# Where Can I Find This Fleetwood Mac Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730 "2016-08-04T11:29:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/1 "2016-08-04T11:29:37Z")
What Fleetwood Mac album contains the song “Silver Springs”? I don’t know how I missed this gem. I must have been living under a rock! ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/2 "2016-08-04T11:37:23Z")
_The Dance_ ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/3 "2016-08-04T14:06:39Z")
Thanks! I guess nobody buys CDs anymore. Sad. The whole love for music collecting and pouring over an album’s liner notes is just gone…not to mention the artwork! Yet, some fool at the top of Barnes and Nobles thinks vinyl is a thing. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cold\_Dish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cold\_Dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Dish)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/4 "2016-08-04T14:10:31Z")
Silver Springs was originally recorded for the Rumours album but left out because of its length. I personally prefer the live version vs. the studio cut. Silver Springs -‘it’s a great old song’ ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/5 "2016-08-04T14:13:02Z")
Great song. Heads up that _The Dance_ is a live album. The original studio version of “Silver Springs” was intended for _Rumours_ but was cut and ended up as a b-side and so is something of a rarity. It’s available on at least one Fleetwood Mac compilation album and on certain expanded reissues of _Rumours_. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/6 "2016-08-04T14:18:52Z")
Or you can be one of us who bought it on 45 rpm. It was the B-side to “Go Your Own Way.” ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/7 "2016-08-04T14:20:08Z")
I looked up “The Dance” under “Fleetwood Mac Discography” on Wikipedia. As you say, it is a live album. Does a studio version appear anywhere? Or, because it was scratched from Rumors, it is now black balled for life? If it is only a live version, this may well explain how I missed this tune. I don’t tend to gravitate to live versions, and while a small number get airplay (like Peter Frampton), this one apparently did not enamor the DJs. Still, the lyrics are quite poignant to those who can relate. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/8 "2016-08-04T14:21:23Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > Thanks! I guess nobody buys CDs anymore. Sad. The whole love for music collecting and pouring over an album’s liner notes is just gone…not to mention the artwork! Yet, some fool at the top of Barnes and Nobles thinks vinyl is a thing. :rolleyes: Why do you think that someone is foolish for thinking that vinyl is a thing? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/9 "2016-08-04T14:24:32Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > Great song. Heads up that _The Dance_ is a live album. The original studio version of “Silver Springs” was intended for _Rumours_ but was cut and ended up as a b-side and so is something of a rarity. It’s available on at least one Fleetwood Mac compilation album and on certain expanded reissues of _Rumours_. I’ll have to keep an eye out for the reissue of Rumours. Here again, I would have missed out on this gem as I am a traditionalist and seek the original forms of albums on CD. I don’t like the industry playing Dr. Frankenstein and messing with classic rock albums just to boost their limp sales like some kind of magical Viagara for the music moguls. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/10 "2016-08-04T14:53:38Z")
If you haven’t discovered it already, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were making music before Fleetwood Mac. A lot of their material became FM tunes or songs. [Buckingham Nicks - Full Album](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKBft-I4UdU) My favorite song is Sorcerer. Also search YouTube for Fleetwood Mac demos, a lot of rare stuff and some is very good. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/11 "2016-08-04T15:42:01Z")
The Dance is one of my favorite albums ever, and that’s partly because it’s live ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/12 "2016-08-04T16:14:58Z")
As \*\*silenus \*\*already mentioned, it’s on the B-Side of the _Go Your Own Way_ single…which can be had through [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YHL6HW?sa-no-redirect=1&pldnSite=1) for a mere 5 bucks, if you act now! This assumes you have a record player somewhere…if not, that’ll set you back another $50 or so… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/13 "2016-08-04T17:02:20Z")
Nice song, but a crap place to live. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/14 "2016-08-04T18:02:09Z")
just checked Amazon music. “The Dance” is free with Prime or $9.49 for the album. Not sure about individual song price for the live version. You can purchase the studio version of “Silver Springs” for $1.29. Or “Rumors Deluxe” which includes that song for $18.99. CD art is nice, but I LOVE the ease and convenience of Amazon Cloud Player that I can take with me everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-this-fleetwood-mac-song/761730/15 "2016-08-04T23:41:26Z")
For a while, I lived just down the road from Ocala, Florida’s [“Silver Springs Attraction.”](http://www.silversprings.com/) Every radio station in a fifty-mile radius played that damned song to death. One station even claimed Stevie Nicks wrote it in tribute to the place, after a concert there :rolleyes: (SSA had a concert pavilion with lawn seating and some decent acts).