Mixed Emotions (Rolling Stones song)

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"Mixed Emotions"
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Single by the Rolling Stones
from the album Steel Wheels
B-side "Fancy Man Blues"
Released21 August 1989 (1989-08-21)
Genre Hard rock [1]
Length
  • 4:39 (album version)
  • 4:00 (7-inch version)
Label
Songwriter(s) Jagger/Richards
Producer(s)
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"One Hit (To the Body)"
(1986)
"Mixed Emotions"
(1989)
"Rock and a Hard Place"
(1989)
Steel Wheels track listing
12 tracks
Side one
  1. "Sad Sad Sad"
  2. "Mixed Emotions"
  3. "Terrifying"
  4. "Hold On to Your Hat"
  5. "Hearts for Sale"
  6. "Blinded by Love"
Side two
  1. "Rock and a Hard Place"
  2. "Can't Be Seen"
  3. "Almost Hear You Sigh"
  4. "Continental Drift"
  5. "Break the Spell"
  6. "Slipping Away"

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom21 August 1989
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
[2]
28 August 1989Limited-edition CD1 [25]
4 September 1989Limited-edition CD2 [26]
Japan7 September 1989Mini-CD CBS/Sony [27]
United Kingdom18 September 1989Cassette
  • Rolling Stones
  • CBS
[28]

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