Nummer

Rhiannon

Nummer van Fleetwood Mac
Origineel op album Fleetwood Mac (1975)

Lead vocals: Vrouw

Taal: Engels

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Rhiannon is een nummer van de Brits-Amerikaanse band Fleetwood Mac. Het nummer verscheen op hun naar de band vernoemde album uit 1975. Op 4 februari 1976 werd het nummer uitgebracht als de derde single van het album.

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"Rhiannon" (released as a single under the title "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)") is a song written by Stevie Nicks and originally recorded by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac on their eponymous album in 1975; it was issued as a single the following year. The song's U.S. chart peak was in June 1976, when it hit no. 11. The song peaked at no. 46 in the UK singles chart for three weeks after re-release in February 1978.

"Rhiannon" was voted no. 488 in The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine. They also ranked the song number six on their list of the 50 greatest Fleetwood Mac songs.

When Nicks performed the song live, she often introduced it as "a song about an old Welsh witch." During 1975–1982, Fleetwood Mac's live performances of "Rhiannon" took on a theatrical intensity not present on the FM-radio single. The song built to a climax in which Nicks's vocals were so impassioned that, as drummer and band co-founder Mick Fleetwood recalled, "her Rhiannon in those days was like an exorcism."