Fleetwood Mac had a knack for turning personal relationships into unforgettable songs, andStevie Nicks' "Storms" emerged as a reflective ballad inspired by her affair with Mick Fleetwood.
Tusk was undoubtedly one of the most crucial albums the band released amid their complex relationships, fights, screaming matches, and well-noted affairs. While many hits came from the album, Nicks' "Storms" became a heartbreak anthem that she based on her lament over her affair that ended Fleetwood's marriage.
The track was one of her five songs that appeared on the album, and the first she presented to the band for consideration. As the story goes, "Storms" wasn't well-received by the band, especially Lindsey Buckingham, who was critical of it from the get-go. His then-girlfriend, Carol Ann Harris, recalls a screaming battle that occurred between them because of it.
“These fights left their bloody marks, over and over again,” Harris remembered, according to Rolling Stone. “Added to the weight of the battle scars from Lindsey’s and Stevie’s past personal relationship, they made the atmosphere of the studio even uglier with each passing day.”
Engineer Hernán Rojas also remembers Nicks feeling overcriticized by the band for her songs, saying, "It wasn't that Stevie's songs weren't good, just that they presented more of a challenge, not only to arrange the song structure, but also to give it a brighter mood."
In truth, "Storms" wasn't written as an upbeat track, as it was about her and Fleetwood's affair having contributed to the end of his marriage. During the time the song was created, Fleetwood was married to Jenny Boyd, with Boyd having had her own affair with Peter Green. Boyd and Fleetwood married and divorced each other twice. It was shortly after Fleetwood’s second marriage to Boyd that Nicks began her affair with him.
"It was really about Mick...That relationship destroyed Mick's marriage to Jenny, who was the sweetest person in the world...Here’s that song in a nutshell: Don't break up other people's marriages. It will never work and will haunt you for the rest of your miserable days," confirmed Nicks.
It's also believed that Nicks wrote "Storms" after Fleetwood began dating her best friend, Sara Recor, and moved in together without telling her. One critic even caught on to the inspiration behind the song and said it's an "affecting look at romantic discomfort." In the end, Nicks wrote a track that was a hit among critics who called it a "lovely ballad." The track ultimately never entered the charts due to it never being released as a single.
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