Out of Tears

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"Out of Tears"
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Single by the Rolling Stones
from the album Voodoo Lounge
B-side "I'm Gonna Drive"
Released28 November 1994 (1994-11-28)
Recorded1993–1994
Studio
Length
  • 5:27 (album version)
  • 4:21
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Jagger/Richards
Producer(s)
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"You Got Me Rocking"
(1994)
"Out of Tears"
(1994)
"I Go Wild"
(1995)

"Out of Tears" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones featured on their 1994 album, Voodoo Lounge . It was released as the album's third single. The song was moderately successful, reaching the top 40 in several countries, including Canada, where it peaked at No. 3 on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart for six consecutive weeks.

Contents

Description and history

The song was recorded in 1993 and 1994 at Ronnie Wood's Ireland home, Sandymount Studios, and A&M Recording Studios in Los Angeles. [1] The song features Mick Jagger on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, Wood and Keith Richards on electric guitars, Wood performs the guitar solo, Charlie Watts on drums, Darryl Jones on bass, Chuck Leavell on piano, Benmont Tench on organ, and percussion by Lenny Castro. [1]

The song is credited to Jagger and Richards, but is largely the work of Jagger. [1] According to Jagger: "I used to say, 'Now we're writing songs. I'm gonna sit at my desk.' 'Out of Tears' was a little bit like that, where I'm sitting at the piano in Ronnie [Wood]'s studio going 'Da da ding, da da ding.' Then you go and listen to it, and it's got this really good mood because it's you on your own. No one else is there, and you're creating the mood. There's a very sad mood to that song. The Stones are mainly a guitar band, but I think with a ballad sometimes it's nice to move away from that. And when a song is written on a keyboard, you get a different sort of melodic structure." [1]

Track listings

  1. "Out of Tears" (Don Was edit) – 4:21
  2. "I'm Gonna Drive" – 3:41
  3. "Sparks Will Fly" (radio clean) – 3:14
  4. "Out of Tears" (Bob Clearmountain remix edit) – 4:21
European CD single [6]
Japanese mini-CD single [7]
  1. "Out of Tears" (Don Was edit) – 4:21
  2. "I'm Gonna Drive" – 3:41
  1. "Out of Tears" (Don Was edit) – 4:12
  2. "Out of Tears" (Bob Clearmountain remix edit) – 4:12
  3. "I'm Gonna Drive" – 3:41
  4. "So Young" – 3:20
A1. "Out of Tears" (Don Was edit) – 4:12
B1. "Out of Tears" (Bob Clearmountain remix edit) – 4:12
B2. "I'm Gonna Drive" – 3:41

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United Kingdom28 November 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
Virgin [24]
Japan11 January 1995
  • Mini-CD
  • maxi-CD
[25] [26]

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