Steel Wheels is a studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones,released on 29 August 1989 in the US and on 11 September in the UK. It was the final album of new material that the band recorded for Columbia Records.
"Ruby Tuesday" is a song recorded by the Rolling Stones in 1966,released in January 1967. The song became the band's fourth number-one hit in the United States and reached number three in the United Kingdom as a double A-side with "Let's Spend the Night Together". The song was included in the American version of Between the Buttons.
"Paint It Black" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of the songwriting partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards,it is a raga rock song with Indian,Middle Eastern and Eastern European influences and lyrics about grief and loss. London Records released the song as a single on 7 May 1966 in the United States,and Decca Records released it on 13 May in the United Kingdom. Two months later,London Records included it as the opening track on the American version of the band's 1966 studio album Aftermath,though it is not on the original UK release.
"Miss You" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones,released on Rolling Stones Records in May 1978. It was released as the first single one month in advance of their album Some Girls. "Miss You" was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
"Start Me Up" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1981 album Tattoo You. Released as the album's lead single,it reached number one on Australian Kent Music Report,number two in Canada,number two on the Billboard Hot 100,number seven on the UK Singles Chart,and the top ten in a handful of European countries north of the Alps.
Flashpoint is a live album by the English rock band The Rolling Stones,their first since 1982's Still Life. Compiled from performances on the Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour by Chris Kimsey with the assistance of Chris Potter,it was released in 1991. Steel Wheels Live (2020) includes a complete 1989 concert along with a selection of live rarities.
Rarities 1971–2003 is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones that was released in 2005 worldwide by Virgin Records –as well as by the coffee-chain Starbucks in North America –and features a selection of rare and obscure material recorded between 1971 and 2003. The album peaked at No. 76 on the Billboard chart.
"Get Off of My Cloud" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for a single to follow the successful "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". Recorded in Hollywood,California,in early September 1965,the song was released in September in the United States and October in the United Kingdom. It topped the charts in the US,UK,Canada,and Germany and reached number two in several other countries.
"The Last Time" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones featuring the Andrew Oldham Orchestra,and the band's first original song released as an A-single in the UK. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards,and recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood,California in January 1965,"The Last Time" was the band's third UK single to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart,spending three weeks at the top in March and early April 1965. It reached number two in the Irish Singles Chart in March 1965,and was released on the US version of the album Out of Our Heads on 30 July 1965.
"Anybody Seen My Baby?" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones,released as the first single from their 21st British and 23rd American studio album,Bridges to Babylon (1997). It was written by band vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards,and writing credits were added for k.d. lang and Ben Mink due to the similarities the chorus possesses with lang's 1992 hit "Constant Craving".
"Angie" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones,featured on their 1973 album Goats Head Soup. It also served as the lead single on the album,released on 20 August 1973.
"Fool to Cry" is a ballad by English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1976 album Black and Blue.
"It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" is the lead single from English rock band the Rolling Stones' 1974 album It's Only Rock 'n Roll. Writing is credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the single reached the top ten in the UK charts and top 20 in the United States.
"You Got Me Rocking" is a song by English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones from their 1994 album,Voodoo Lounge. The song was released as a single in the UK in September 1994,where it reached No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also released as a single in the United States,reaching number 13 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in 1995. A recording from the 1997–1998 Bridges to Babylon Tour opened the 1998 live album No Security. It was also included on the Stones' 2002 career retrospective,Forty Licks.
"Undercover of the Night" is the lead track and first single from the English band the Rolling Stones' 1983 album Undercover.
"Love Is Strong" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones,released as the opening track,and first single,from their 20th British and 22nd American studio album,Voodoo Lounge (1994). Issued as a single on 4 July 1994 by Virgin,the song preceded the release of Voodoo Lounge by a week. "Love Is Strong" peaked at No. 14 in the band's native United Kingdom and at No. 2 in Canada and Finland but stalled at No. 91 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Despite this,it peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. The song's accompanying music video received heavy rotation on MTV Europe.
"Almost Hear You Sigh" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1989 album,Steel Wheels,written by Mick Jagger,Keith Richards,and Steve Jordan. The song was originally a contender for inclusion on Richards' first solo album,Talk Is Cheap,but he decided to play it for Jagger and Chris Kimsey the next year during recording sessions in Montserrat for the Steel Wheels album. With the exception of some lyrical alteration by Jagger,the composition was left in its original form. The single,which was released in January 1990 and was the third single released from Steel Wheels,reached No. 50 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 31 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Rock and a Hard Place" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1989 album,Steel Wheels. It was released as the second single from the album and remains the band's most recent top-40 hit in the United States as of 2024,peaking at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
"Highwire" is an anti-war song by English rock band the Rolling Stones,featured on their 1991 live album,Flashpoint. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards,the song is one of the rare examples of the Stones taking on political issues—in this case,the fall-out from Persian Gulf War.
"Doom and Gloom" is the lead single taken from GRRR!,the 50th anniversary compilation album by the Rolling Stones. It was premiered on BBC Radio 2 on 11 October 2012. The song's recording marked the first time that Mick Jagger,Keith Richards,Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood had been in the studio together for seven years,since completing their 2005 album A Bigger Bang. A lyric video was released on YouTube the same day.
