Sweet Thing (Mick Jagger song)

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"Sweet Thing"
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Single by Mick Jagger
from the album Wandering Spirit
B-side "Wandering Spirit"
Released25 January 1993 (1993-01-25) [1]
Length4:21
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Mick Jagger
Producer(s)
Mick Jagger singles chronology
"Let's Work"
(1987)		"Sweet Thing"
(1993)		"Old Habits Die Hard"
(2004)
Music video
"Sweet Thing" on YouTube

"Sweet Thing" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Mick Jagger who also wrote it. It was the first single from his third solo album, Wandering Spirit (1993), and was released in January 1993 by Atlantic Records. It was produced by Jagger with Rick Rubin, and became a top-ten hit in Austria, France, Norway and Switzerland. In the United States, it peaked at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Sweet Thing": [2]

  1. "Sweet Thing" — 4:21
  2. "Wandering Spirit" — 4:17
  1. "Sweet Thing" (Mick's extended version) — 6:54
  2. "Sweet Thing" (Mick's dub) — 4:57
  3. "Sweet Thing" (extended remix) — 6:01
  4. "Sweet Thing" (stripped down version) — 4:38
  5. "Sweet Thing" (instrumental of stripped down version) — 4:39
  6. "Sweet Thing" (LP mix) — 4:18
  1. "Sweet Thing" (Mick's extended version) — 6:54
  2. "Sweet Thing" (Mick's dub) — 4:55
  3. "Sweet Thing" (instrumental of extended sax) — 4:49
  4. "Sweet Thing" (extended remix) — 5:59
  5. "Sweet Thing" (stripped down version) — 4:37
  6. "Sweet Thing" (instrumental of stripped down version) — 4:37
  1. "Sweet Thing" (LP version) — 4:21
  2. "Sweet Thing" (Mick's mix) — 6:44
  3. "Sweet Thing" (dub) — 6:44
  4. "Wandering Spirit" — 4:17
  1. "Sweet Thing" (Mick's mix) — 6:44
  2. "Sweet Thing" (dub) — 6:44
  3. "Sweet Thing" (LP version) — 4:21
  4. "Wandering Spirit" — 4:17
  1. "Sweet Thing" (extended remix) — 5:59
  2. "Sweet Thing" (stripped down version) — 4:37
  3. "Sweet Thing" (stripped down instrumenral) — 4:37
  4. "Sweet Thing" (remix edit) — 4:20
  5. "Sweet Thing" (funky guitar edit) — 4:20
  6. "Sweet Thing" (extended sax instrumental) — 4:49

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