Party Doll

Composer: Mick Jagger
Recording date: November-December 1986 & February-May 1987
Recording locations: Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands & Right Track Studios, New York City, USA
Producer: Mick Jagger      Chief engineers: Bob Rosa & Ed Stasium



Probable line-up:

Drums: Omar Hakim
Bass: Doug Wimbish
Acoustic guitars: Mick Jagger & G. E. Smith
Electric guitar: G. E. Smith
Vocal: Mick Jagger
Fiddle: Sean Keane
Harmonica: Mick Jagger
 

You used to be my party doll
But now you say the party's over
You used to love to honky tonk
But now the honky tonking's over

Now life is a bitter thing, my sweet
Now life is a mystery to me

Love's pain I ain't buying
Love's strange, I keep flying, flying, flying

You used to be my party doll
But now you want to live in clover
You used to be my number one
But now those salad days are over

Times change but the fascination stays
Love wins but the passion just fades

I'll drink to the dancing days
I'll drink to your crazy ways, through the whiskey haze

Face the music, face the truth
Chase that sweet, sweet bird of youth
Grow up sweetly, grow up strong
Hear the heartbeat in my song

Love's pain I ain't buying
And love's strange, I keep trying, trying, trying

You used to be my party doll
But now you say the party's over
You used to love to honky tonk
But now those dancing days are over

You used to be my number one
But now you vanished in the ozone

Ah-ha, ah-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha
 

TrackTalk

(I produced it on my own). Dave (Stewart) and Keith (Diamond) both had ideas on how to do the song which I didn't agree with. I was hearing it with acoustic instruments. I didn't want it with electric or electronic. They had good ideas, but - sorry, guys.

- Mick Jagger, 1987


I play (harmonica) at the end. It's a country harmonica tune, and was played without distortion. In country you play cross harp technique.

- Mick Jagger, 2002


I'd like to hear it by a country singer, like Dwight Yoakam. But in a way it's also pre-country, or pre-Nashville, because it's got the pipes and fiddle, which is very Irish, or Celtic. It's hard with a song like that to set the right mood.

- Mick Jagger, 1987

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