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elle 01-29-2013 11:25 AM
Fleetwood Mac’s Top 10 most downloaded tracks
 
[2 LB, 2 SN, 4 CM, 1 PG and The Chain]


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Fleetwood Mac’s Top 10 most downloaded tracks
29/01/2013


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By Dan Lane

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours looks set to re-enter the Official Albums Chart Top 10 this Sunday, 35 years after if first reached Number 1 in the UK. To celebrate, OfficialCharts.com reveal the band’s Top 10 most downloaded tracks of all time – the Official Fleetwood Mac Digital Top 10.

As Fleetwood Mac gear up to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the seminal 1977 album Rumours going to Number 1 in the UK, a series of deluxe re-issues of the record look set to put it back in the Official Albums Chart Top 10 this Sunday.

Released in February 1977, Rumours debuted at Number 7 on the Official Albums Chart on February 27 of that year (week ending March 5) - but it wasn’t until nearly a year later, on January 22, 1978 (week ending January 28), that Rumours finally peaked at Number 1, giving the Anglo-American band their first UK chart topping album.

To date, Rumours has spent a staggering 493 weeks on the Official Albums Chart, making it the most charting album in British history (Queen’s Greatest Hits is in second place with 484 weeks, with Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf in third place with 474 weeks). Rumours is also one of the Top 20 biggest selling albums of all time.

Some 36 years after it was first released, Rumours’ appeal seems unwavering, transcending multiple generations of music fans and indeed musical formats. Understandably, tracks from Rumours make up half of Fleetwood Mac’s Top 10 most downloaded tracks.

Go Your Own Way tops the Official Fleetwood Mac Digital Top 10, with The Chain (widely recognised by many as the theme of BBC TV’s motor racing coverage) a very close second. Dreams, which has been covered by everyone from The Corrs to the cast of Glee, is at Number 5, while Don’t Stop (Number 8) and Songbird (Number 10) also make the Top 10.

Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot says:

“As someone who grew up with Rumours on the family stereo, it is great to see it back in the Official Albums Chart again – and our Official Fleetwood Mac Digital Top 10 really highlights just how timeless this iconic British band’s music is.”

The Official Fleetwood Mac Digital Top 10

1 GO YOUR OWN WAY
2 THE CHAIN
3 EVERYWHERE
4 LITTLE LIES
5 DREAMS
6 ALBATROSS
7 LANDSLIDE
8 DON'T STOP
9 BIG LOVE
10 SONGBIRD

© 2013 The Official Charts Company. All rights reserved.

CADreaming 01-29-2013 11:39 AM
Wow- is this accurate? No Gypsy? Huh.

WildHearted 01-29-2013 11:48 AM
Is this just for the UK?

michelej1 01-29-2013 01:06 PM
Everywhere is a surprise for me.

I don't object to this list. Michele

Dragonfly 01-29-2013 01:36 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by WildHearted (Post 1074001)
Is this just for the UK?
Must be I think.

Tango In The Night was huge here and gave them three top 10 singles (Big Love, Little Lies and Everywhere) so seeing those three songs in the list doesn't surprise me.

It seems that Mirage was the bigger deal in the US but here it didn't fare that well with Lindsey's 'Oh Diane' being their only hit.

Macfanforever 01-29-2013 01:45 PM
Without even looking at the list I figure that Landslide would be on top.

I'm shocked that "Don't Stop" is not on top of the list.:shocked:

Any I'm surprised that Everywhere and Little Lies registered high on the list.

Nothing from SYW made the top 10.

Josh2003 01-29-2013 03:15 PM
Albatross higher than Landslide? I guess that it's a UK list skews things a bit, but that still surprises me quite a bit.

