Stevie Nicks, The Who Headlining New Orleans Jazz Fest
Stevie Nicks and The Who are among the headliners of the 2022 edition of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Taking place April 29-May 8, other headliners include Foo Fighters, Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band, Luke Combs, Lionel Richie, The Black Crowes, Willie Nelson and Erykah Badu.
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Stevie Nicks: Her 50 Best Songs, Ranked
50. Stevie Nicks – āThe Dealerā from ā24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vaultā (2014)
ShareOn ā24 Karat Gold,ā Stevie looked back, re-recording some of the more obscure songs from her career. āThe Dealerā was a song that she wrote for Fleetwood Macās āTusk,ā but didnāt get recorded. Most of the time, when artists re-record their older songs, it seems⦠unnecessary. But in this case, āThe Dealerā had no official release, and Stevie was able to sing lyrics like āIt was my fault, my move, my game/If I'd known a little more, I'd run awayā with a bit more gravitas more than three decades on. But you can hear an earlier version on the deluxe edition of Stevieās āBella Donna.ā
49. Stevie Nicks with Natalie Maines – āToo Far From Texasā from āTrouble In Shangri-La (2001)
ShareNaatalie Mainesā band the Dixie Chicks had a huge hit with their cover of Stevieās Fleetwood Mac classic āLandslide,ā and here, she returns the favor on this heartbreaking duet about a woman from Texas who is in love with someone in London who sheās having an affair with. As they sing, āThere's a house there, somebody's waiting/Somebody else's arms will wrap around him/And in that moment, what will he think then/When I can't touch him.ā
48. Buckingham/Nicks – āCrying In The Nightā from āBuckingham/Nicksā (1973)
ShareBefore joining Fleetwood Mac, Stevie and Lindsey Buckingham had their own duo, Buckingham/Nicks, who released one album. (To learn how they joined the Mac, check out Dave Grohlās āSound Cityā documentary.) This album has been out of print for decades, but you can find it on YouTube (among other places). āCrying In The Night,ā written and sung by Nicks, opened the album. While itās not as good as the songs she contributed to āFleetwood Macā or āRumours,ā it would have fit in well on āMirage.ā
47. Stevie Nicks – āThink About Itā from āBella Donnaā (1981)
ShareA song that Stevie co-wrote with E Street Band pianist Roy Bittan for her debut album, itās a song about someone who gets into a relationship that they know will end in tears. āAnd the heart says ādanger,āā she sings, adding. āAnd the heart says āwhatever.āā
46. Stevie Nicks – āWild Heartā from āThe Wild Heartā (1983)
ShareIn the press materials for the album (thank you, internet!) Stevie said of this song: āāWild Heartā is wild and it's exactly what I wanted it to be: the Wild Heart is all the darkest places of your mind; it's a real intense song. I played it for Tom Petty and he said, 'This is an epic', and that's just what it is, the real story of what we all go through, everybody... of how wild our hearts really are, and we can't help it; because this is just the way it is." Petty is a figure who looms large in Stevieās life, and heāll pop up many more times in this list.
45. Buckingham/Nicks – āLong Distance Winnerā from āBuckingham/Nicksā (1973)
ShareStevie and Lindsey Buckingham were a couple when they recorded āBuckingham/Nicks,ā and this song seems like something Stevie might have written about him: āāāYou burn brightly in spite of yourself/I bring the water down to you/But you're too hot to touch/You're too hot to touch.ā Besides (probably) inspiring the song, Buckingham laid down a great guitar solo here.
44.Fleetwood Mac – āGoodbye Babyā from āSay You Willā (2003)
ShareThe last song from what will likely be the last Fleetwood Mac album, 2003ās āSay You Will.ā (They released the four-track digital release āExtended Playā in 2013, but another album from the Mac seems increasingly unlikely.) Was Stevie singing about Lindsey? Fleetwood Mac? Her die-hard fans? Sheās done a lot of touring and recording in the years since, but this song, the last of 18 tracks on āSay You Will,ā has been sadly overlooked.
43. Fleetwood Mac – āThe Second Timeā from āBehind The Maskā (1990)
ShareāBehind The Maskā is an album that doesnāt get spoken about much⦠and with good reason. But this Nicks ballad, written by Stevie with then-Fleetwood Mac guitarist/singer Rick Vito, is one of her best. But being the closing track on a forgettable album didnāt help it to enter the mainstream, which is a shame.
