Man of the World (song)

"Man of the World"
1969 Germany issue
Single by Fleetwood Mac
B-side"Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite"
Released3 April 1969 (1969-04-03)
RecordedJanuary 1969
GenreRock
Length2:36
LabelImmediate
Songwriter(s)Peter Green
Producer(s)Mike Vernon
Fleetwood Mac singles chronology
"Albatross"
(1968)
"Man of the World"
(1969)
"Oh Well"
(1969)

"Man of the World" is a song recorded by Fleetwood Mac in 1969, and composed by vocalist and lead guitarist Peter Green.[1] After the group signed to Immediate Records that year, the label collapsed shortly after the single's release. As such, "Man of the World" is the only Fleetwood Mac single under the Immediate Records label.[2]

"Man of the World" first appeared as a Fleetwood Mac single in various countries in 1969, subsequently appearing on the band's Greatest Hits album in 1971. The song was later featured on the 1992 boxed set 25 Years – The Chain, and on the 2002 compilation albums The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac and The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. A slightly different version of the song was included on the 1998 compilation The Vaudeville Years. In 2019, the band played the song live for the first time in 50 years during the Australian leg of their An Evening with Fleetwood Mac tour.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Discogs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Liner notes for the CD The Vaudeville Years of Fleetwood Mac, 1968–1970, "Jet" Martin Celmins, Trojan Records, 2002.
  3. ^ Greene, Andy (2019-08-12). "Watch Fleetwood Mac Play 'Man of the World' for First Time in 50 Years". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-11-18.