"Skies the Limit" is a song by British-American band Fleetwood Mac from their album Behind the Mask. It was written by Christine McVie and Eddy Quintela. In the United States, the song was released as the album's second single in July 1990. Four months later, the song was issued as the album's third single in the United Kingdom.[1] While the single did not chart on the US BillboardHot 100, it did reach number 10 on the BillboardAdult Contemporary chart and number 40 on the Album Rock Tracks chart. The moderate success of "Skies the Limit" and "Save Me" helped to push their parent album into the US and Canadian top 20, albeit only briefly.[2]
McVie wrote "Skies the Limit" as an upbeat song with the intention of offsetting some Behind the Mask tracks that she thought sounded too depressing. "Everything was getting to the point of where it was a downer album. It sounded like this was a potential suicide band, which it wasn't. I decided to write a song that was really up, it was a rally song."[4] The song's intro consists of percussion, keyboards, a swell of guitars that lead into an accented snare drum hit. The remainder of the song follows the conventions of a midtempo rock composition and also features extensive vocal harmonies.[5]
When deliberating which song from Behind the Mask to release as the first single, the band consulted with their record label for input. Whereas most of the members wanted "Save Me" to be released as the first single from the album, the record label suggested "Skies the Limit" instead. Ultimately, "Save Me" was lifted as the album's lead single, which was followed by "Skies the Limit".[6]
A music video for "Skies the Limit" was filmed at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. The music video was filmed following a series of performances in Japan and Australia. During the production process of the music video, Mick Fleetwood expressed his hope that the music video would be more "personal" than their music video for "Save Me", which he dismissed as "stupidly artsy-craftsy". "The basic premise is to keep it somewhat live but with some insights into the band and the personalities."[6]
GQ labeled "Skies the Limit" as one of the ten best post-Rumours songs, saying that "the misspelled opening from the album" is "a belter, the only truly memorable song from the album".[7]
Track listings
US 7-inch vinyl and cassette single (7-19867, 9 19867-4)[8][9]
↑ Roubin, Olivier; Ollivier, Romuald (1 April 2025). Fleetwood Mac: All The Songs. New York: Black Dog Leventhal Publishers. p.506. ISBN978-0-7624-8630-4.
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