42. Stevie Nicks – āSleeping Angelā from the āFast Times At Ridgemont Highā soundtrack (1982)
ShareWith one solo album to her name, Stevie was invited to contribute to the the soundtrack of the now-legendary coming-of-age film. The chorus of this ballad is so catchy, it would be a sure-fire hit for a mainstream country act if one covered it today.
41. Fleetwood Mac – āSweet Girl (live)ā from āThe Danceā (1997)
ShareāThe Danceā was mostly about celebrating Fleetwood Macās hits, but they also threw in some new and obscure songs. Stevieās āSilver Springsā (a āRumoursā-era B-side) was the albumās big hit -- some might have mistaken it for being new -- but this was her new song. It showed that after a few sketchy solo albums, she still had something to say.
40. Fleetwood Mac – āGypsyā from āMirageā (1982)
ShareAfter the adventurous and ambitious āTusk,ā Fleetwood Macās pendulum swung hard in the other direction; āMirageā was essentially an album aimed squarely at adult contemporary. Itās not a great album, but āGypsyā is the definite highlight.
39. Fleetwood Mac – āI Donāt Want To Knowā from āRumoursā (1977)
ShareA song that Nicks wrote for the āBuckingham/Nicksā album that didnāt make the cut, it had a strange road to āRumours.ā When the band realized that āSilver Springsā wouldnāt fit on the album, they decided to replace it with this song. They actually recorded it without Nicksā knowledge, with Buckingham on lead vocals. They later told Nicks and she added her vocals.
38. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks – āNeedles and Pins (live)ā from āPack Up The Plantation: Live!ā (1985)
ShareAn early rock and roll song written by Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono and originally recorded by Jackie DeShannon (but popularized by the Searchers). It was one of a handful of songs on Pettyās live album that featured Nicks. Nicks at one point asked Petty to join the Heartbreakers, and when you hear the two sing together, you can only wonder how great that would have been.
37. Stevie Nicks – āRock and Roll (live)ā from āCrystal Visions⦠āThe Very Best of Stevie Nicksā (2007)
ShareStevie has an album called āRock A Little,ā but sometimes she rocks *a lot* as she does here on this roof raising Led Zeppelin cover.
36. Charles Kelley with Stevie Nicks – āSouthern Accentsā from āThe Driverā (2016)
ShareLady Antebellumās Charles Kelley tackled Tom Pettyās classic ballad on his debut solo effort. Itās good: but when Stevie comes in on with harmony vocals at about 1:40 it definitely turns things up a notch.
35. Stevie Nicks – āSilent Nightā form āA Very Special Christmasā (1987)
ShareThis Christmas classic was composed in 1818, so by 1987, you might have thought that no one could bring anything new to the album. But Stevieās version is probably one of the most beautiful that youāve ever heard (and maybe *the* most beautiful).
34. Stevie Nicks with Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins and Rami Jaffee – āYou Canāt Fix Thisā from the āSound City – Real to Reelā soundtrack (2013)
ShareAs we were saying, sometimes Stevie rocks *a lot.* Dave Grohlās āSound Cityā doc tells a number of great stories -- Fleetwood Macās and Rick Springfieldās are some of the most interesting. And the soundtrack features jams by Grohl, the artists who he interviewed, and the guys from the Foo Fighters, and most of them were interesting and cool jams. But none packed the emotional punch of this one: Stevie wrote it about her godson, who overdosed on drugs at age 18 at a party. Itās one of her most moving performances.
33. Stevie Nicks with Bruce Hornsby – āTwo Kinds Of Loveā from āThe Other Side Of The Mirrorā (1989)
ShareThe highlight of Nicksā āThe Other Side Of The Mirrorā; itās one of her many great duets. Bruce Hornsbyās smooth voice makes an interesting counter to Nicksā grittier singing. This song was clearly being aimed at the adult contemporary charts: Hornsby was a mainstay there, and so was Kenny G, who adds a quick, slick sax solo.
32. Stevie Nicks – āIn Your Dreamsā from āIn Your Dreamsā (2011)
ShareCo-written with producer Dave Stewart (formerly of the Eurythmics), itās one of her more rocking songs from this millennium.
31. Stevie Nicks – āHas Anyone Ever Written Anything For Youā from āRock A Littleā (1985)
ShareCo-written by Stevie and Keith Olson (who produced āFleetwood Macā), itās a moving ballad about the death of Joe Walshās daughter Emma Kristen. Itās hard to imagine a lovelier tribute.
