In early 1978, the Rolling Stones had been confronted with a double whammy — the rise and rise of each punk and disco. There have been some, particularly these within the media, who had been prepared to put in writing off The Stones after a decade and a half on the prime. Their earlier single, “Fool to Cry,” which got here out nearly two years earlier from the Black and Blue album, had peaked at No. 10 within the US.
Nevertheless, as we’ve come to study, you dismiss The Rolling Stones at your peril; Mick and Keith had the proper response with their very own model of disco sass. “Miss You” is the opening monitor and the debut single from the album Some Ladies and it made No.1 within the US in August 1978.
“Miss You” was recorded at Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris and blended and edited in New York by Bob Clearmountain at Energy Station Studios. Clearmountain additionally blended an prolonged eight-minute 36 second 12” disco mixture of “Miss You.” This remix was the primary official Rolling Stones 12” single, with some copies even issued on pink vinyl.
Ask nearly anybody to inform you the very first thing they discover about “Miss You” and they’re going to in all probability say, “Mick’s sassy vocals” or “Bill’s great bassline.” In keeping with Invoice Wyman, in his e-book Rolling with The Stones, “The idea for the [bass] lines came from Billy Preston. We’d cut a rough demo a year or so earlier after a recording session. I’d already gone home, and Billy picked up my old bass when they started running through that song. So when we finally came to do the tune, the boys said, ‘Why don’t you work around Billy’s idea?’ So I listened to it once and heard that basic run and took it from there. It took some changing and polishing, but the basic idea was Billy’s.”
Mel Collins, who performed with King Crimson, Camel and Caravan, performs the sax solo, whereas Sugar Blue performs harp, and Ian McLagan, previously with the Small Faces, the piano.
“Miss You” was launched on the finish of Might 1978, simply earlier than The Rolling Stones began a large US tour that kicked off on June 10 at Lakeland Civic Heart in Orlando, Florida in entrance of 10,000 followers. It was the primary time that “Miss You” was performed dwell on stage, however a good distance from the final. In addition to coming into the US chart on Might 27 (the place it peaked at No. 1 on 5 August), it additionally went to No. 1 in France, it made No. 2 in Germany and Holland, No. 11 in Australia and No. 3 within the UK.
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