PenguinHead 01-29-2013 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Josh2003 (Post 1074032)
Albatross higher than Landslide? I guess that it's a UK list skews things a bit, but that still surprises me quite a bit.
That doesn't surprise me at all. It makes sense: Albatross was a big hit in the UK. Landslide was just a deep album track.

elle 01-29-2013 05:10 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by PenguinHead (Post 1074046)
That doesn't surprise me at all. It makes sense: Albatross was a big hit in the UK. Landslide was just a deep album track.
yup. Albatross was huge all over Europe. i'm not sure i've ever heard Landslide before moving to the States and hearing Dixie Chicks version. :shrug:

Villavic 01-29-2013 05:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by PenguinHead (Post 1074046)
That doesn't surprise me at all. It makes sense: Albatross was a big hit in the UK. Landslide was just a deep album track.
So it is probably just a UK list, but anyway I find weird to find Albatross and not other 70s and 80s hits (YMLF, Rhiannon, Sara, Gypsy...). Albatross is too old and when Fleetwood Mac was known as a blues band. And I always found rock/pop far more popular then blues, in terms of fans. But maybe I don't know enough about the european culture. And probably Albatross is still a top download for nostalgic fans.

According to Wikipedia, the Albatross chart positions were:
No. 1 (UK)
No. 2 (Netherlands)
No. 2 (Norway)
No. 4 (Sweden)
No. 4 (Switzerland)
No. 5 (Ireland)
No. 11 (Australia)[1]
No. 45 (Canada)
No. 104 (United States)

michelej1 01-29-2013 06:17 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Macfanforever (Post 1074023)

Any I'm surprised that Everywhere and Little Lies registered high on the list.
Even for the US, I'm not surprised about Little Lies. There was a time when it seems all you heard was that song. And I love it, but I didn't want it to define FM the way it seemed to be doing for many years.

Michele

Jondalar 01-30-2013 02:55 AM
This is a UK charts company. I think its close to what the charts would look like worldwide. I remember several sites saying that the two really BIG worldwide hits from Tango in the Night were Everywhere and Little Lies. Those songs made a big impact that year across the world so its not surprising. I think Little Lies may have the most youtube hits.

Stevie has had problems in Europe. Apparantly, at one time, she thought they wanted the earlier version of mac and not her over there.

ryan4136 01-30-2013 08:38 AM
Can't argue with the list, but was surprised Silver Springs didn't make it. Considering it gained new life with the Dance, it's really the only big time radio hit for them since Tango, given the age of tech we are in.

Tango 01-30-2013 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by ryan4136 (Post 1074188)
Can't argue with the list, but was surprised Silver Springs didn't make it. Considering it gained new life with the Dance, it's really the only big time radio hit for them since Tango, given the age of tech we are in.
I agree, the list is what it is, but I'm not certain of the implications that can be assigned to this list. "The Dance" came out before most people were downloading music. At that time were buying cds, VHS videos and even cassette tapes-- so a large portion of the population already have this stuff. (one reason why so many balk at buying Rumours again and again for one or two new forms of songs, right?) Those with Dance era cds in recent times have already imported the songs they want to their iTunes/Clouds/iPods.

ryan4136 01-30-2013 10:55 AM
Very good point. And let's not forget what Glee did too.

Dragonfly 01-30-2013 12:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jondalar (Post 1074173)
This is a UK charts company. I think its close to what the charts would look like worldwide. I remember several sites saying that the two really BIG worldwide hits from Tango in the Night were Everywhere and Little Lies. Those songs made a big impact that year across the world so its not surprising. I think Little Lies may have the most youtube hits.

Stevie has had problems in Europe. Apparantly, at one time, she thought they wanted the earlier version of mac and not her over there.
Stevie (with Fleetwood Mac anyway) has had the least success with her singles in the UK top 40 of the Rumours line-up.

Dreams - reached #24 in 1977.
Sara - reached only #37 in 1979.

Lindsey's songs have done pretty well -

Go Your Own Way #38
Tusk #6
Oh Diane #9
Big Love #9.


Chris -

Say You Love Me - #40
Don't Stop - #32
Little Lies - #5
Everywhere - #4


The Dance didn't do that well here so not surprised that there's nothing from that. I think over a quarter of TITN's overall sales came from the UK which maybe explains why there are three songs from that album.

Landslide is the one I'm most surprised to be there really as it was never a hit here.

Jondalar 01-30-2013 04:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonfly (Post 1074214)
Stevie (with Fleetwood Mac anyway) has had the least success with her singles in the UK top 40 of the Rumours line-up.

Dreams - reached #24 in 1977.
Sara - reached only #37 in 1979.

Lindsey's songs have done pretty well -

Go Your Own Way #38
Tusk #6
Oh Diane #9
Big Love #9.