30. Stevie Nicks – āFree Fallināā from the āParty Of Fiveā soundtrack (1996)
Share29. Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – āI Will Run To Youā from āThe Wild Heartā (1983)
ShareAfter the massive success of Nicks and Petty and the Heartbreakersā collaboration āStop Dragginā My Heart Aroundā on Stevieās solo debut, they clearly tried to reproduce that magic on her second effort. This song didnāt quite match that classic, but it is a criminally underrated song in both artistsā catalogs.
28. Stevie Nicks – āThat Made Me Strongerā from āTrouble In Shangri-Laā (2001)
ShareWhen Nicks started working on her first album since 1994ās forgettable āStreet Angel,ā she asked Tom Petty to write a song for her. As she sings, āWell, the conversation rings in my head/Well, you know me better than I know myself/Will you write this for me?/He says, āNo, you write your songs yourselfā/That made me stronger, it made me hold on to me.ā One can imagine that the song has taken on a lot more weight to Stevie in the years since Petty passed.
27. Buckingham/Nicks – āFrozen Loveā from āBuckingham/Nicksā (1973)
ShareA rare Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham duet. Thereās a bit of foreshadowing to the end of their relationship here. As Stevie sings, āLife gave me you; yeah, the change was made/And there's no beginning over/You are not happy, but what is love?/Hate gave you me for a loverā¦ā Ouch!
26. Stevie Nicks – āI Canāt Waitā from āRock A Littleā (1985)
ShareSome of Nicksā songs could have fit on Fleetwood Macās albums, but not āI Canāt Wait,ā which was one of her most upbeat top 40 hits. It even was a top 30 dance hit.
25. Fleetwood Mac – āSaraā from āTuskā (1979)
ShareBy āTusk,ā Lindsey Buckingham was clearly the dominant creative voice in Fleetwood Mac, and he seemed to want to get as far away from āRumoursā as possible. Nicksā classic āSara,ā though, harkened back to that album, both sonically and thematically. The song was about Mick Fleetwood, with whom she had a romantic relationship, having an affair with Nicksā best friend, Sara. But as Nicks said in an interview, āIt's really not completely about her. It's about me, about her, about Mick, about Fleetwood Mac. It's about all of us at that point. There's little bits about each one of us in that song and when it had all the other verses it really covered a vast bunch of people. Sara was the kind of song you could fall in love with, because I fell in love with it.ā
24. Stevie Nicks – āBella Donnaā from āBella Donnaā (1981)
ShareThe title track, and opening song, from Nicksā solo debut had to be great. It was, and it also introduced a signature of her solo records: backing singers Lori Perry and Sharon Celani. The lyrics allude to her outfit on the album cover. As she told Rolling Stone, āThe white outfit I'm wearing is the exact opposite of my black outfit on āRumours.ā Over that it says, 'Come in from the darkness...' [which is] the dark side of anyone, the side that isn't optimistic, that isn't strong. I've got to become stronger because I am very sensitive, and everything really touches me.ā
23. Stevie Nicks – āItās Only Loveā from āTrouble In Shangri-Laā (2001)
ShareWritten for Stevie by uber-fan Sheryl Crow, who also co-produced the song, and played guitar and sang backing vocals. As Nicks said at the time, āWhat she wrote the song about [was] all my different relationships and the men that I was with and the men that Iām still good friends with and really care about. Theyāre all still out there and around me, and she finds that pretty amazing. I think thatās what inspired her to write the song ā you know, āsometimes lonely is not only a face that I have known.ā And she sees my life: I am not married, I donāt have children, and I made that choice. I knew if I had children I would have to take care of them and I couldnāt hand them over to a bunch of nannies.ā
22. Stevie Nicks – āI Need To Know (live)ā – bonus track from āBella Donnaā reissue (1981)
ShareNicks said at the beginning of her career that she wanted to be āthe female Tom Petty.ā She actually became āthe only Stevie Nicksā -- clearly Pettyās songwriting and friendship were both very influential to her. Sheās been covering āI Need To Knowā for much of her solo career.
21. Kenny Loggins with Stevie Nicks – āWhenever I Call You āFriendāā from āNightwatchā (1978)
ShareCould Stevie Nicks have a hit outside of Fleetwood Mac? Could Kenny Loggins have a hit outside of Loggins & Messina? This song answered both of those questions with a resounding "yes."
