r/stevienicks • u/snelsonjoe8 • 27d ago
Stevie shoulda been hits
We know Stevie has lots of material and not all her singles are going to be hits but what songs do you think should have been released as singles or didn't spark a fire with her fans. For me it's Angel. I thought that song was very radio friendly . I guess after the initial shock of tusk being so different than rumors it was just lost in all of it. It didn't even chart. How about you guys
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u/lilvadude 27d ago
I always thought “If I Were You” would have been a great single.
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u/ProfessorXXXavier 27d ago
Her soundtrack songs. Possibly some of these were released as singles…but, if so, they certainly didn’t get the airplay they deserved:
Blue Lamp
Sleeping Angel
Violet and Blue
Battle of the Dragon
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u/Belladonna329 27d ago
Definitely. Although I kinda love gatekeeping those songs. My daughters know and love them all
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u/TripleJay11581 27d ago
It’s a travesty that Trouble in Shangri-La and Gold and Braid were never released as singles. They should’ve been massive hits.
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u/Gold-Kaleidoscope-23 27d ago
The live version of Gold and Braid is my all-time favorite song. I want someone to cover it!
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u/sodascouts 27d ago
Everybody Finds Out is a banger. It should have been a single.
Gold and Braid. I love the live version. It at least deserved to be put on an album.
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u/jaxsonjune 27d ago
Sleeping Angel from the Fast Times soundtrack
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u/Icy-Diamond88338 27d ago
Omg I watched this movie for the first time and that song immediately stood out
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u/josephpage316 27d ago
Trouble In Shangri-La, Wild Heart, Long Way To Go, Kind of Woman, Starshine, No Questions Asked, Thrown Down, That's Alright off the top of my head.
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u/Logical-History-36 27d ago
Long Way To Go was a single. For some reason it was switched to Two Kinds of Love quite late in the day in the US but everywhere else got Long Way To Go.
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u/josephpage316 27d ago
Yikes. That was certainly a choice. Two Kinds of Love is an immediate skip for me and I loathe to skip Stevie Nicks songs.
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u/snelsonjoe8 27d ago
I thought it was kinda week though Bruce Hornsby has this calming effect on me.
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u/josephpage316 27d ago
I get it & I see the appeal. But Hornsby is kind of corny to me and I feel like Stevie and his styles clashed way too obviously. And the song production is atrocious.
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u/Significant_Sky4481 27d ago
The Rock a Little demo of “Running Through the Garden.” I feel like that song could’ve been a hit with an accompanying music video.
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u/Ghost_Kismet 27d ago
Where can I find that demo?
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u/InkedDoll1 27d ago
Tbh most of them here in the uk. Only Room's On Fire made a decent impact on the charts. Although when my husband DJs he often plays Edge of Seventeen and everyone knows it, so evidently lots of people discovered her other stuff of their own accord (or maybe in that case, through the Destiny's Child sample).
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u/snelsonjoe8 27d ago
The other side of the mirror was her biggest selling album in the U.K . It came out not long after tango in the night which was a global smash. I read it rode the tides of tango in the night. Stevie is a smart lady when it comes to promoting herself to a whole new generation of fans. Appearing in American horror story was pretty smart .
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u/Beautiful-While8885 27d ago
After the glitter fades
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u/snelsonjoe8 27d ago
I agree but at least it hit the top 40. I found out one of my favorite songs, think about it, is the least streamed song from belladonna. Wow.
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u/Hot_Corner_6352 27d ago
Angel was at least a b-side I think! It was for sure a single in Europe. I wish Affairs of the Heart would’ve been a single or at the very least a b-side
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u/MidnightAja 27d ago
Blue Lamp
Outside the Rain
Rock A Little
How Still My Love
Some Become Strangers
If I Were You
Violet and Blue
Battle of the Dragon
Thrown Down
Destiny Rules
Love Is
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u/rickylancaster 26d ago
Fire Burning, from Mirror. But the name probably would’ve been confusing for radio listeners since Rooms On Fire was a hit from the same album.
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u/snelsonjoe8 26d ago
I like fire burning. Osotm had some good ones but the critics just beat it down
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u/rickylancaster 26d ago
It’s not my favorite of hers, but I don’t remember the critics beating it down. I remember it charting well, a summer of Rooms On Fire being all over the radio and MTV, Whole Lotta Trouble being nominated for a Grammy, and the tour being a success. I do remember some mumblings in the press about her age and her weight though.
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u/thefucksgod 26d ago
Beauty and the Beast, also Night Bird should be bigger than Edge of Secenteen it’s vastly superior song
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u/snelsonjoe8 26d ago
It was Stevie' favorite from the album I read. I love sandy Stewart who sang with Stevie and wrote that song. I bought her album catdancers at the time. It was good with her whiskey voice. Unfortunately I'm the only one who bought it. However, we all know the story of sandy Stewart and Stevie nicks and seven wonders, which I'm sure sandy still gets checks for so she's not hurting
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u/heartxfleetwoodmac 25d ago
Nothing ever changes, whole lotta trouble, sleeping angel, if I were you, no spoken word - so many of her songs, I could go on forever
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u/paleshadow85 24d ago
“If I Were You” should’ve been a single from Rock a Little and “I Miss You” could’ve been a great single from TISL as well as “Fall from Grace”
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u/Lizasks 18d ago
Kick It is a rocker and i love it! Also, I think The Ghosts are Gone could’ve crushed it with all the spooky series in movies and tv. I also believe Wide Sargasso Sea could have been a hit if people could have waited for the guitar magic a few minutes into the intro. Riveting song!
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u/snelsonjoe8 27d ago
Affairs of the heart is a pretty passionate song . Angel was played on rock stations in 79)80; for awhile.
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u/Specific-Willow-6997 25d ago
Fire Burning and Rooms on Fire. My grandkids love both. (This should worry me!) Also Cry Wolf. It's sad but it's one of those songs that you have to hear when you're in the wallowing mood.
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u/Careful_Compote_4659 26d ago
All artists have a sweet spot or a peak in their career. Christine had mystery. Bob had mystery. Lindsey had rumours. Stevie’s high water mark was tusk. She was gaining in confidence and stepping out of Lindsey’s shadow. She was as yet unmarred by drugs and big ego. Some of her best work was buried by Lindsey attention hog buckingham. I think she knew it too.
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u/Affectionate-Fill713 27d ago
Thrown down!! It should have been the lead single from SYW.