Complicated

Composers: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording date: August & November 1966
Recording locations: RCA Studios, Los Angeles, USA; 
Olympic Studios & Pye Studios, London, England
Producer: Andrew Oldham      Engineer: Dave Hassinger & Glyn Johns
Never performed onstage

Probable line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Electric guitars: Keith Richards
Lead vocal: Mick Jagger
Background vocals: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Piano: Ian Stewart
Organ: Brian Jones
Maracas: Charlie Watts
Tambourine: Mick Jagger
 

She looks so simple in her way
She does the same thing every day

But she's dedicated to having her own way
She's very complicated

Yes


And women seem to fill her mind
And many men in so short time

But she's underrated, she treats me oh so kind
She's very complicated

Yes


We talk together and discuss
What is really best for us
She's sophisticated, my head's fit to bust
Cause she's so complicated

Right

Yes


She knows just how to please her man
She's softer than a baby lamb
But she's educated, doesn't give a damn
She's very complicated

Right
Na, na, na, na, na

Yeah

She looks so simple in her way
And does the same thing every day

But she's dedicated to having her own way
She's very complicated

Right

Hey
Ha now, come on baby

Na, na, na, na, na

Na, na, na, na, yeah

Ah come on, baby
Come on, baby
Come on...
 
 

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Recorded in the US again - it's all about a groupie.

- Mick Jagger, 1967


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