I'm So Afraid

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"I'm So Afraid"
Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Fleetwood Mac
A-side"Over My Head"
ReleasedSeptember 1975 (US) / February 1976 (UK)
RecordedFebruary 1975
GenreHard rock
Length4:22
3:08 (Single remix)
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Lindsey Buckingham
Producer(s)Fleetwood Mac, Keith Olsen
Fleetwood Mac singles chronology
"Warm Ways"
(1975) 		"I'm So Afraid"
(1975) 		"Rhiannon"
(1976)
"I'm So Afraid (Live)"
Song by Fleetwood Mac
from the album The Dance
Released19 August 1997 (The Dance)
12 October 2002 (US version of The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac)
2009 (UK version of said compilation)
Recorded23 May 1997
GenreHard rock
Length7:45
6:01 (Compilation edit)
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Lindsey Buckingham/Benjamin Britten
Producer(s)Fleetwood Mac
Lindsey Buckingham
Keith Olsen
Richard Dashut
Ken Caillat
Greg Ladanyi
Elliot Scheiner

"I'm So Afraid" is a song written by Lindsey Buckingham for the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac for their tenth album, Fleetwood Mac. The song was intended for a second Buckingham Nicks album, but the album never came to fruition.[1]

Background[]

"I'm So Afraid" is the final track of the album, and was released as the B-side to the song "Over My Head". It is a hard rock song, atypical of Fleetwood Mac's songs (at least following the Peter Green era), but it quickly became a live staple showcasing Lindsey Buckingham's guitar skills.[2] The studio version of the song is in G natural minor, but live versions are usually transposed down to F natural minor.[3]

The song appeared on all of the band's live albums recorded after its release, including Live, The Dance, Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston, and on the 2015 box set of Tusk.[4] The live recording from The Dance was included in an edited form on the US 2002 and UK 2009 release of the greatest hits compilation album The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac. Buckingham also included the song on his solo live albums Live at the Bass Performance Hall, Songs from the Small Machine: Live in L.A., and One Man Show.

The song was also featured in a second-season episode of Miami Vice in 1985.

Track listing[]

  • US vinyl, 7", Single (Reprise Records - RPS 1339)
  1. "Over My Head" – 3:17
  2. "I'm So Afraid" – 4:15

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Fleetwood, Mick; Bozza, Anthony (October 2014). Play On: Now, Then & Fleetwood Mac. 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10104: Little, Brown And Company. pp. 164, 169. ISBN 978-0-316-40342-9.CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ Sheffield, Christopher R. Weingarten,David Browne,Jon Dolan,Corinne Cummings,Keith Harris,Rob (2017-07-11). "Fleetwood Mac's 50 Greatest Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  3. ^ Stephenson, Ken (2002). What to Listen for in Rock: A Stylistic Analysis, p.89. ISBN 978-0-300-09239-4.
  4. ^ Sinclair, Paul. "Fleetwood Mac / Tusk / 8-disc super deluxe edition box set". Super Deluxe Edition. Retrieved November 11, 2018.


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