Let's Work (Mick Jagger song)

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"Let's Work"
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Single by Mick Jagger
from the album Primitive Cool
Released24 August 1987 [1]
Genre Rock and roll
Length4:50
Label CBS
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Mick Jagger singles chronology
"Dancing in the Street"
(1985)
"Let's Work"
(1987)
"Sweet Thing"
(1993)

"Let's Work" is the lead single from Mick Jagger's second solo album, Primitive Cool . [2] Despite high expectations, it failed to reach the popularity of earlier Jagger singles such as "Just Another Night.", hitting No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The music video for the song featured Jagger running down a street with several collections of workers.

It was the only track from Primitive Cool included on Jagger's greatest hits album, The Very Best of Mick Jagger . [3]

Charts

ChartPeak
Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 24
UK Top 100 Singles31
The Billboard Hot 10039
US Mainstream Rock Tracks7
Hot Dance/Club Play32
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales32

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References

  1. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 32.
  2. Rollingstone
  3. "The Very Best of Mick Jagger - Album Review". keno.org. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 153. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.