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"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.[citation needed] It was the first single to be released from the highly successful album, Rumours, which was to be released in February 1977 and peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. 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)", and is on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.
[edit] Inspiration
Buckingham wrote this song with regard 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 Cranberries, on the 1998 Fleetwood Mac tribute album, Legacy: a Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours.
- NOFX on their 1989 album S&M Airlines.
- Punk/grunge band Seaweed covered the song on the soundtrack to the 1994 movie "Clerks".
- Scottish alternative band Biffy Clyro covered the song.
- In 2002, it was covered by Rocksolid on their album Rock Anthems.
- Jennifer Brown on her 2003 album Home
- In 2004, Boy George covered the song, in a reggae style. In 2007, as a remixed house-dance version, it was released on a promotional EP.
- Wilson Phillips, on their 2004 covers album California.
- In 2007 Ana Diaz as well as Autopilot society performed interpretations of the song in an advertisement for Swedish clothing company MQ.
- In 2008, American Idol Season 7 finalist Michael Johns performed this song in the Top 20 round.
[edit] Live cover performances, remixes, appearances in other media, etc.
[edit] Other performances
On the December 2, 2006 airing of CMT's Crossroads featuring country music group Little Big Town and Fleetwood Mac band member Buckingham, "Go Your Own Way" was the last song performed. Taking Nicks' place in the singing was Little Big Town's Kimberly Roads.