Chris -



Say You Love Me - #40
Don't Stop - #32
Little Lies - #5
Everywhere - #4


The Dance didn't do that well here so not surprised that there's nothing from that. I think over a quarter of TITN's overall sales came from the UK which maybe explains why there are three songs from that album.

Landslide is the one I'm most surprised to be there really as it was never a hit here.
Why don't they like her over there?

Ulpian 01-30-2013 05:17 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jondalar (Post 1074244)
Why don't they like her over there?
They do. Rooms on Fire went to number 16 in the UK Charts when it was released.

Tango was, as has been said, huge in the UK, hence the singles from that did particularly well.

elle 01-30-2013 05:48 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jondalar (Post 1074244)
Why don't they like her over there?
i think they mostly just don't know about her. :shrug:

when you watch one of those VH1 one-hit wonder shows, they have her as one of the one-hit wonders there.

Jondalar 01-30-2013 06:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by elle (Post 1074261)
i think they mostly just don't know about her. :shrug:

when you watch one of those VH1 one-hit wonder shows, they have her as one of the one-hit wonders there.
OMG I'm sure they no about her. Rumours was a hit over there and so was Tango.

Ulpian 01-30-2013 06:11 PM
Hello! UK calling!

Of course we know about Stevie. But she didn't really tour Europe in the 80s whereas she did tours of America. As a result, the band stuff is always more popular.

We're well aware of who Stevie Nicks is! :)

Jondalar 01-30-2013 06:12 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ulpian (Post 1074263)
Hello! UK calling!

Of course we know about Stevie. But she didn't really tour Europe in the 80s versus her tours of America. As a result, the band stuff is always more popular.

We're well aware of who Stevie Nicks is.
Well she didn't tour, because she didn't think you guys liked her over there.

Ulpian 01-30-2013 06:32 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jondalar (Post 1074264)
Well she didn't tour, because she didn't think you guys liked her over there.
Since she's never been a favourite of mine, I can't say I was terribly bothered. Each to his own!

Macfanforever 01-30-2013 09:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jondalar (Post 1074244)
Why don't they like her over there?
Quote:
Originally Posted by elle (Post 1074261)
i think they mostly just don't know about her. :shrug:

when you watch one of those VH1 one-hit wonder shows, they have her as one of the one-hit wonders there.
I agree.I think that was the issue.Thats like the artists from UK and Australia and other counties go unnoticed in the states and don't get radio and TV exposure and their tunes don't register on the charts .

There is alot of those European artist I love but they never hit the charts in the USA and never bothered to tour here.

David Haselhoff is a hit in Germany.
Jim Nabors {Gomer Pyle} is a hit in some counties .


Quote:
Originally Posted by Jondalar (Post 1074264)
Well she didn't tour, because she didn't think you guys liked her over there.

That could be why and also cost of traveling abroad with the crew.

I'm glad she does make and effort to pop in over there at times.

Dragonfly 01-30-2013 09:41 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jondalar (Post 1074244)
Why don't they like her over there?
I'm not sure what the problem was really. She has had a bit of success with her solo work as others have said, with 'Rooms On Fire' doing well. Lindsey, if anyone though, is surely less well known then her and yet his songs with the band did better. Even his solo single 'Trouble' charted higher than all of Stevie's Mac songs except Dreams.

I'm surprised that Gypsy and Sara weren't bigger hits as they're great songs.

Their biggest success in terms of singles charting was the Tango era and I don't think Stevie was at her best on that album - but I was still surprised that Seven Wonders wasn't a hit as it got tons of airplay:shrug:

I think the band are seen more as an 'album' band here anyway. I doubt Stevie will lose any sleep over it;)

Villavic 01-30-2013 09:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jondalar (Post 1074173)
Stevie has had problems in Europe. Apparantly, at one time, she thought they wanted the earlier version of mac and not her over there.
Really? Probably she was blind when she sang before 30,000 souls at the Munich Olympic Horse Riding stadium or the 35,000 fans in Frankfurt. And still blind during the 6 dates at Wembley for total of 48,000 british.. all of that during the Tusk tour. ;). Blind or cocaine paranoia? :rolleyes:

Maybe she wasn't the most popular member, but wanting the earlier lineups instead of the Rumours one? I'm not sure. My point is that probably old blues days fans wanted more the british Fleetwood Mac lineup, but in the late 70s I think there were lot of new younger fans of the current Fleetwood Mac.

michelej1 01-30-2013 09:49 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Macfanforever (Post 1074287)
Jim Nabors {Gomer Pyle} is a hit in some counties .
I see he's getting married. He's in his eighties. His deep singing voice always came as such a surprise, compared to his speaking voice -- which he probably made higher than it is to play Gomer.

