State
of Shock
Artist: The
Jacksons
Composers: Michael
Jackson & Randy Hansen
First release: Victory
LP, June 1984
Recording date: May
1984 Recording
location: A & R Studios, New York City,
USA
Producer: Michael
Jackson Chief
engineer:
Dave
Jerden
Probable line-up:
Percussion: Paulinho
Da Costa
Bass: David Williams
Electric guitars: David
Williams
Lead vocals: Michael
Jackson & Mick Jagger
Background vocals: Jackie
Jackson, Marlon Jackson & Johnny Ray Nelson
Ow!
Yeah, come on baby
Ow!
You've got to be mine
'Cause you're so fine
I like your style
It makes me wild
You take it to me good
You like it, know you should
You get me on my knees - come on, baby)
Please, baby, please
Listen
She looks so great, every time I see her face
She put me in a state
A state of shock
Well, do it - ooh!
Ha! Come on, baby
Come on, baby
Come on, let me hear it
She put me on my knees
Please, baby, please
I know you like to tease
But please, baby, please
You take it to me good
You like it, know you should
I love the way you walk
Talk, baby, talk
Listen
She looks so great, every time I see her face
She put me in a state
A state of shock
She put me - ooh!
A state of shock
- Now come over here
- No, come over here
Ooh!
Talk, talk to me
Ow! Whoo!
A state of shock
You put me in
You know I really love you, baby
A state of shock
You know now I really want you, mama
You got me paralysed
You got me paralysed
You got me catatonic
You got me catatonic, baby
You got me supersonic
You got me supersonic, baby
You know I'm deep fried
You know I'm deep fried
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na (A state of shock)
Yeah, look what you've done to me
Look what you've done to me (Whoo! whoo!)
Look what you've done to me (Whoo! whoo!)
(Whoo! whoo!)
Yeah, I can hardly move (A state of shock)
You know, I need mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (Whoo-whoo!)
Come on, baby (Whoo-whoo!)
Whoo!
You know I really love you baby (Whoo-whoo!)
A state of shock (Whoo! whoo!)
You know I really want you mama (Whoo! whoo!)
Yeah baby (Whoo! whoo!)
Just look at me, look at me (A state of shock)
You got me in (Whoo! whoo!)
You got me, you got me, you got me in a state of shock - you got me in
Look at me, look at me, look at me
Look at me
Look at me
Oh look at me
.... ahh
TrackTalk
A lot of people didn't like it. I think it could
have been much better produced, but you know, I enjoyed doing it. I like
doing the duets occasionally - I did one with Peter Wolf, Carly Simon,
Peter Tosh...
-
Mick Jagger, 1984
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