Composers: Mick
Jagger & Matt Clifford
Recording date: June-July 2001
Recording location: Metropolis Studios, London,
England
Producers: Matt
Clifford & Mick Jagger
Chief engineer: Max Heyes
Mixer: Jack
Joseph Puig
Composers: Mick
Jagger & Matt Clifford
Recording date: June-July 2001
Recording location: Metropolis Studios, London,
England
Producers: Matt
Clifford & Mick Jagger
Chief engineer: Max Heyes
Mixer: Jack
Joseph Puig
Line-up:
Drums: Ian Thomas
Bass: Phil Spalding
Electric guitars: Mick
Jagger & Pete Townshend
Vocals: Mick
Jagger
Keyboards: Matt
Clifford
Mellotron: Matt
Clifford
Drum programming: Matt
Clifford & Max Heyes
Percussion: Mick
Jagger
Strings and horns (arranged by): Matt
Clifford
TrackTalk
It started out as a real rock tune. Under My Thumb is almost a soft song compared with this one, which isn't about pistols, but a metaphor.
No, it wasn't really written about (Jerry
Hall), you know. That was a really strange song. I'm not someone very violent.
I mean, I don't really like using guns too much, you know, even for sport.
So you come up with these lines and these melodies that go with them and
you think, Where did that come from? Why do I feel so strongly about
that? And so you go, Ah well. I'll just carry on writing it and
see where I'm going with that, and then you like the result. And you
say, Well, that's how I felt that moment. I was angry. That's the
way it is. A lot of times songs are very much of a moment, that you just
encapsulate. They come to you, you write them, you feel good that day or
bad that day.