Michele

TheSorcerer 01-31-2013 02:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonfly (Post 1074214)
Landslide is the one I'm most surprised to be there really as it was never a hit here.
But it's a Fleetwood Mac classic. It's been featured in concerts since the 1970s, it's been featured in hit films, hit TV shows, it's played on the radio, other artists have performed it, it's been talked about a lot in music magazines. I'm certainly not surprised to see it in the top 10, even in the UK.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ulpian (Post 1074263)
Hello! UK calling!

Of course we know about Stevie. But she didn't really tour Europe in the 80s whereas she did tours of America. As a result, the band stuff is always more popular.

We're well aware of who Stevie Nicks is! :)
Stevie toured Europe in 1989 and the tour was a success from I've read. She managed to play Wembley twice as well as Birmingham NEC Arena which is pretty good going. I guess a few would argue that the tour was a success because it was on the back of the hugely successful Tango in the Night and Fleetwood Mac's successful tour just a few years prior.



I remember reading an article about Fleetwood Mac years ago and Stevie talked about being ignored by British journalists when they interviewed the band during promotional trips in the 1970s. She went on to mention that she didn't really understand why she had to be there if they weren't going to listen to what she had to say.


I think some Fleetwood Mac fans in the UK do resent what Fleetwood Mac went on to become in the 1970s. The original blues incarnation of the group were big in the UK and scored a string of hit singles and albums on the chart. Some fans do see Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham as the reason why Fleetwood Mac morphed into a soft rock band. The Bob Welch era of the band didn't chart in the UK which is probably why some UK fans aren't aware that it was during this period that the California sound was introduced and not just when Stevie and Lindsey joined. People in the UK see Fleetwood Mac as having two identities - the Peter Green line-up and the Rumours line-up. This has never really been a big deal in the US as Fleetwood Mac never broke through into mainstream popularity until 1975/6. I might get some stick for saying this and that's fine, but I believe that if Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham hadn't joined Fleetwood Mac then the band would be just another one of those nostalgic acts that tour theaters in the UK.


As for Stevie Nicks and her solo career, I don't think the sound on her earlier solo releases was as popular here in the UK as it was in the US. Her earlier albums, especially the first three, have a very American sound to them and I don't think tracks like Edge of Seventeen, Stand Back, I Can't Wait and Talk to Me were ever destined to become hits in the UK. Rooms on Fire, at least to me, has more of a Fleetwood Mac sound and may be the reason why it became successful here in the UK. Plus it came off the back of TITN. Stevie's lack of touring here is a major gripe of mine. She could easily tour successfully here today if she really wanted to, plenty of smaller bands head over here without hits under their belt and sell out shows. If Lindsey Buckingham can do it then so can Stevie. In Your Dreams had its second highest chart position in the UK and she still didn't tour here. It really Pissed me off that did.

It just goes to show you that chart positions mean bugger all. Dreams, Sara, Rhiannon and Gypsy were never major hits on the UK charts and are now regarded as Fleetwood Mac classics. Oh Diane, which made the 10 in the UK in 1982, is largely forgotten.

Villavic 01-31-2013 02:51 PM
Well in the early 80s she got lot of peruvian fans...:thumbsup:

Dragonfly 01-31-2013 05:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSorcerer (Post 1074365)
But it's a Fleetwood Mac classic. It's been featured in concerts since the 1970s, it's been featured in hit films, hit TV shows, it's played on the radio, other artists have performed it, it's been talked about a lot in music magazines. I'm certainly not surprised to see it in the top 10, even in the UK.



Stevie toured Europe in 1989 and the tour was a success from I've read. She managed to play Wembley twice as well as Birmingham NEC Arena which is pretty good going. I guess a few would argue that the tour was a success because it was on the back of the hugely successful Tango in the Night and Fleetwood Mac's successful tour just a few years prior.



