Composers: Jimmy
Cliff Original
performer: Jimmy Cliff (1972)
First release: B-side
of Run Rudolph Run single, December 1978
Recording date: August-September
1978 Recording
location: RCA Studios, Los Angeles, USA
Producer: Keith
Richards Engineer:
Michael
Carnavale
Line-up:
Drums: Ron Wood & Charlie
Watts
Bass: Keith Richards
Electric guitars: Keith
Richards
Vocals: Keith
Richards
Piano: Ron Wood
And I keep on fighting for the things I want
And I know that when you're dead you can't
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
Than living like a puppet or a slave
Sure as the sun will shine
I'm going to get my share now of what's mine
The harder they come, the harder they fall
One and all - what I say
The harder they come, the harder they fall
One and all
The harder they come, the harder they fall
One and all
TrackTalk
Harder They Come is an even bigger jumble (than Run Rudolph Run). It was like a quick snatch of tape we'd done between two other songs - did it during a break. But there's nothing on the actual record that was on the tape. Eventually we overdubbed it and wiped everything that was on there off. There's nothing left of the original tape. Ronnie ended up doing most of the drums on it. There's a couple of mistake in it, I don't care. Some of the records I like best have got mistakes all over 'em. So we put it on the B side of Rudolph.