Go Your Own Way

This article is about the Fleetwood Mac song. For other uses, see Go Your Own Way (disambiguation).
"You Can Go Your Own Way" redirects here. For the song by Chris Rea, see The Best of Chris Rea.

"Go Your Own Way"
Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Rumours
B-side"Silver Springs"
Released20 December 1976[1]
Recorded1976
Studio
GenreRock[2]
Length3:43
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Lindsey Buckingham
Producer(s)
Fleetwood Mac singles chronology
"Say You Love Me"
(1976) 		"Go Your Own Way"
(1976) 		"Dreams"
(1977)
Audio sample

"Go Your Own Way" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their eleventh studio album, Rumours (1977). The song was released as the album's first single in December 1976 in the United States. Written and sung by Lindsey Buckingham, it became the band's first top-ten hit in the United States.[3] "Go Your Own Way" has been well received by music critics and was ranked number 120 by Rolling Stone magazine on their list of 500 greatest songs of all time in 2010,[4] and re-ranked number 401 in 2021.[5] They also ranked the song second on their list of the 50 greatest Fleetwood Mac songs.[6]

Recorded in three separate studios, the track was developed over a period of four months. As with most tracks on the Rumours album, none of the instruments were recorded live together; the tracks were instead completed through a series of overdubs. Lyrically, "Go Your Own Way" is about Buckingham's breakup with his bandmate Stevie Nicks.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Go Your Own Way".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference radar was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Lamb, Bill. "Top 10 Fleetwood Mac Songs". Thoughts CO. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  4. ^ "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2003. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "Go Your Own Way ranked #401 on Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs List". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  6. ^ "Fleetwood Mac's 50 Greatest Songs". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  7. ^ Sanburn, Josh (August 24, 2010). "Top 10 Angry Breakup Songs". Time – via entertainment.time.com.
  8. ^ ""Go Your Own Way" — Fleetwood Mac". Medium. March 24, 2019.
  9. ^ Male, Andrew (June 2017). "THE MOJO INTERVIEW: CHRISTINE MCVIE" (Interview). Fleetwood Mac UK. Mojo Magazine. Retrieved December 5, 2018.