Single:
Emotional Rescue entered the Australian singles chart* on 14 July 1980 and peaked at #8. It was #57 on the Top 100 of 1980.
Album:
The song is on Emotional Rescue which entered the Australian albums chart* on 14 July 1980 and peaked at #4.
Songwriters:
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Producer:
The Glimmer Twins (Jagger-Richards)
Record label of Australian release:
Rolling Stones
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
In this song, Mick Jagger is trying to get his girl back, promising to come to her “emotional rescue” if she takes him back. He comes off a little creepy, especially in the spoken part where he repeats, “You will be mine, all mine.”
Like their hit Miss You, this song influenced by the disco style of the time, with Mick Jagger singing much of the song in falsetto, à la The Bee Gees. Many Stones fans hated it but the song was a hit nonetheless.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-rolling-stones/emotional-rescue
Lyrics:
Is there nothing I can say, nothing I can do to change your mind?
I’m so in love with you, you’re too deep in, you can’t get out
You’re just a poor girl in a rich man’s house
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
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