The Chain

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's here

"The Chain" is the closing track of side one of Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album Rumours and is the only song on it credited to all five band members, and it became the theme music for BBC television's Formula One coverage, used from 1978 to 1996 and again from 2009 to 2015 before Channel 4 retained it from 2016. [1] Channel 4 kept the track as its Formula One title music from 2016 to 2018, extending the song's association with British F1 broadcasts that began with the BBC's Grand Prix programme in 1978. [2] The song is also part of the Awesome Mix Vol. 2 soundtrack for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), where it plays during the film's climax, keeping it in regular catalogue rotation. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Written by Lindsey Buckinghamsource
• Written by Mick Fleetwoodsource
• Written by Christine McViesource
• Written by John McViesource
• Written by Stevie Nickssource
• Covered Lindsey Buckingham & Little Big Townsource
• Covered Spider Kittensource
• Covered Brandi Carlilesource
• Covered Harry Stylessource
• Covered Sick Centurysource
• Covered The Highwomen & Brittney Spencersource
• Covered The Tullamarinessource
• Covered Silkwormsource
• Covered Shawn Colvinsource
• Covered Dougal Reedsource
• Covered Seven Witchessource
• Covered Tantricsource
• Remixed by Fleetwood Mac — The Chain (Dom James & Odylic Force remix)source
• Written by Lindsey Buckinghamsource
• Written by Mick Fleetwoodsource
• Written by Christine McViesource
• Written by John McViesource
• Written by Stevie Nickssource
• Covered Lindsey Buckingham & Little Big Townsource
• Covered Spider Kittensource
• Covered Brandi Carlilesource
• Covered Harry Stylessource
• Covered Sick Centurysource
• Covered The Highwomen & Brittney Spencersource
• Covered The Tullamarinessource
• Covered Silkwormsource
• Covered Shawn Colvinsource
• Covered Dougal Reedsource
• Covered Seven Witchessource
• Covered Tantricsource

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 2 other handles of this record (remasters, official videos).

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Canadaca · applemusic applemusic_kworb shazam spotify · 1 city2026-06-172026-09-18#9986#30
   #99
3. Australiaau · applemusic applemusic_kworb shazam spotify2026-06-172026-09-18#7587#37
   #75
4. New Zealandnz · applemusic applemusic_kworb shazam spotify2026-06-172026-09-18#5691#38
   #56
5. Irelandie · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-09-18#12790#61
   #127
6. Netherlandsnl · applemusic applemusic_kworb spotify2026-06-172026-09-16#19158#79
   #191
7. United Kingdomgb · applemusic applemusic_kworb shazam spotify · 8 cities2026-06-182026-09-18#6372#16
   #63
8. Icelandis · spotify2026-06-252026-08-28#14514#131
   #145
9. Israelil · deezer shazam · 1 city2026-07-202026-09-18#19838#5
   #198
10. Show all 42 markets

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. World feedworld · shazam2026-07-262026-09-18#14538#72
   #145
3. Global feedglobal · applemusic_kworb2026-08-162026-08-23#1913#191
   #191

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

1. gb 8 cities · best #29 glasgow
2. ca 1 city · best #31 calgary
3. il 1 city · best #13 tel aviv

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Editions

No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.