FLEETWOOD MAC - SARA

Publicació: 5 de desembre de 1979

Llistes: EUA: #7  Regne Unit: #37 

"Sara" és una cançó escrita per la cantant i compositora Stevie Nicks que es va publicar com a senzill de l'àlbum doble "Tusk" de 1979. La durada de la versió de l'àlbum de vinil és de 6 minuts i 22 segons, i la versió del single editada és de 4 minuts i 37 segons. 

Aquesta és una cançó molt personal per a Stevie. Es tracta d'una combinació de coses que estaven passant a la seva vida, incloent la banda, la seva amiga Sara Recor, la seva relació amb Mick Fleetwood i el seu fill avortat amb Don Henley. Però considera que "Sara" és el seu alter ego i la seva musa: la "poeta del seu cor".

"Sara" era el nom que Nicks va donar al seu fill abans de néixer i abans que avortés. El 1977, va sortir amb Don Henley, i més tard va confirmar que es va quedar embarassada del seu fill i va interrompre l'embaràs. Henley en va parlar en una entrevista de 1991 a GQ, on va declarar: "Crec que, segons el que sé, es va quedar embarassada de mi. I va posar el nom de Sara a la nena, va avortar i després va escriure la cançó del mateix nom amb l'esperit del nadó avortat. En aquell moment estava construint la meva casa, i hi ha una frase a la cançó que diu "And when you build your house, call me” (I quan construeixis la teva casa, truca'm). Nicks, estava furiosa  perquè Henley ho va fer públic i va negar que la cançó parlés d'ell. "Ja voldria!", va dir a Entertainment Weekly: "Si Don vol pensar que la "casa" era una de les noranta cases que va construir i on mai va viure... Si va dir això, està ple de merda fins a dalt!"

Durant el procés d'escriptura de “Tusk”, Nicks va començar en secret una relació amb el membre de la banda Mick Fleetwood. Van mantenir la seva relació en secret perquè Fleetwood estava casat i Nicks havia estat anteriorment en una relació amb el membre de la banda Lindsey Buckingham. Les frases "And he was just like a great dark wing/Within the wings of a storm” (I era com una gran ala fosca/Dins de les ales d'una tempesta), probablement fan referència a Mick Fleetwood, que va donar tranquil·litat a Nicks durant el període de gravació de "Tusk". La seva relació no duraria, perquè Fleetwood finalment va deixar Nicks per la seva millor amiga Sara Recor.

El 1980, Nicks va ser demandada per plagi per un compositor que havia enviat una cançó anomenada "Sara" a Warner Bros el 1978. Tot i que algunes parts de la lletra era similars, Stevie es va sentir ofosa per l'acusació i es va negar a conformar-se. Nicks va demostrar que havia escrit i gravat una versió demo de la cançó el juliol de 1978, abans que la lletra fos enviada a Warner, i el demandant es va rendir quan va quedar clar que Stevie no va plagiar la lletra.

FLEETWOOD MAC - SARA

"Sara" is a song written by singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks which was released as a single from the 1979 “Tusk” double album. The vinyl album version length is 6 minutes 22 seconds, and the edited single version length is 4 minutes 37 seconds. The song peaked at #7 in the US and #37 in the UK.

This is a very personal song for Stevie. It is about a combination of things that were going on in her life, including the band, her friend Sara Recor, her relationship with Mick Fleetwood, and her aborted child with Don Henley. But she considers "Sara" to be her alter-ego and her muse - the "poet in her heart."

"Sara" was the name Nicks gave to her unborn child before she had an abortion. In 1977, she dated Don Henley, and later confirmed that she became pregnant with his child and terminated the pregnancy. Henley spoke about it in a 1991 interview with GQ, where he stated: "I believe to the best of my knowledge she became pregnant by me. And she named the kid Sara, she had an abortion and then wrote the song of the same name to the spirit of the aborted baby. I was building my house at the time, and there's a line in the song that says 'And when you build your house, call me.'" Nicks, was furious that Henley made this public, and denied the song was about him. “He wishes!”, she told Entertainment Weekly: “If Don wants to think the ‘house’ was one of the ninety houses he built and never lived in … If anyone said that, they’re so full of sh*t!”

During the process of writing Tusk, Nicks secretly started a relationship with band member Mick Fleetwood. They kept their relationship a secret because Fleetwood was married, and Nicks had previously been in a relationship with band member Lindsey Buckingham. The lines ‘And he was just like a great dark wing/Within the wings of a storm’ probably refer to Mick Fleetwood, who gave Nicks peace of mind during the period of recording “Tusk”. Their relationship wouldn’t last, because Fleetwood eventually left Nicks for her best friend Sara Recor.

In 1980, Nicks was sued for plagiarism by a songwriter who had submitted a song called "Sara", which she had sent to Warner Bros. in 1978. Even though some of the lyrics were similar, Stevie was offended by accusation and refused to settle. Nicks showed that she had written and recorded a demo version of the song in July 1978, before the lyrics were sent to Warner, and then the other side gave up when it became clear Stevie did not plagiarize the lyrics.