Tattoo You
Studio album by The Rolling Stones
Released	24 August 1981
Recorded	November 1972 - June 1981
Genre	Rock
Length	44:23
Label	Rolling Stones/Virgin
Producer(s)	The Glimmer Twins
Professional reviews
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The Rolling Stones chronology
Sucking in the Seventies (1981)	Tattoo You (1981)	"Still Life" (American Concert 1981) (1982)

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Tattoo You is primarily composed of outtakes, some dating back a decade, with new vocals and overdubs. Along with two new songs, the Rolling Stones put together this collection in order to have a new album to promote for their worldwide Tattoo You Tour beginning that September:

• "Tops" and "Waiting on a Friend" were cut in late 1972 during the Goats Head Soup sessions (thus featuring Mick Taylor, not Ron Wood, on guitar; Taylor later demanded and received a share of the album's royalties).
• "Slave" and "Worried About You" were recorded in 1975 during the Black and Blue sessions in Rotterdam. They feature Billy Preston on keyboards and Ollie Brown on percussion. Wayne Perkins plays the lead guitar on "Worried About You".
• "Start Me Up" was originally written as a reggae number called "Never Stop" during the 1975 Black & Blue sessions. "Start Me Up" was left unreleased at the time because Keith Richards had expressed concern that he might have inadvertently taken its main riff from another song he had heard (something that was later to happen with "Anybody Seen My Baby" on Bridges to Babylon).
• "Hang Fire", "Little T&A", "Black Limousine", and "No Use In Crying" all came from the Emotional Rescue sessions in 1979.

• "Neighbours" and "Heaven" were the only new recordings (from April to June 1981), although the band began a version of "Neighbours" during work on Emotional Rescue.

• "Heaven" has an unusual lineup, consisting of only Charlie Watts on drums, Bill Wyman on synthesizer and bass, Mick Jagger on guitar, and producer Chris Kimsey on piano. Some sources also claim that Wyman plays regular guitar on the track.

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Despite the eclectic nature of the album, the Rolling Stones were able to divide Tattoo You into two distinct halves: a rock and roll side backed with one focusing on ballads. Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A ballad is a story in a song, usually a narrative song or poem. ...

"Start Me Up" was released in August 1981, just a week before Tattoo You, to a very strong response. Widely considered one of their most infectious songs, it was enough to carry Tattoo You to #1 for nine weeks in the US, while reaching #2 in the UK with solid sales. It has been certified four times platinum in the US alone. The critical reaction was positive, many feeling that Tattoo You was an improvement over Emotional Rescue and a high quality release. "Waiting On A Friend" and "Hang Fire" became popular Top 20 US hits as well.

Although they would continue to remain popular well into the 2000s, as an indication of the band's longevity in the music industry (being on the eve of their 20th anniversary), "Start Me Up" would prove to be The Rolling Stones' last single to reach as high as #2 in the US, while Tattoo You remains to date their last American #1 album.

The album title was originally planned to be simply "Tattoo". Jagger claims to this day that even he has no clue how the "You" became attached to the title. The title caused friction between Jagger and Richards, who suspected Jagger had changed the title without seeking his input.

There were several videos directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg for this album including: Michael Lindsay-Hogg (born May 5, 1940 in New York City to actress Geraldine Fitzgerald) is an American television and stage director and an occasional writer and actor. ...

• "Start Me Up" Consisting of a standard band performance setting

• "Neighbours" An homage to Hitchcock's Rear Window. the band playing in one apartment of an apartment house with various happenings in the windows: A working class couple relaxing and making love, a tai chi practitoner excersizing, and most notoriously, a man putting bloody body parts in a suitcase. This video was heavily censored when presented on televison.

• "Waiting on a Friend" Filmed on location in New York's East Village, it consists of Jagger walking down the street, meeting Keith, who is sitting on the steps of a row house (the same house used on the cover of Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti), then walking down the street with Keith,and then entering a bar where the rest of the band is waiting.

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In 1994, Tattoo You was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records. Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ...

Track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted. This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 in Dartford, Kent) is an English guitarist, songwriter, and singer. ...

1. "Start Me Up" – 3:32
2. "Hang Fire" – 2:21
3. "Slave" – 6:33
   • Features Pete Townsend on backing vocals and Sonny Rollins on saxophone
4. "Little T&A" – 3:23
5. "Black Limousine" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Ron Wood) – 3:31
   • Features Mick Jagger on harmonica
6. "Neighbours" – 3:31
   • Features Sonny Rollins on saxophone
7. "Worried About You" – 5:17
   • Features Wayne Perkins on lead guitar
8. "Tops" – 3:45
   • Features Mick Taylor on guitar
9. "Heaven" – 4:22
   • Features Mick Jagger on guitar, Bill Wyman on synthesizer and Chris Kimsey on piano
10. "No Use In Crying" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Ron Wood) – 3:25
11. "Waiting On A Friend" – 4:34
    • Features Mick Taylor on guitar and Sonny Rollins on saxophone
    • Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 and 10 were recorded during the 1977 sessions for Some Girls and the 1979 sessions for Emotional Rescue
    • Tracks 3 and 7 were begun during the 1975 sessions for Black and Blue
    • Tracks 8 and 11 were begun during the 1972 sessions for Goats Head Soup

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