20. Stevie Nicks – āIf Anyone Fallsā from āThe Wild Heartā (1983)
ShareThe song was inspired by Nicksā longtime guitarist, Waddy Watchel. As she said in the liner notes to the āTimespaceā box set, āThere was a time when I was falling out of one love and into another, when nothing else seemed to matter except this person. I adored him. He was everything I wanted to be; a real rock and roller and a lover of the Stones, small and frail sometimes, but in many ways the strongest person I had ever known. His word was law. I became him. He became me, and no one dared intrude upon this union.ā
19. Stevie Nicks – āAfter The Glitter Fadesā from āBella Donnaā (1981)
ShareA song that Nicks wrote about a decade earlier in 1972. It definitely feels more āsoloā than āFleetwood Mac.ā Nicks said that she sent it to Dolly Parton hoping that sheād record it, but she doesnāt believe that it ever got to her. Itās not too late - Dollyās glitter hasnāt faded, and sheād probably do a great version.
18. Stevie Nicks – āPlanets Of The Universeā from āTrouble In Shangri-Laā (2001)
ShareStevie wrote the song in 1976 about the end of her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham while Fleetwood Mac was recording āRumours.ā Fleetwood Mac demoed the song, but decided not to use it, and Stevie held onto it until 2001. In 2004, the Mac demo was finally released as part of the deluxe āRumoursā reissue.
17. Stevie Nicks with Don Henley – āLeather and Laceā from āBella Donnaā (1981)
ShareCountry legend Waylon Jennings requested that Nicks write a song for him, and he had the title: āLeather and Lace.ā Jennings used the title for his duets album with his wife, Jessi Colter, but didnāt record the song. Nicks ended up doing it as a duet with former/future Eagles singer Henley.
16. Stevie Nicks with Sheryl Crow – āIf You Ever Did Believeā from the āPractical Magicā soundtrack (1998)
ShareA song that Stevie wrote for Louise Goffin (the daughter of Carole King and Gerry Goffin) for her 1981 album, she revisited it with Sheryl Crow for a film soundtrack. This song should have been a way bigger hit. Stevie and Sheryl sing so well together, itās a shame that they havenāt done more together.
15. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks – āInsiderā from āHard Promisesā (1981)
SharePetty was asked to write a song for Stevieās solo debut, and he came up with āInsiderā... and then decided that he wanted to keep it. He did come through for Stevie though: the song he ended up giving her was āStop Dragginā My Heart Around.ā
14. Stevie Nicks – āCandlebrightā from āTrouble In Shangri-Laā (2001)
ShareItās no surprise that after the success of Fleetwood Macās āSilver Springsā from āThe Dance,ā that Nicks would go back to other unused songs that she wrote in the ā70s. āCandlebrightā was one of them: in fact, she wrote that when she was still one half of Buckingham/Nicks. Itās another collaboration with Sheryl Crow, who co-produced the song; she also played guitar and contributed backing vocals.
13. Stevie Nicks – āBlue Lampā from the āHeavy Metalā soundtrack (1981)
ShareShe literally wrote the song about a blue lamp, a gift from her mother that she received around the time she first joined Fleetwood Mac. It was also the first song she recorded on her own during the āBella Donnaā sessions. It didnāt make the album, but it was released on the soundtrack to the animated sci-fi film āHeavy Metal.ā
12. Stevie Nicks – āEvery Dayā from āTrouble In Shangri-Laā (2001)
ShareWritten for Stevie by her producer John Shanks with Damon Johnson (formerly the frontman of rock band Brother Cane; he went on to join Alice Cooper, and later Black Star Riders). How good is the song? So good that youād be excused for thinking that Stevie wrote it herself.
11. Fleetwood Mac – āSisters Of The Moon (live)ā from āMirage (Deluxe Edition)ā (recorded in 1982, released in 2016)
ShareIt was the fourth single from āTusk,ā but somehow, it never became a hit. But the simmering live version was much longer and much better and makes the price of the deluxe version of āMirageā worth it.
10. Stevie Nicks – āStand Backā from āThe Wild Heartā (1983)
ShareThe day Nicks married Kim Anderson (January 29, 1983), the couple was driving when Prince's "Little Red Corvette" came on the radio. Nicks started humming the melody, and "Stand Back" was born. She recorded the demo that night, and later told Prince the story, and he came by the studio to contribute keyboards. They agreed to split the publishing 50/50.
