Go Your Own Way

"Go Your Own Way" is a song written by Lindsey Buckingham and performed by Fleetwood Mac. It is one of the band's most enduring hits. It was the first single to be released from the highly successful album, Rumours, which was to be released in February 1977 and peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. It is ranked #119 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, one of the group's two entries along with "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)", and is on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list. The song appeared as a playable track in the music video games Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero: World Tour. Buckingham wrote this song with regard to his bandmate Stevie Nicks, with whom he had just ended a romantic relationship. It describes their breakup, with the most obvious line being, "Packing up, shacking up is all you want to do." Nicks insisted she never shacked up with anyone when they were together, and wanted Lindsey to take out the line, but he refused.

[Verse 1: Lindsey Buckingham] Loving you isn't the right thing to do How can I ever change things that I feel? If I could, maybe I'd give you my world How can I when you won't take it from me? [Chorus: Fleetwood Mac] You can go your own way (go your own way) You can call it another lonely day You can go your own way (go your own way) [Verse 2: Lindsey Buckingham] Tell me why everything turned around Packing up, shacking up's all you wanna do If I could, baby, I'd give you my world Open up, everything's waiting for you [Chorus: Fleetwood Mac] You can go your own way (go your own way) You can call it another lonely day You can go your own way (go your own way) [Mini Bridge] [Chorus: Fleetwood Mac] You can go your own way (go your own way) You can call it another lonely day You can go your own way (go your own way) You can go your own way (go your own way) You can call it another lonely day [Bridge] [Outro: Fleetwood Mac] You can go your own way You can call it another lonely day You can go your own way