Sad Sad Sad
Composers: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording date: March-June
1989
Recording locations: Air
Studios,
Montserrat, Virgin Islands & Olympic Studios,
London, England
Producers: Chris Kimsey
& The
Glimmer Twins
Chief engineer: Christopher
Marc
Potter
Performed onstage: 1989-90,
1994,
2002, 2019, 2021-22
Line-up:
Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Ron Wood
Electric guitars: Mick
Jagger, Keith Richards (incl. solo) & Ron Wood
Lead vocals: Mick
Jagger
Background vocals: Mick
Jagger & Bernard
Fowler
Piano: Chuck
Leavell
Organ: Chuck Leavell
Brass: The Kick Horns
Handclaps: ---
Fling you out into
orbit
No one's going to hear you shout
The fool ain't going to follow
He don't need to sleaze about
Now you're sad, sad, sad
Sad, sad, sad
Sad, sad, sad
But you're going
to be fine
The elephant's in the bedroom
Throwing all his weight about
And I'm locked in the bathroom
Your screams are going to drown me out - oh yeah
Now you're sad, sad, sad
Sad, sad, sad
Sad, sad, sad
But you're going
to be fine
Oh yeah
I get a cold chill
I get a cool thrill
Are you ready for the gilded cage?
Are you ready for the tears of rage?
Come on, baby, don't let them drown you out
Oh yeah
Now you're sad, sad, sad
Mad, mad, mad
Sad, sad, sad
But you're going to be fine
Now you're sad, sad, sad
Sad, sad, sad
Sad, sad, sad
But you're going
to be fine
You're going to be fine
You're going to be fine
You're going
to be fine, fine, fine
You're going
to be fine, fine, fine
Fine, fine, fine
Fine, fine, fine
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
You're going
to be fine, fine, fine
Fine, fine, fine
Fine, fine, fine
TrackTalk
Sad Sad Sad, I think you're probably
right, (we used) one of those small amps. Mick's also playing
rhythm guitar, so there's a lot of guitars on that - 3 guitars
on the actual track before any overdubs. That's Mick (playing
the first thing you hear)... Oh yeah, he can do a fairly good
imitation of me (laughs). Mind you, we spent a long time
working on the sound. I join in at the very end of the riff
there (bar 4). (Mick plays the open 5-string tuning.) Oh yeah.
After a few years he realized I only had 5 strings (laughs) -
no, he knows all my tricks. He's a good rhythm player now.
- Keith Richards, 1989
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