Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Landslide’ Debuts on Hot 100 More Than 50 Years After Its Release

The 1975 recording debuts following its synch in the Stranger Things series finale.

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Fleetwood Mac’s classic studio version of “Landslide,” released in 1975, reaches the Billboard Hot 100 at last, debuting at No. 41 on the Jan. 17-dated chart.

The song hits the Hot 100 following its placement in the series finale of Netflix’s Stranger Things, released Dec. 31. It generated 7 million official U.S. streams (up 43% week over week), 888,000 radio audience impressions (up 10%) and 1,000 downloads sold (up 15%) Jan. 2-8, according to Luminate.

Fleetwood Mac first released “Landslide” in July 1975 on its self-titled 10th studio album — the group’s first project featuring Stevie Nicks as a vocalist and Lindsey Buckingham as a guitarist. Nicks solely wrote the song and delivers its lead vocals.

Despite becoming one of the band’s most enduring compositions, “Landslide” was never issued as an official single during its original run. Still, it remained a staple of Fleetwood Mac’s live performances, as well as Nicks’ solo tours. A live version was released as a single in 1997, following its inclusion on the band’s album The Dance. That rendition debuted on the Hot 100 in July 1998 and peaked at No. 51 that August, while also reaching No. 10 on Adult Contemporary and No. 26 on Adult Pop Airplay.

Several covers of “Landslide” by other acts have charted over the years. The Chicks’ version climbed to No. 7 on the Hot 100 in March 2003, while the Glee cast’s take, featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, hit No. 23 in 2011. More notable remakes found success across other charts: Smashing Pumpkins’ cover reached No. 3 on Alternative Airplay and No. 30 on Radio Songs in 1994; Kat Perkins’ version hit No. 35 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs in 2014 after her performance on NBC’s The Voice; and Chloe Kohanski’s interpretation peaked at No. 26 on the same chart also after a performance on The Voice.

With the entrance of “Landslide,” Fleetwood Mac logs its 26th career entry on the Hot 100 and first debut in 23 years, since “Peacekeeper” debuted at No. 93 in March 2003 (before peaking at No. 80 that May).

The group’s most recent Hot 100 appearance came earlier this decade. In 2020, its 1977 No. 1 hit “Dreams” re-entered after a viral TikTok featuring Nathan Apodaca skateboarding while sipping Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry juice sparked a massive streaming resurgence. The clip’s popularity resulted in recreations from several members of Fleetwood Mac, including Nicks and Mick Fleetwood. The song rebounded to No. 12 in October 2020.

Thanks to “Landslide,” Fleetwood Mac has now debuted on the Hot 100 in five different decades: the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, 2000s and ‘20s. The band joins a select list of groups with debuts on the chart in at least five decades, a landmark last attained by The Beatles when “Now and Then” launched in the top 10 in November 2023. Other groups with at least five decades of Hot 100 debuts include The Isley Brothers (six), The Rolling Stones and Santana (five each).