Go Your Own Way
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| "Go Your Own Way" | ||
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| Single by Fleetwood Mac | ||
| from the album Rumours | ||
| B-side(s) | "Silver Springs" | |
| Released | December 20, 1976 | |
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | |
| Recorded | 1976 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:43 | |
| Label | Reprise Records | |
| Writer(s) | Lindsey Buckingham | |
| Producer(s) | Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut & Ken Caillat | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Fleetwood Mac singles chronology | ||
| "Say You Love Me" (1976) |
"Go Your Own Way" (1976) |
"Dreams" (1977) |
"Go Your Own Way" is a song written by Lindsey Buckingham and performed by Fleetwood Mac. It is one of the band's most enduring hits. It was the first single to be released from the highly successful album, Rumours, which was to be released in February 1977. It is ranked #119 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, one of the group's two entries along with "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)"
[edit] Lyrics
Loving you
Isn't the right thing to do
How can I ever change things
That I feel
If I could
Maybe Id give you my world
How can I
When you wont take it from me
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You an call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way
Tell me why
Everything turned around
Packing up
Shacking up is all you wanna do
If I could
Baby Id give you my world
Open up
Everythings waiting for you
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You an call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way
[edit] Inspiration
Buckingham wrote this song with regards to his bandmate Stevie Nicks, with whom he had just ended a romantic relationship. It describes their breakup, with the most obvious line being, "Packing up, shacking up is all you want to do." Nicks insisted she never shacked up with anyone when they were together, and wanted Lindsey to take out the line, but he refused. [1]
[edit] Cover Versions
The song was covered by The Cranberries on the 1998 Fleetwood Mac tribute album, 'Legacy: a tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours.' It has also been covered by punk bands: NOFX on their 1989 debut album S&M Airlines and Seaweed on the soundtrack to the 1994 movie "Clerks", Scottish alternative band Biffy Clyro and Wilson Phillips as well as Jennifer Brown on her 2003 album Home.
