What brought Dreams back to the charts in 2020?

A viral TikTok of a skateboarder drinking cranberry juice

Rumours Quiz: Fleetwood Mac's Turbulent 1977 Album

Fleetwood Mac wrote songs about each other while their relationships fell apart, and this Rumours quiz explores the 1977 album that resulted. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine and John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Dreams, Go Your Own Way, The Chain, Don't Stop and the 2020 TikTok revival.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Year
When was Rumours released?
Breakups
Which couple in the band divorced around the recording?
Dreams
Which Rumours song was Fleetwood Mac's only US number one single?
Go
Who wrote Go Your Own Way?
Chain
Which song is credited to all five members?
Don't Stop
Which presidential campaign used Don't Stop in 1992?
Grammy
Which Grammy did Rumours win?
Studio
Where was much of Rumours recorded?
Songbird
Who wrote and sang Songbird?
TikTok
What brought Dreams back to the charts in 2020?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: When was Rumours released?
Answer: 1977
It became one of the best-selling albums ever.
Q2: Which couple in the band divorced around the recording?
Answer: John and Christine McVie
Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks also split.
Q3: Which Rumours song was Fleetwood Mac's only US number one single?
Answer: Dreams
Stevie Nicks wrote it.
Q4: Who wrote Go Your Own Way?
Answer: Lindsey Buckingham
It addresses his breakup with Nicks.
Q5: Which song is credited to all five members?
Answer: The Chain
Its bass line became the BBC's Formula 1 theme.
Q6: Which presidential campaign used Don't Stop in 1992?
Answer: Bill Clinton's
The band reunited to play it at his inauguration gala.
Q7: Which Grammy did Rumours win?
Answer: Album of the Year
It won in 1978.
Q8: Where was much of Rumours recorded?
Answer: The Record Plant in Sausalito
Long sessions in California were tense and costly.
Q9: Who wrote and sang Songbird?
Answer: Christine McVie
She recorded it alone at a piano in an empty theater.
Q10: What brought Dreams back to the charts in 2020?
Answer: A viral TikTok of a skateboarder drinking cranberry juice
Nathan Apodaca's video sparked a new wave of fans.

Rumours Quiz – Heartbreak on Record

Rumours, released by Fleetwood Mac in 1977, was recorded while the band's relationships fell apart. John and Christine McVie divorced, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks split and Mick Fleetwood's marriage ended.

The members wrote about each other. Nicks's Dreams became the band's only US number one, Buckingham answered with Go Your Own Way and Christine McVie wrote Don't Stop and Songbird. The Chain, credited to all five, later became the BBC's Formula 1 theme.

Much of the album was recorded at the Record Plant in Sausalito. Rumours won the Grammy for Album of the Year and sold more than 40 million copies. In 2020 a viral TikTok video sent Dreams back up the charts.

What This Quiz Teaches

Rock fans will enjoy these questions on a classic album.

When Rumours came out
Which relationships shaped it
Who wrote which songs
Which awards it won
How it found new fans

Did You Know?

Silver Springs was cut from the original album.
The cover shows Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks.
Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut co-produced it.
Fleetwood Mac entered the Rock Hall in 1998.
Christine McVie died in 2022.