# Stevie Nicks looked out of a window and said, “I’m going to write a fantastic song”. 50 years later it has over 1,250,000,000 streams

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/stevie-nicks-looked-out-of-a-window-and-said-im-going-to-write-a-fantastic-song-50-years-later-it-has-over-1250000000-streams/
- Published: 2026-11-13T18:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T19:40:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/stevie-nicks-window-1974-fantastic-song/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Nicks wrote “Landslide” during a period of uncertainty in Aspen.
- She and Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac three months later.
- The song has surpassed 1.25 billion streams.

## Summary

In 1974, while alone in Aspen and uncertain about her future with Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks wrote “Landslide” as she looked out at a snow-covered landscape. The song captured her doubts about their relationship and her own transition into adulthood; three months later, the pair joined Fleetwood Mac, changing their careers.

Nicks had travelled to Aspen after the album Buckingham Nicks received poor reviews and sales, and stayed with a friend while Buckingham was away. She wrote the song on a Goya guitar she barely knew how to play, keeping its recording for Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 self-titled album centred on a simple guitar melody. “Landslide” has since been streamed more than 1.25 billion times.

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