Fleetwood Mac is a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. Fl… Read Full Bio ↴Fleetwood Mac is a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. Fleetwood Mac was founded by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, before bassist John McVie joined the lineup for their self-titled debut album. Danny Kirwan joined as a third guitarist in 1968. Keyboardist Christine Perfect (later known as Christine McVie), who contributed as a session musician from the second album, married McVie and joined in 1970.

Primarily a British blues band, Fleetwood Mac scored a UK number one with "Albatross", and had other hits such as the singles "Oh Well" and "Man of the World". All three guitarists left in succession during the early 1970s, to be replaced by guitarists Bob Welch and Bob Weston and vocalist Dave Walker. By 1974, all three of them had either departed or been dismissed, leaving the band without a male lead vocalist or guitarist. In late 1974, while Fleetwood was scouting studios in Los Angeles, he was introduced to American folk-rock duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Fleetwood Mac soon asked Buckingham to be their new lead guitarist, and Buckingham agreed on condition that Nicks would also join the band.

The addition of Buckingham and Nicks gave the band a more pop rock sound, and their 1975 self-titled album, Fleetwood Mac, reached No. 1 in the United States. Rumours (1977), Fleetwood Mac's second album after the arrival of Buckingham and Nicks, produced four U.S. Top 10 singles and remained at number one on the American albums chart for 31 weeks. It also reached the top spot in various countries around the world and won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978. Rumours has sold over 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums in history. The band went through personal turmoil while recording the album, as both the romantic partnerships in the band (one being John and Christine McVie, and the other being Buckingham and Nicks) separated while continuing to make music together.

The band's personnel remained stable through three more studio albums, but by the late 1980s began to disintegrate. After Buckingham and Nicks each left the band, they were replaced by a number of other guitarists and vocalists. A 1993 one-off performance for the first inauguration of Bill Clinton featured the lineup of Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Nicks, and Buckingham back together for the first time in six years. A full reunion occurred four years later, and the group released their fourth U.S. No. 1 album, The Dance (1997), a live compilation of their hits, also marking the 20th anniversary of Rumours. Christine McVie left the band in 1998, but continued to work with the band in a session capacity. Meanwhile, the group remained together as a four-piece, releasing their most recent studio album, Say You Will, in 2003. Christine McVie rejoined the band full-time in 2014. In 2018, Buckingham was fired from the band and was replaced by Mike Campbell, formerly of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Neil Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House.

Fleetwood Mac has sold more than 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling bands. In 1979, the group was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1998 the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.

Danny Kirwan, guitarist, songwriter and early member of Fleetwood Mac (1968–1972) died in London, England, on 8 June 2018, aged 68. An obituary in The New York Times said he had died in his sleep after contracting pneumonia earlier in the year. The British music magazine Mojo quoted Christine McVie as saying: "Danny Kirwan was the white English blues guy. Nobody else could play like him. He was a one-off ... Danny and Peter [Green] gelled so well together. Danny had a very precise, piercing vibrato – a unique sound ... He was a perfectionist; a fantastic musician and a fantastic writer." One of Kirwan's songs, "Tell Me All the Things You Do" from the 1970 album Kiln House, was included in the set of the 2018–19 An Evening with Fleetwood Mac tour.

On 28 May 2020 Neil Finn, featuring Nicks and McVie, with Campbell on guitar, released the song “Find Your Way Back Home” for the Auckland, New Zealand homeless shelter Auckland City Mission.

Founding member Peter Green died on 25 July 2020 at the age of 73. In October 2020, Rumours again entered the Billboard top 10. The album received 30.6 million plays on streaming platforms the week of October 15, after a TikTok video of the song "Dreams" went viral.

On 30 November 2022, it was announced that band member Christine McVie died at the age of 79, after a short illness.

Love in Store
Fleetwood Mac Lyrics

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All I know is the way that I feel
Whenever you're around
You've got a way of lifting me up
Instead of bringing me down
('Stead of bringing me down)

I can't fight it anymore
Since you have been around

We've got love in store

(Ooh, whoa whoa)
(Ooh, whoa whoa)

You're the only one I ever felt
Could be special to me
You look at me and I just melt
I'm scared of feeling that way
(Scared of feeling that way)

And I can't fight it anymore
Since you have been around
We've got love in store

Never take your love away
Beggin' you baby
Never take your love away
Oh darlin'
Never take your love away

(Ooh, ooh, ooh)

Never take your love away
Well, I'm beggin' you baby
Never take your love away
Oh darlin'
Never take your love away
Still, beggin' you baby
Never take your love away

(Ooh, whoa whoa)
(Ooh, whoa whoa)
You got away
I can't fight it
You got away
I can't fight it

You got away
(Oh)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Fleetwood Mac's song Love in Store speak to the transformative power of a loving relationship. The singer expresses how being around their significant other makes them feel elevated and empowered. They admit to being scared of the intensity of their feelings, but ultimately surrender to them and acknowledge that they have "love in store."

The lyrics are an ode to the euphoric feeling of falling in love and the fear that comes with vulnerability. The singer is pleading with their lover not to take their love away as it has become an integral part of their life. The repetition of the refrain "never take your love away" reinforces the importance of the relationship to the singer.

Overall, the lyrics of Love in Store are a celebration of the transformative power of love and the joy that it can bring to one's life. It speaks to the fear and trepidation that can come with falling in love, but ultimately assures the listener that the rewards are worth the risk.

Line by Line Meaning

All I know is the way that I feel
The only thing I am certain about my emotions is that I feel a certain way.

Whenever you're around
I feel the way that I do when you are in my presence.

You've got a way of lifting me up
I feel like a better version of myself when I am with you.

Instead of bringing me down ('Stead of bringing me down)
I never get down when I am with you contrary to other people who make me feel otherwise.

I can't fight it anymore
I cannot deny my feelings any longer.

Since you have been around
Ever since you have been a part of my life.

We've got love in store
We have a new and exciting love waiting to be discovered.

(Ooh, whoa whoa)
A sound to express emotions.

You're the only one I ever felt
You are the one and only person I have ever had this experience with.

Could be special to me
I thought that you could be a special person to me.

You look at me and I just melt
Your gaze has the power to overpower me and turn me into a pool of emotions.