Landslide (Fleetwood Mac song)

"Landslide"
Song by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Fleetwood Mac
ReleasedJuly 1975 (1975-07)
Recorded1975
GenreFolk rock[1]
Length3:19
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Stevie Nicks
Producer(s)
Audio sample

"Landslide" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, written and performed by Stevie Nicks. The song was first featured on the band's self-titled album Fleetwood Mac (1975). The original recording also appears on the compilation albums 25 Years – The Chain (1992), The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac (2002) and 50 Years – Don't Stop (2018), while a live version was released as a single 23 years later from the live reunion album The Dance (1997). "Landslide" reached No. 51 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart. "Landslide" was certified gold in October 2009 for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States. According to Nielsen Soundscan, "Landslide" sold 2,093,186 copies in the United States as of 2017.[2]

In 2021, the song was listed at No. 163 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[3]

The song is written and composed in the key of B-flat major and is set in a 2
2 time signature (alla breve) with a tempo of 80 beats per minute.[4]

  1. ^ Allen, Jim (14 June 2016). "Dixie Chicks Return to Madison Square Garden". CMT News. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Digital Songs Chart Week Ending October 5, 2017" (PDF). Nielsen SoundScan. 9 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ^ Landslide