Single:
Start Me Up entered the Australian singles chart* on 21 September 1981 and peaked at #1. The song was #9 on the Top 100 of 1981.
Album:
The song is on Tattoo You which entered the Australian albums chart* on 21 September 1981 and peaked at #1.
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.
From Sweet Summer Sun: Live in Hyde Park, filmed in July 2013:
Songfacts:
Start Me Up dates back to 1977. The Stones first recorded it in Paris that year for the Some Girls sessions, the same day they recorded Miss You. After the first two takes, they recorded it with a reggae beat a bunch of times but didn’t like the result. They put it away until 1981, when they needed a song for Tattoo You. They went back to the second take and reworked it for the album.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-rolling-stones/start-me-up
Lyrics:
If you start me up
If you start me up I’ll never stop
You can start me up
You can start me up I’ll never stop
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