Never Going Back Again
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| Single by Fleetwood Mac | ||||||||||||
| from the album Rumours | ||||||||||||
| A-side | "Don't Stop" (US) "You Make Loving Fun" (UK) |
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| Released | July 1977 | |||||||||||
| Format | 7" | |||||||||||
| Recorded | 1976 at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Los Angeles | |||||||||||
| Genre | Folk | |||||||||||
| Length | 2:14 | |||||||||||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Lindsey Buckingham | |||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut & Ken Caillat | |||||||||||
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| 11 tracks |
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"Never Going Back Again" is a song written by Lindsey Buckingham that was first released by Fleetwood Mac on their eleventh studio album Rumours (1977). It was also released as the B-side to the Top Ten single "Don't Stop" in the US and of the "You Make Loving Fun" single in the UK. It was also the B-side of "Dreams" in the Netherlands. It has been covered by other artists, including Colin Reid and Matchbox Twenty.
Music historian George Case described "Never Going Back Again" as a "gorgeous" song with "bubbly SoCal philosophies about relationships." It is one of several songs on Rumours that Buckingham wrote in the wake of the breakup of his relationship with fellow Fleetwood Mac member Stevie Nicks. He recalls it being one of the last songs written for the album, after he had started a rebound relationship with another woman. Buckingham regards it as a sweet and naive song and doesn't consider the lyrics to be very deep. He has described it as a "miniature perception of things." It reflects a desire not to repeat previous mistakes. Buckingham accompanies himself on acoustic guitar played using a Travis picking technique. He has said that the guitar part may have been inspired by Ry Cooder. "Never Going Back Again" is set in a 4
4 signature at a moderate tempo of 88 beats per minute. Buckingham's guitar is in drop D tuning with a capo on the fourth fret, sometimes played tuned CGDGBE with a capo at the 6th fret,. Buckingham's voice spans from a C#4 to A#5.
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