Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere
About The Song
“Everywhere” is far from the biggest hit for Fleetwood Mac, but it’s one of their most enduring songs because it’s so darn singable. It was written and sung by Christine McVie, who had an extraordinary pop sensibility. Her bandmate Stevie Nicks would write mysterious, mystical songs like “Rhiannon” and “Gold Dust Woman,” but McVie kept it down to earth with straightforward love songs like “Everywhere” and “You Make Loving Fun.” Their distinct styles gave the band a unique musical texture.
McVie’s “Everywhere” is, at its core, a love song. McVie had recently married her second husband, keyboardist and songwriter Eddy Quintela, who had a couple of co-writing credits on Tango in the Night. In “Everywhere,” McVie expresses happiness with this new chapter in her life: “You know that I’m falling, and I don’t know what to say.”
Nobody in Fleetwood Mac appeared in the video for “Everywhere,” which was released in November 1987 as the album’s fourth single. Instead, the clip is based on Alfred Noyes’ 1906 poem “The Highwayman,” which tells a story of two lovers who are in death: “Look for me by moonlight, watch for me by moonlight / I’ll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way!”
In the end, McVie found Buckingham’s recording technique to be just the right touch for her simple love song, recalling in the 2019 documentary Fleetwood Mac’s Songbird – Christine McVie the moment Buckingham showed her how the song’s intro would come together. “He slowed the tape down, really slowly, and played the parts slowly,” she said. “And then when it came to the right speed, it sounded bloody amazing.”
The single peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart, remaining there for three weeks. In the United Kingdom, “Everywhere” peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart and was certified quadruple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales and streams of over 2.4 million units. “Everywhere” also reached number one in Belgium and on the Canadian adult contemporary chart and became a top-five hit in several other countries.
