Landslide
Fleetwood Mac * Track #8 On Fleetwood Mac
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Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
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Stevie NicksAbout
Nicks wrote “Landslide” while in Aspen, Colorado, inspired, while looking at the mountains, by the thought that everything in her life she’d been building could come crashing down at any time. It became a tale of love and life artfully woven behind the metaphor of a snowy mountain avalanche.
It was...
Landslide Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I took my love, took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
'Til the landslide brought me down
[Verse 2]
Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Hmm-hmm, hmm-hmm
[Chorus]
Well, I've been afraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too
[Instrumental Break 01:34-02:00]
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Well, I've been afraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too
Oh, I'm getting older too
[Verse 3]
Oh-oh, take my love, take it down
Oh-oh, climb a mountain and turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well, the landslide bring it down
[Outro]
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well, the landslide will bring it down
Oh-ohh, the landslide bring it down
Landslide Q&A
Who wrote Landslide's ?
Landslide was written by Stevie Nicks.
Who produced Landslide's ?
Landslide was produced by Fleetwood Mac & Keith Olsen.
When did Fleetwood Mac release Landslide?
Fleetwood Mac released Landslide on Fri Jul 11 1975.
What did Fleetwood Mac say about "Landslide"?
I wrote it (Landslide) for Lindsey – for him, about him. It’s dear to both of us because it’s about us. We’re out there singing about our lives.
~Stevie Nicks Q Magazine, January 2004
What has Stevie Nicks said about writing the song?
Nicks told Rolling Stone:
I was only 27 – I wrote that in 1973, a year before I joined Fleetwood Mac. You can feel really old at 27. [Lindsey Buckingham and I lived in L.A. and] it makes me remember how beautiful and frightening it all was. Asking each other, ‘Now what? Should we go back to San Fra...
Has the song received any RIAA certifications?
Yes! The RIAA certified the song as Gold in 2009, selling over 500,000 units.
What has the media said about the song?
Rolling Stone named it the #8 greatest Fleetwood Mac song, saying:
Nicks was still a young woman when she wrote the reflective ballad ‘Landslide’ – but she already sounded like an old soul. “I was only 27 – I wrote that in 1973, a year before I joined Fleetwood Mac,” she told Rolling Stone. ‘You ca...