[bethelblues]

I agree, it's hard to distinguish what exactly we consider a hit. In my mind, it's purely performance on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart (though interestingly the band has seen slightly different results in the U.K., one example being Isn't It Midnight). I think it's very clear that Lindsey wrote three hit songs (Christine forgot Tusk in her interview response, though that could have been intentional). It's also clear that the majority of Fleetwood Mac's hits came from Christine, who was the primary force for the pop sound of the band, beginning with Over My Head. That being said, to Stevie's credit, when her solo material is taken account of in addition to her Fleetwood Mac hits (including the band's only number one), she's clearly the most successful and visible of the writers. And arguably, it is her songs that are the most iconic, again fitting the most dominant personality of the band--a position that gave Stevie more power following Rumours and Tusk. Had Silver Springs been written later on, it would've never been dropped.

And speaking of Silver Springs, that one and the now omnipresent Landslide became hits over time and are probably the most played of Fleetwood Mac's songs today (along with Go Your Own Way, Dreams, and Rhiannon, and Say You Love Me and You Make Loving Fun from Christine). So I'd point those two out, as I feel they lie slightly in the middle, as they were eventually released as singles and weren't hits when they were first written.

As for other songs, there are certainly perceived 'hits', or what the band would call must-play songs that weren't singles. There's the band's total effort The Chain. Lindsey's are Secondhand News and Never Going Back Again. Slightly behind those two is I'm So Afraid, which, please correct me if I'm wrong, is much more recognized as a concert performance than its studio recording. Stevie has Gold Dust Woman, which actually does get radio time. And probably the only other Christine song not mentioned already, Songbird. I'm actually surprised that one isn't really played on the radio, especially by the Adult Contemporary stations. But maybe I'm a little unclear of whether radios can play non-singles or what the procedure is. I could see quite a few nightly programs eating up Songbird if it was ever requested.