I remember reading an article about Fleetwood Mac years ago and Stevie talked about being ignored by British journalists when they interviewed the band during promotional trips in the 1970s. She went on to mention that she didn't really understand why she had to be there if they weren't going to listen to what she had to say.


I think some Fleetwood Mac fans in the UK do resent what Fleetwood Mac went on to become in the 1970s. The original blues incarnation of the group were big in the UK and scored a string of hit singles and albums on the chart. Some fans do see Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham as the reason why Fleetwood Mac morphed into a soft rock band. The Bob Welch era of the band didn't chart in the UK which is probably why some UK fans aren't aware that it was during this period that the California sound was introduced and not just when Stevie and Lindsey joined. People in the UK see Fleetwood Mac as having two identities - the Peter Green line-up and the Rumours line-up. This has never really been a big deal in the US as Fleetwood Mac never broke through into mainstream popularity until 1975/6. I might get some stick for saying this and that's fine, but I believe that if Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham hadn't joined Fleetwood Mac then the band would be just another one of those nostalgic acts that tour theaters in the UK.


As for Stevie Nicks and her solo career, I don't think the sound on her earlier solo releases was as popular here in the UK as it was in the US. Her earlier albums, especially the first three, have a very American sound to them and I don't think tracks like Edge of Seventeen, Stand Back, I Can't Wait and Talk to Me were ever destined to become hits in the UK. Rooms on Fire, at least to me, has more of a Fleetwood Mac sound and may be the reason why it became successful here in the UK. Plus it came off the back of TITN. Stevie's lack of touring here is a major gripe of mine. She could easily tour successfully here today if she really wanted to, plenty of smaller bands head over here without hits under their belt and sell out shows. If Lindsey Buckingham can do it then so can Stevie. In Your Dreams had its second highest chart position in the UK and she still didn't tour here. It really Pissed me off that did.

It just goes to show you that chart positions mean bugger all. Dreams, Sara, Rhiannon and Gypsy were never major hits on the UK charts and are now regarded as Fleetwood Mac classics. Oh Diane, which made the 10 in the UK in 1982, is largely forgotten.
You make some great points there Sorcerer, and in no way was I trying to put Stevie down - I'm just baffled as to why the most popular member of the band hasn't had more success with her Mac songs. As you say, Gypsy and Sara are so much better than Oh Diane (only my opinion;)) and yet they flopped and Oh Diane made the top 10!

Good point too about Landslide, I can see why it's there now having taken into account what you said.

There is definitely a certain section of Brits who do resent the post Peter Green line-ups and the more pop/rock sound that Lindsey and Stevie added. I have argued many times with people about it but they just dismiss anything if Peter wasn't involved - which is their loss as far as I'm concerned. Only one PG era song makes that list though so the Rumours era band clearly has a massive following here.

Jondalar 01-31-2013 06:28 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dragonfly (Post 1074389)
You make some great points there Sorcerer, and in no way was I trying to put Stevie down - I'm just baffled as to why the most popular member of the band hasn't had more success with her Mac songs. As you say, Gypsy and Sara are so much better than Oh Diane (only my opinion;)) and yet they flopped and Oh Diane made the top 10!

Good point too about Landslide, I can see why it's there now having taken into account what you said.

There is definitely a certain section of Brits who do resent the post Peter Green line-ups and the more pop/rock sound that Lindsey and Stevie added. I have argued many times with people about it but they just dismiss anything if Peter wasn't involved - which is their loss as far as I'm concerned. Only one PG era song makes that list though so the Rumours era band clearly has a massive following here.
I wonder if a lot of her problems over there are from the disc jockeyes. They sorta rule. Maybe they blew her off.

vivfox 02-01-2013 01:50 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSorcerer (Post 1074365)
Oh Diane, which made the 10 in the UK in 1982, is largely forgotten.
Thank God for letting that song die in the desert and never seeing the promised land of eternal airplay.

Andrew Smith 02-05-2013 01:16 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by vivfox (Post 1074478)
Thank God for letting that song die in the desert and never seeing the promised land of eternal airplay.
I don't agree. Maybe it's a bit cheesy but it's catchy and likable aswell, and that's the main thing.


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