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This article is about the Fleetwood Mac song. For the song by Yothu Yindi, see World Turning (Yothu Yindi song). For the album by Tony Trischka, see World Turning (album).
"World Turning"
Song by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Fleetwood Mac
Released1975
Recorded1975
GenreBlues rock, country rock
Length4:25
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham
Producer(s)Fleetwood Mac
Keith Olsen

"World Turning" is a song written by Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham for the British/American rock band Fleetwood Mac's tenth album, Fleetwood Mac.[1]

Background

While the song was written in 1975, its roots date back to 1968. Fleetwood Mac's first album, which was also titled Fleetwood Mac, contained a track titled "The World Keep on Turning", written by founding member Peter Green. The band reworked the song, and the title was later truncated to "World Turning".[2]

Unlike other songs on the album, "World Turning" was a collaboration with two Fleetwood Mac members: keyboardist Christine McVie, and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham.[3] Producer Keith Olsen claimed that Stevie Nicks was initially jealous over her lack of involvement in the writing process, but eventually "got over it".[4]

Buckingham used two guitars on the track: a Fender Telecaster electric guitar and a Dobro, a resonator guitar that produces sound through one or more metal cones.[5] He also had his low E string tuned down to a D.[6] Both the studio and live recordings make use of a talking drum. A Nigerian musician named Speedy made a red talking drum for Mick Fleetwood, which he brought with him onstage for every Fleetwood Mac tour since 1969.[7]

"World Turning" has appeared on most of the band's concert tours from the Fleetwood Mac tour onwards. Starting with their Shake the Cage Tour in 1987, the band performed an extended live version that showcased Fleetwood's drumming.[8] Up until the Say You Will Tour, he also played a solo on a "drum vest" utilising MIDI. The vest, which was connected to an amplifier, had five touch-activated pads that produced various sampled noises such as bells, screams, horns, and shattering glass.[9] Performances on the 2018–2019 An Evening with Fleetwood Mac Tour lasted over ten minutes that featured both a talking drum solo and a call and response section.[10]

Personnel

Covers

References

  1. ^ Evans, Mike (2011). Fleetwood Mac: The Definitive History. New York: Sterling. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-4027-8630-3.
  2. ^ Fleetwood, Mick; Bozza, Anthony (October 2014). Play On: Now Then & Fleetwood Mac (First ed.). New York: Little Brown and Company. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-316-40342-9.
  3. ^ "Mac:'Everybody was pretty weirded out' - the story of Rumours". Uncut. 29 January 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "Keith Olsen Question and Answer Session". Fleetwoodmac.net. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  5. ^ Levitin, Dan. "Recording-Engineering-Production (08/1992), Interview with Lindsey Buckingham". The Blue Letter Archives. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  6. ^ Forte, Dan (January 1977). "Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham". Guitar Player. Retrieved 4 August 2015 – via The Blue Letter Archives.
  7. ^ Fleetwood, Mick (1 June 2014). "Mick Fleetwood goes his own way: 'My red African talking drum is my voice"". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  8. ^ Fleetwood, Mick; Davis, Stephen (1990). Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures with Fleetwood Mac. New York: William Morrow and Company. p. 278. ISBN 0-688-06647-X.
  9. ^ Naman, Mard. "Making Tracks with MIDI: Mick Fleetwood". atarimagazines. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  10. ^ Sherman, Stacey (31 October 2018). "Fleetwood Mac spreads some fresh gold dust at Little Caesars". The Oakland Press. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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