Christine McVie wrote Fleetwood Mac’s 1987 hit “Little Lies” while relaxing by her swimming pool, helping give the band a calm, polished song during a turbulent period. The article presents her as a stabilising influence within Fleetwood Mac, contrasting her understated songwriting with the band’s well-known personal and professional drama.

“Little Lies”, the third single from *Tango in the Night*, developed from a musical arrangement by Lindsey Buckingham. McVie wrote the lyrics with her then-husband Eddy Quintela, describing someone who knowingly accepts comforting lies in a troubled relationship; the song went on to sell around six million copies.