9. Fleetwood Mac – āStormsā from āTuskā (1979)
ShareOne of Stevieās saddest ballads. This one is about the end of her relationship with Mick Fleetwood. As she said āThat relationship destroyed Mickās marriage to Jenny, who was the sweetest person in the world. So did we really think that we were going to come out of it unscathed? So then what happened to me, my best friend falling in love with him and moving into his house and neither of them telling me?. Payback is a bitch. Bad karma all around. Hereās that song in a nutshell: Donāt break up other peopleās marriages. It will never work and will haunt you for the rest of your miserable days.ā
8. Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – āStop Dragginā My Heart Aroundā from āBella Donnaā (1981)
ShareNicks and Pettyās best collaboration, hands down, and one of the best songs in both of their catalogs.
7. Fleetwood Mac – āSilver Springs (live)ā from āThe Danceā (1997)
ShareStevie wrote it for āRumoursā; it was inspired by the end of her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham. It didnāt make the album, but was used as a B-side to āGo Your Own Way.ā Decades later, it was resurrected for Fleetwood Macās reunion concert, āThe Dance,ā and was a highlight of the show (the video of that performance is incredible and you can still see the tension between the ex-couple). That version became the bandās first top 40 hit in about a decade and probably their last big hit. Fun fact: Stevie gave her mom the publishing from that song as a gift, which didnāt amount to much money, until āThe Danceā... exactly 20 years after it was released as a B-side.
6. Stevie Nicks – āSorcererā from āTrouble In āShangri-Laā (2001)
ShareAnother bit of magic that was nearly lost to the sands of time. Written during the Buckingham/Nicks era, it almost made Fleetwood Mac albums a few times. It was first released when Marilyn Martin recorded it (you might remember her from her duet with Phil Collins, āSeparate Livesā). That version, featuring backing vocals from Stevie, landed on the 1984 soundtrack to āStreets Of Fire.ā Stevieās version was co-produced by Sheryl Crow, who sings and plays guitar on the song.
5. Fleetwood Mac – āDreamsā from āRumoursā (1977)
ShareA number one hit on the pop charts. The song is the definition of timeless. It became a hit again in 2020 thanks to a skateboarderās TikTok video. Nicks claims to have written it in about ten minutes⦠and that her bandmates werenāt thrilled about it at first. Theyāve surely changed their minds about it by now.
4. Fleetwood Mac – āLandslideā from āFleetwood Macā (1975)
ShareAnother song written during the Buckingham/Nicks era, and it essentially a Buckingham/Nicks song: none of the other band members appear on the song. Like āDreams,ā itās another song that continuously turns new fans onto Nicks and the Mac. In the mid-ā90s when Fleetwood Mac wasnāt viewed as a particularly hip influence, Billy Corgan recorded a solo version at the peak of the Smashing Pumpkinsā fame (itās on their 1994 rarities compilation āPisces Iscariotā). It was a #3 hit on alternative rock radio. In 2002, the Dixie Chicks recorded it for their āHomeā album, where hit #13 on the pop charts and #2 on the country charts.
3. Stevie Nicks – āEdge Of Seventeenā from āBella Donnaā (1981)
ShareInspired by Tom Pettyās then-wife, Jane, telling Stevie that they had known each other since āthe age of seventeen.ā But her southern accent led Stevie to mistake it for āedge of seventeen.ā Once she started writing it, she was influenced by the murder of John Lennon and the death of her uncle. But Waddy Watchelās distinctive guitar part was influenced by Andy Summersā guitar on the Policeās āBring On The Night.ā Itās another song that never goes away for too long: both Destinyās Child (āBootyliciousā) and Miley Cyrus (āEdge Of Midnigghā) have borrowed heavily from the song.
2. Fleetwood Mac – āRhiannonā from āFleetwood Macā (1975)
ShareLike āStorms,ā the song was way more intense live. But something about the studio version was just perfect. This is one of the āStevie-estā songs: as she often explained when introducing it in concert, itās about a āWelsh Witch.ā She discovered the āRhiannonā character through a novel called āTriadā by Mary Bartlet Leade. But her narrative in four minutes, ten seconds, could be adapted into its own novel.
1. Fleetwood Mac – āGold Dust Womanā from āRumoursā (1977)
ShareIn an interview with Courtney Love, Nicks noted that the song was about cocaine. āEverybody was doing a little bit--you know, we never bought it or anything, it was just around...And I really imagined that it could overtake everything, never thinking a million years that it would overtake me. I must have met a couple of people that I thought did too much coke and⦠I made it into a whole story.ā Love recorded a cover of the song with her band, Hole, in 1996 and she was in the audience at the show recorded for Fleetwood Macās āThe Dance,ā giving the band a credible stamp of approval to her much younger audience. All of that aside, even if this wasnāt Stevieās, or Fleetwood Macās, biggest hit, itās still her finest moment.