Fireflies is a song written by Stevie Nicks and performed by her with Fleetwood Mac at a private concert for family and friends at the Civic Centre in Santa Monica, California in July 1980. The recording was released on Fleetwood Mac Live later that year as were two other songs performed at the show - Christine McVie's One More Night and a cover of the Beach Boys' The Farmer's Daughter.
The song was released as a single and peaked at #60 in the United States in 1981. The single version was featured on the 2018 compilation 50 Years: Don't Stop.
Personnel[]
Stevie Nicks - vocals
Lindsey Buckingham - guitar, backing vocals
Christine McVie - keyboards, backing vocals
John McVie - bass
Mick Fleetwood - drums