- Emotional Rescue (song)
Infobox Single
Name = Emotional Rescue
Artist =Rolling Stones
from Album =Emotional Rescue
Released =20 June 1980
Format = 7"
Recorded = October 1–19, 1979
Genre =Disco
Length = 5 min 39 s
Label = Rolling Stones/Virgin
Writer =Jagger/Richards
Producer =The Glimmer Twins
Chart position ="Emotional Rescue" is a song by the English
rock 'n roll band,The Rolling Stones . It was written byMick Jagger andKeith Richards and is featured on their1980 album "Emotional Rescue ".Recorded between June and October of
1979 , "Emotional Rescue" is adisco -influenced number, somewhat similar to the band's1978 hit "Miss You". The song is notable as one of the earliestsongs by the group to show the growing rift between mainsongwriters Jagger and Richards. Although Richards plays guitar and addedbacking vocals towards the end of this track, he is noted to not have liked the direction in which Jagger was trying to take the band withdisco -like compositions, although this may have been exaggerated by the press and Richards' hard-rock-oriented image. The song is based around a bass line played byRonnie Wood . Also notable is Jagger's singing of the song in afalsetto , popular on many disco-era songs.Bassist Bill Wyman playssynthesizer on the record, while Jagger and Ian Stewart playelectric piano .Released as the album's lead on
June 20 ,1980 , "Emotional Rescue" was well-received by some fans. Other fans of the Rolling Stones' work took note of the change in direction and were disappointed by it. Reaching number nine on theUK Singles Chart and number three in theU.S. , "Emotional Rescue" became popular enough to feature on all of the band's later compilation albums.Noted jam band
Phish occasionally covered the song, usually stretching it to the 15 minute mark.
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