Stevie Nicks Releases ‘For What It’s Worth’: Listen Now
Stevie Nicks has released her take on Buffalo Springfield’s timeless protest song For What It’s Worth today as a digital download and streaming single. A Dolby Atmos mix of the track is also available now on all platforms that support the format.
The two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and former Fleetwood Mac star recently added the song live to her setlist earlier this month as part of her ongoing US tour, which will continue through late October. Singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton will open for Nicks during the tour. Tickets are on sale now.
Nicks recorded “For What It’s Worth” earlier this year in Los Angeles. On the track, she’s joined by two longtime members of her touring band. The first is backing vocalist Sharon
Celani, who began recording and performing with Nicks in 1978. The other is renown guitarist Waddy Wachtel. His connection to Nicks goes back to 1973, when he played on Buckingham Nicks. Since then, Wachtel has appeared on all of Nicks’ solo studio albums. Grammy®-Award winner Greg Kurstin produced the single while also playing multiple instruments, including drums, organ, and guitar.
Nicks shared her thoughts on the track on her socials earlier this week. “I am so excited to release my new song this Friday,” Nicks wrote in a handwritten letter posted to social media. “It’s called For What It’s Worth and it was written by Stephen Stills in 1966. It meant something to me then, and it means something to me now.
“I always wanted to interpret it through the eyes of a woman – and it seems like today, in the times we live in, it has a lot to say… I can’t wait for you to hear it.”
Friday! #ForWhatItsWorth pic.twitter.com/SXuTGeW0QY
— Stevie Nicks (@StevieNicks) September 21, 2022
During her current tour, Nicks is performing For What It’s Worth along with a mix of hit songs from her solo albums (Edge Of Seventeen, Stand Back, and Soldier’s Angel) and classic tracks from her time with Fleetwood Mac (Rhiannon, Dreams, and Landslide.)
For What It’s Worth was a Top 10 hit for Buffalo Springfield in 1966. Stephen Stills wrote the song in response to the November 1966 Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles. When the song was released a month later, it was quickly adopted by groups who were protesting the escalating war in Vietnam. Today, the song has become one of the best-known protest songs ever written, evocative of 1960’s counterculture while also being continually relevant to modern life as well.
STEVIE NICKS 2022 TOUR DATES
September
24 Bridgeport, CT Sound on Sound Festival *
30 Dana Point, CA Ohana Festival *
October
3 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
9 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
12 Alpharetta, GA Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
16 Nashville, TN Ascend Amphitheater
19 Charleston, SC CreditOne Stadium
22 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
25 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
28 West Palm Beach, FL iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
* Festival Date