The 30 Best Fleetwood Mac Songs, from Dreams to Little Lies

What is Fleetwood Mac's most famous song?

"Dreams", the band's only number one on the Billboard Hot 100, is Fleetwood Mac's most famous song, along with "Go Your Own Way", "Landslide", "Rhiannon" and "The Chain". Their 1987 hits "Little Lies", "Everywhere" and "Big Love" are just as loved.

Fleetwood Mac's greatest songs

1. "Dreams", 1977: Stevie Nicks' hypnotic song and the band's only number one.
2. "Go Your Own Way", 1977: Lindsey Buckingham's driving breakup song.
3. "Landslide", 1975: Stevie Nicks' gentle acoustic song about change.
4. "Rhiannon", 1976: a mystical song that became a top 20 hit.
5. "The Chain", 1977: the only song credited to all five members, with a famous bass line.
6. "Don't Stop", 1977: Christine McVie's upbeat number three hit.
7. "Everywhere", 1987: a shimmering love song by Christine McVie.
8. "Little Lies", 1987: a number four hit from Tango in the Night.
9. "Songbird", 1977: Christine McVie's tender piano ballad.
10. "Sara", 1979: a dreamy top ten hit from Tusk.

More Rumours-era classics

11. "You Make Loving Fun", 1977: a top ten hit by Christine McVie.
12. "Never Going Back Again", 1977: Lindsey Buckingham's intricate acoustic picking.
13. "Gold Dust Woman", 1977: the dark, haunting closer of Rumours.
14. "Say You Love Me", 1976: a bright, harmony-filled hit.
15. "Over My Head", 1975: their first top 20 hit with the new lineup.
16. "Silver Springs", 1977: a Rumours outtake that became a fan favorite.
17. "Tusk", 1979: an experimental top ten hit with a marching band.
18. "Think About Me", 1980: a catchy single from Tusk.

Fleetwood Mac songs of the 80s

19. "Hold Me", 1982: a number four hit from Mirage.
20. "Gypsy", 1982: Stevie Nicks' nostalgic song with a famous video.
21. "Big Love", 1987: Lindsey Buckingham's top five hit.
22. "Seven Wonders", 1987: a top 20 single from Tango in the Night.
23. "Isn't It Midnight", 1987: a driving Christine McVie rocker.

The Peter Green years

24. "Albatross", 1968: a dreamy instrumental that went to number one in the UK.
25. "Black Magic Woman", 1968: Peter Green's song, later a hit for Santana.
26. "Oh Well", 1969: a fierce blues-rock song.
27. "Man of the World", 1969: a melancholy ballad.
28. "Need Your Love So Bad", 1968: a soulful blues single.

Later Fleetwood Mac songs

29. "Landslide" (live), 1997: the version from The Dance reunion album.
30. "Say You Will", 2003: the title track of their last studio album with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.

Who are Fleetwood Mac?

Fleetwood Mac formed in London in 1967 as a blues band led by guitarist Peter Green, with drummer Mick Fleetwood and, soon after, bassist John McVie, whose names gave the band its name. Christine McVie joined in 1970, and at the end of 1974 the band added the American duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. That lineup made Fleetwood Mac one of the best-selling bands of all time, and the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac recorded Rumours in 1976 while both couples in the band, John and Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, were breaking up, and many of its songs are about each other. "Go Your Own Way" and "Dreams" answer one another, while Christine McVie's "Don't Stop" looks bravely forward. Released in 1977, Rumours spent 31 weeks at number one, won the Grammy for Album of the Year and became one of the best-selling albums ever made.

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham

Before they joined Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were a California duo who had released one album, Buckingham Nicks. Mick Fleetwood heard Buckingham's guitar playing and invited him to join, and Buckingham insisted that Nicks come too. Her mystical songs, like "Rhiannon", "Dreams" and "Gypsy", and his inventive guitar and production, heard on "Go Your Own Way" and "Big Love", transformed the band. For more, see our Stevie Nicks songs.

The Chain

"The Chain" was pieced together from parts of several songs and is the only Rumours track credited to all five members. Its closing section, built on John McVie's famous bass line, became the theme for the BBC's Formula One coverage in the UK, and the band often opens or closes concerts with it.

Dreams and a viral comeback

"Dreams" was the band's only American number one, in 1977. In 2020 a viral video of a man skateboarding to the song while drinking cranberry juice sent it back up the charts more than 40 years later, and Mick Fleetwood himself joined in with his own version of the video.

Fleetwood Mac albums to start with

• Fleetwood Mac (1975): the first album with Buckingham and Nicks, with "Landslide" and "Rhiannon".
• Rumours (1977): their masterpiece.
• Tusk (1979): an adventurous double album.
• Tango in the Night (1987): with "Little Lies", "Everywhere" and "Big Love".
• The Dance (1997): the reunion concert album.

Fleetwood Mac songs for a wedding or a memorial

"Songbird" and "Landslide" are beautiful choices for a first dance or a ceremony, and "Everywhere" and "Say You Love Me" are joyful songs for the recessional or the reception. For a memorial, "Landslide" and "Songbird" are gentle, loving farewells. For more, see our first dance songs and 70s rock songs.

Fleetwood Mac songs for a road trip

For a drive, play "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop", "Rhiannon", "Little Lies" and "Everywhere", and put on "The Chain" for the open road. For more, see our road trip songs.

More from the band

For the songwriters behind the hits, see our Stevie Nicks songs and Christine McVie songs.

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