FLEETWOOD MAC - DON’T STOP

Un dels èxits més perdurables de la banda, "Don't Stop", escrit per la vocalista i lletrista Christine McVie, va ser llançada com el tercer senzill de Rumors l'1 d'abril de 1977, i va assolir el tercer lloc del Billboard Hot 100 dels EUA l'octubre de 1977. Al Regne Unit, "Don't Stop" va ser el segon senzill de l'àlbum que va assolir el número 32. Al Regne Unit la cara B era “Gold dust woman”, als EUA “Never going back again”, i en altres països, com Espanya, es va estrenar amb “Dreams” a la cara B.

Christine McVie va escriure aquesta cançó que parla sobre deixar enrere el passat. Ella i John McVie es van separar, cosa que va inspirar la lletra. Lindsey Buckingham i Stevie Nicks també estaven passant per una ruptura i escrivint cançons l'un sobre l'altre, i Mick Fleetwood estava passant per un divorci. Tota la tensió a l'estudi no semblava fer mal. John McVie no es va adonar durant molt de temps que Chrissie McVie va escriure la cançó sobre ell. El 2015 va dir: "Mai ho vaig lligar. He estat tocant la cançó durant anys i no va ser fins que algú em va dir:" Chris la va escriure sobre tu. Oh de debò?"

Possiblement sigui l'èxit més gran de Fleetwood Mac en la seva reencarnació dels anys 70; "Don't Stop" va ser un gran èxit mundial i va consolidar la seva reputació com a fabricants de discos super vendes. La cançó en si és enganyosament senzilla. Basada en un senzill patró de blues de dos acords, és un gran exemple del talent de Christine McVie per a l'estlvi de la composició de cançons. La melodia és elegant i accessible, però el ganxo principal és el ritme, especialment la gran bateria de Mick Fleetwood. Les harmonies a l'estil dels Beach Boys estan casades amb una lletra positiva que reafirma les ganes de viure la vida, cantada a duet per McVie i Lindsay Buckingham. Les parts vocals similars, però de gènere diferent, de Lindsey i Christine tenen una química interessant. Un dels grans moments de la cançó és el canvi de parada i reinici que es produeix prop del final de la cançó. És una genialitat de l'arranjament que absorbeix l'oient en la tornada que es va esvaint fins al final.

L'àlbum s'havia d’anomenar "Yesterday's Gone", per una frase d'aquesta cançó. Posteriorment John McVie va suggerir "Rumors" perquè semblava que tothom al sud de Califòrnia només parlava sobre el drama personal pel que estava passant Fleetwood Mac.

FLEETWOOD MAC - DON’T STOP

One of the band's most enduring hits, "Don't Stop" written by vocalist and keywoard player Christine McVie, was released as the third single from Rumours on 1st April 1977, peaking at #3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in October 1977. In the UK, "Don't Stop" was the second single of the album peaked at #32. In the UK the B side was “Gold dust woman”, in the US was “Never going back again”, and in other countries, such as Spain, it was released with “Dreams” on the B side.

Christine McVie wrote this song about leaving the past behind. She and John McVie were splitting up, which inspired the lyrics. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were also going through a breakup and writing songs about each other, and Mick Fleetwood was going through a divorce. All the tension in the studio didn't seem to hurt. John McVie didn't twig for a long time that Chrissie McVie wrote the song about him. He told in 2015: "I never put that together. I've been playing it for years and it wasn't until somebody told me, 'Chris wrote that about you.' Oh really?"

Possibly Fleetwood Mac's crowning achievement of their 1970s incarnation, "Don't Stop" was a huge worldwide hit and solidified their reputations as record makers. The song itself is deceptively simple. Based on a simple, two-chord blues pattern, it's a great example of Christine McVie's talent for songwriting economy. The melody is elegant and accessible, but the main hook is the groove, particularly Mick Fleetwood's great drumming. Beach Boys-style harmonies are married with a positive, life-affirming lyric, which is sung as a duet by McVie and Lindsay Buckingham. Lindsey and Christine's similar but still different-gender vocal parts on the song have an interesting chemistry. One of the great moments of the song is the great stop-start turnaround that occurs near the end of the song. This is true arranging genius and sucks the listener into a final, beautifully long chorus fadeout.

The album was going to be called "Yesterday's Gone," after a line in this song. John McVie suggested "Rumours" because it seemed like everyone in Southern California was talking about the personal drama Fleetwood Mac was going through.