Get Close

Composers: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Andrew Watt
Recording date: October 2022-March 2023          Recording locations: Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles, USA;
Metropolis Studios, London, England; Sanctuary Studios, Albany, Bahamas; & MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, USA
Producer: Andrew Watt          Chief engineers: Paul Lamalfa, Pierre de Beauport & Marco Sonzini
Mixer: Serban Ghenea            Never performed onstage




Line-up:

Drums: Steve Jordan
Bass: Keith Richards & Andrew Watt
Electric guitars: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Ron Wood
Lead vocals: Mick Jagger
Background vocals: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood & Andrew Watt
Piano: Elton John
 Wurlitzer piano: Matt Clifford
Saxophone: James King
Percussion (incl. timbales, congas & shaker): Mick Jagger, Andrew Watt & Karlos Edwards
 

Listen

I walk the city at midnight
With the past strapped to my back
Lately I can't get no sleep
I'm a real insomniac

I was chatting with a ghost
Wants a hundred and a match
Says I know you got the money
 Where's the man behind the mask?

I want to get close to you
I want to get close to you
I want to get close to you

I walk this way a million times
With a blindfold on my eyes
It's a nighttime business
With an angel in disguise

I bargained with the devil
I need heaven for one night
I can't stand this chaos
It's churning up my mind

I want to get close to you
I want to get close to you
I want to get lost in you

Talk to me, pour your secrets out - hey
Tell me I'm the only man you ever dream about
Talk to me, why don't you scream it out? Yeah
Tell me that you'd rather die than live without, live without me

I want to get close to you
I want to get close to you  - yeah, come on

Talk to me, pour your secrets out - yeah
Tell me I'm the only man you ever dream about
Talk to me, why don't you scream it out?
Tell me that you'd rather die than live without, live without me

I want to get close to you - yeah, yes I do
I want to get close to you - oh, oh, close to you
I want to high on you - mm-mm
I want to get lost in you - oh yeah, yeah, lost, lost in you
I want to dive into you - yeah
I want to get close to you

Yeah


 

TrackTalk
 

Keith and Andy Watt sent it to me when I was in Italy and I went: Like the groove, what on earth am I meant to do with it? Then we were in LA and the top line melody came really quickly.

- Mick Jagger, c. August 2023


Mick is very tempo focused. He likes things to be quick and be uptempo, but also certain things can’t be too quick because he can’t get the vocal out. I remember they worked out Get Close. I took a Polaroid while they were doing it. Steve was playing the drum beat and Mick was trying the vocals, just to make sure Mick felt there was a pocket he could sing in properly.

- Andrew Watt, September 2023

Elton loves to play, and he started as a session musician. Everyone’s a fan of the Rolling Stones. Just like Paul (McCartney), Elton was like, I just fucking played with the Rolling Stones.

- Andrew Watt, August-September 2023

I spoke to (Elton John) on Zoom and he said I’ve got to play on some songs. And I went, Hey, join the cue Elton! The thing is it’s not up to me… I said Let’s organize this. Anyway Andrew was already onto him, they’re very close.

- Ron Wood, September 2023

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