid]

I was looking at the chart section of The Fleetwood Mac Legacy, and was interested to see which countries favored which songs most. Here is a little compilation.

Australia..............Tusk....................................#3
Austria................Tusk....................................#6
..........................Farmer's Daughter.................#6
Canada................Dreams................................#1 (for four weeks)
..........................You Make Lovin' Fun...............#1
France.................Oh Well...............................#15
Germany...............Little Lies.............................#3
Ireland.................Everywhere...........................#2
Netherlands..........Oh Well................................#1
..........................Go Your Own Way..................#1
New Zealand.........Albatross..............................#2
Norway................Albatross..............................#2
South Africa..........Go Your Own Way..................#4
Spain...................Oh Well...............................#17
Sweden................Oh Well................................#4
Swizterland...........Little Lies..............................#3
United Kingdom......Albatross...............................#1
United States........Dreams.................................#1

[shackin'up]

I live in the only country where Oh Well was nr. 1. Do you realize that chiliD???

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

I live in the only country where Oh Well was nr. 1. Do you realize that chiliD???

That fact was not lost on me. But, probably, all those people who MADE "Oh Well" #1 are either dead or have emigrated to some other country.

[danax6]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

I live in the only country where Oh Well was nr. 1. Do you realize that chiliD???

That's right. Though Go Your Own Way reaching number 1 was obviously when we were all thinking a little more clearly.

I kid..I kid! I love Oh Well.

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by danax6

That's right. Though Go Your Own Way reaching number 1 was obviously when we were all thinking a little more clearly.

I kid..I kid! I love Oh Well.

Well, Oh well reached nr.1 in holland for only one reason: it was the first "veronica's alarmschijf" ever. That means that it was the first song that was played every hour on a new fresh radiostation that aired nationwide.

[WizNicks]

Yeah, Little Lies was massive here (from what I can tell), but they have never been successful with singles here. They were more of an album band. For example Say You Will went straight to number 3, like the rest of their albums, so this still shows that there are still a lot of old record buyers (dealing with delinquent children).

[aleuzzi]

I went to the site and saw that Tango went to #1 in Sweden...for 44 weeks! Woah. I had no idea.

[macfan 57]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

I went to the site and saw that Tango went to #1 in Sweden...for 44 weeks! Woah. I had no idea.

Tango did well here in the U.S., but it was huge pretty much everywhere in Europe. It actually sold almost as much as Rumours did in the U.K. Their 1988 Euro tour did fantastic too.

[TheWILDheart]

The TITN songs did the best over here in the UK post 1975 (not a clue about the blues stuff)

Big Love - 9
Seven Wonders - 56
Little Lies - 5
Family Man - 54
Everywhere - 4
Isn't It Midnight - 60

Also, Tusk got to number 6 and Oh Diane got to Number 9 (GOD KNOWS WHY when Rhiannon didn't chart at all first time round)

[stefan]

Originally Posted by WizNicks

Yeah, Little Lies was massive here (from what I can tell), but they have never been successful with singles here. They were more of an album band. For example Say You Will went straight to number 3, like the rest of their albums, so this still shows that there are still a lot of old record buyers (dealing with delinquent children).

Hi Wiznicks,
what a surprise to see someone from the neighbourhood around.

Tango was huge in Germany and esp. Little lies but the charts are not the only aspect. Back in the day radio airplay didn`t matter when it came to charts positions. Little lies, Big love, Everywhere and Family man got massive airplay. I would say these songs are much more famous or well known than one could guess just looking at the chart positions. One of the big radio stations (WDR 2) still play all of them on a regular basis. I'd say there is not one week, where at least one of those mentioned songs is played. Guess someone over there likes the band or had his first kiss listening to that album or whatever.

[TheWILDheart]

Originally Posted by WizNicks

Yeah, Little Lies was massive here (from what I can tell), but they have never been successful with singles here. They were more of an album band. For example Say You Will went straight to number 3, like the rest of their albums, so this still shows that there are still a lot of old record buyers (dealing with delinquent children).

I know what you mean about the album band thing. It's the same in the UK:

Fleetwood Mac - 23
Rumours - 1
Tusk - 1
Mirage - 5
Tango in the Night - 1
Behind the Mask - 1
Time - 45 (ha ha)
The Dance - 15
Say You Will - 6

All you Lindsey fans will be pleased to know that OOTC actually made the top 40 over here! According to my Dad, Tango In The Night was EVERYWHERE (no pun intended). He said you couldn't walk into a record shop without them playing it. He rememberd finally getting sick of it when Little Lies came on in Asda (English version of Walmart).

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by WizNicks

Yeah, Little Lies was massive here (from what I can tell), but they have never been successful with singles here. They were more of an album band. For example Say You Will went straight to number 3, like the rest of their albums, so this still shows that there are still a lot of old record buyers (dealing with delinquent children).

and figuring out how to pay their rent next month. They are not laying around on the floor smoking dope thinking about their next record.

[foxyluva]

"Rooms on Fire" hit number 12 in New Zealand, second only behind "Stop Draggin My Heart Around" which hit number 11 - I knew it must have been huge here, because everyone knows it. Seriously, everyone....