The Inspiration Behind These Famous Songs Show That A Great Idea Can Come From Anywhere

Go Your Own Way

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Fleetwood Mac’s album Rumors proved to be a huge influence in the seventies. The song “Go Your Own Way” was released in 1976, which was about the ending of a relationship. So, when the song came out, people were curious to know which relationship it was about.

As it turns out, the song was written by Lindsey Buckingham, the band’s lead guitarist as his relationship with lead singer Stevie Nicks was coming to an abrupt end. Nicks hated the lyrics “Packing up, shacking up is all you wanna do” and that showed that the song was extremely personal.