Sisters of the Moon

"Sisters of the Moon"
Single by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Tusk
B-side	"Walk a Thin Line"
Released	June 1980 (USA)
Recorded	1979
Genre	Rock, hard rock
Length	4:36 (Album Version) 4:41 (Single Mix)
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Stevie Nicks
Producer(s)	Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat
Fleetwood Mac singles chronology
"Think About Me" (1980) "Sisters of the Moon" (1980) "Fireflies" (1981)

"Sisters of the Moon" is a song by British-American rock group Fleetwood Mac. It was written and performed by band-member Stevie Nicks and was released in the US as the fourth single from the 1979 album Tusk. The 'single version' of "Sisters of the Moon" is included on the compilation The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac and both the 2004 and 2015 remaster of 'Tusk'.

Background[]

"Sisters of the Moon" emerged from a jam during a session at Village Recorder in Los Angeles. Unlike Nicks' other songs on Tusk, "Sisters of the Moon" was not written with anyone in mind; she found the lyrics nonsensical.^[1] When performed live, the song would usually go for over eight minutes in length, most notably the Mirage Tour version in 1982.^[2] The song did not appear on any subsequent tour until their 2013 Tour.^[3] The song was also played on the North American and European legs of the On with the Show tour, but with an abbreviated guitar solo. It peaked at No. 86 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was not released in the UK, where "Not That Funny" had been released as a single instead.

Personnel[]

• Mick Fleetwood – drums
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Christine McVie – keyboards
• Lindsey Buckingham – guitars
• Stevie Nicks – vocals

Charts[]

References[]

Further reading[]

The Great Rock Discography by Martin C.Strong. Page 378. ISBN 1-84195-312-1

External links[]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics