- Don't Stop (The Rolling Stones song)
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"Don't Stop" Single by The Rolling Stones from the album Forty Licks B-side "Miss You" (Remix) Released September 30, 2002 Format compact disc Recorded May–June 2002 Genre Rock Length 3:59 Label Rolling Stones/Virgin Records Writer(s) Jagger/Richards Producer Don Was & The Glimmer Twins The Rolling Stones singles chronology "Out of Control"
(1998)"Don't Stop"
(2002)"Sympathy for the Devil" (remix)
(2003)"Don't Stop" is a single by rock and roll band The Rolling Stones featured on their 2002 compilation album Forty Licks.
Contents
History
Credited to singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, "Don't Stop" was largely the work of Jagger. Writing began during Jagger's preparations for his 2001 album Goddess in the Doorway. At the time of release, he commented, "For me, doing a solo album or a Stones album is all the same, with one proviso: that when I'm writing for the Rolling Stones I don't mind if the song sounds like the ones the Stones do, whereas if I'm writing, but not recording with the Rolling Stones, I don't want the song to contain too many of the clichés that one associates with the Rolling Stones, so I try quite hard to avoid them. Before the release of Forty Licks, I wrote 'Don't Stop' in the same period that I was writing the songs for my solo album, and I just put it to one side and said to myself, 'This sounds very much like the Rolling Stones to me. It might be very useful in the coming months, but I'll leave it for now and I won't record it because I think it's going to be better for the Stones.'" [1]
A straightforward rocker featuring a trademark opening riff from Richards, "Don't Stop" tells of a rough love affair between the singer and his lover:
“ The way you bit my lip and you drew first blood, It warmed my cold, cold heart; And you wrote your name right on my back, Boy, your nails were sharp ” “ Well I'm losing you, I know your heart is miles away; There's a whisper there where once there was a storm; And all that's left is that image that I've filed away, And some memories have tattered as they've torn ” Recording and release
Recording began on "Don't Stop" in the early summer of 2002 at Guillaume Tell Studios, in Suresnes, France. On the recording, Richards said at the time, "['Don't Stop' is] basically all Mick. He had the song when we got to Paris to record. It was a matter of me finding the guitar licks to go behind the song, rather than it just chugging along. We don't see a lot of each other. I live in America, he lives in England. So when we get together, we see what ideas each has got: 'I'm stuck on the bridge.' 'Well, I have this bit that might work.' A lot of what Mick and I do is fixing and touching up, writing the song in bits, assembling it on the spot. In 'Don't Stop', my job was the fairy dust."[1] With Jagger on lead vocals, both Richards and Ronnie Wood accompany on guitars. "Don't Stop" is one of the many later Stones songs to feature Jagger on rhythm guitar. Wood provides the two solos near the middle and at the end. Charlie Watts performs drums while Darryl Jones performs bass. Chuck Leavell performs keyboards.
Released December 16, 2002, "Don't Stop" reached number 36 on UK Top 75 Singles and number 21 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks. The song was performed heavily during the 2002-2003 Licks Tour in support of Forty Licks.
Track listing
- "Don't Stop" (Edit) - 3:29
- "Don't Stop" (New Rock Mix) - 4:00
- "Miss You" (Remix) - 8:35
References
- ^ a b "Don't Stop". timeisonourside.org. http://timeisonourside.com/SODontStop.html. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
The Rolling Stones UK studio albums
1964–1965- The Rolling Stones (1964)
- The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965)
- Out of Our Heads (1965)
US studio albums
1964–1965- England's Newest Hit Makers (1964)
- 12 X 5 (1964)
- The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
- Out of Our Heads (1965)
- December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)
Studio albums
1966–present- Aftermath (1966)
- Between the Buttons (1967)
- Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
- Beggars Banquet (1968)
- Let It Bleed (1969)
- Sticky Fingers (1971)
- Exile on Main St. (1972)
- Goats Head Soup (1973)
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974)
- Black and Blue (1976)
- Some Girls (1978)
- Emotional Rescue (1980)
- Tattoo You (1981)
- Undercover (1983)
- Dirty Work (1986)
- Steel Wheels (1989)
- Voodoo Lounge (1994)
- Bridges to Babylon (1997)
- A Bigger Bang (2005)
UK EPs - The Rolling Stones (1964)
- Five by Five (1964)
- Got Live If You Want It! (1965)
Live albums - Got Live If You Want It! (US only) (1966)
- Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert (1970)
- Love You Live (1977)
- "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) (1982)
- Flashpoint (1991)
- Stripped (1995)
- No Security (1998)
- Live Licks (2004)
- Shine a Light (2008)
Compilations - Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966)
- Flowers (US) (1967)
- Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969)
- Made in the Shade (1975)
- Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971–1977 (1979)
- Sucking in the Seventies (1981)
- Rewind (1971–1984) (1984)
- Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (1993)
- Forty Licks (2002)
- Rarities 1971–2003 (2005)
Post-contract
ABKCO albums- Hot Rocks 1964–1971 (1971)
- More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972)
- Metamorphosis (1975)
- Singles Collection: The London Years (1989)
- The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996)
- Singles 1963–1965 (2004)
- Singles 1965–1967 (2004)
- Singles 1968–1971 (2005)
- Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007)
Post-contract
Decca albums- Stone Age (1971)
- Gimme Shelter (1971)
- Milestones (1972)
- Rock 'n' Rolling Stones (1972)
- No Stone Unturned (1973)
- Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (1975)
- Solid Rock (1980)
- Slow Rollers (1981)
Miscellaneous albums - Jamming with Edward! (1972)
Box sets - The Rolling Stones Box Set (2009)
DVD releases - Stones at the Max (1992)
- The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge Live (1995)
- Bridges to Babylon Tour '97–98 (1998)
- Four Flicks (2003)
- The Biggest Bang (2007)
Documentaries - Gimme Shelter (1970)
- Cocksucker Blues (1972)
- Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (1974)
- Let's Spend the Night Together (1983)
- 25x5 – The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1989)
- Shine a Light (2008)
- Stones in Exile (2010)
Tours - British Tour 1963
- 1964 tours
- 1965 tours
- 1966 tours
- European Tour 1967
- American Tour 1969
- European Tour 1970
- UK Tour 1971
- American Tour 1972
- Pacific Tour 1973
- European Tour 1973
- Tour of the Americas '75
- Tour of Europe '76
- US Tour 1978
- American Tour 1981
- European Tour 1982
- Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour
- Voodoo Lounge Tour
- Bridges to Babylon Tour
- No Security Tour
- Licks Tour
- A Bigger Bang Tour
Collaborators Producers and management Related articles The Rolling Stones singles discography Decca/London singles 1963: "Come On" / "I Want to Be Loved" · "I Wanna Be Your Man" / "Stoned"
1964: "Not Fade Away" / "Little by Little" (UK) · "Not Fade Away" / "I Wanna Be Your Man" (US) · "It's All Over Now" / "Good Times, Bad Times" · "Tell Me" / "I Just Want to Make Love to You" · "Time Is on My Side" / "Congratulations" · "Little Red Rooster" / "Off the Hook" · "Heart of Stone" / "What a Shame"
1965: "What a Shame" / "Heart of Stone" · "The Last Time" / "Play with Fire" · "Play with Fire" / "The Last Time" · "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (US) · "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Spider and the Fly" (UK) · "Get Off of My Cloud" / "I'm Free" (US) · "Get Off of My Cloud" / "The Singer Not the Song" (UK) · "As Tears Go By" / "Gotta Get Away"
1966: "19th Nervous Breakdown" / "As Tears Go By" (UK) · "19th Nervous Breakdown" / "Sad Day" (US) · "Paint It, Black" / "Stupid Girl" (US) · "Paint It, Black" / "Long Long While" (UK) · "Mother's Little Helper" / "Lady Jane" · "Lady Jane" / "Mother's Little Helper" · "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" / "Who's Driving Your Plane"
1967: "Let's Spend the Night Together" / "Ruby Tuesday" · "Ruby Tuesday" / "Let's Spend the Night Together" · "We Love You" / "Dandelion" · "Dandelion" / "We Love You" · "In Another Land" / "The Lantern" · "She's a Rainbow" / "2000 Light Years from Home"
1968: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" / "Child of the Moon" · "Street Fighting Man" / "No Expectations" ·
1969: "Honky Tonk Women" / "You Can't Always Get What You Want"Rolling Stones/Atlantic
singles1971: "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" / "Let It Rock" (live) (UK) · "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" (US) · "Wild Horses" / "Sway" · "Street Fighting Man" / "Surprise, Surprise"
1972: "Tumbling Dice" / "Sweet Black Angel" · "Happy" / "All Down the Line"
1973: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" / "Sad Day" · "Angie" / "Silver Train" · "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" / "Dancing with Mr. D"
1974: "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" / "Through the Lonely Nights" · "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" / "Dance Little Sister"
1975: "I Don't Know Why" / "Try a Little Harder" · "Out of Time" / "Jiving Sister Fanny"
1976: "Fool to Cry" / "Crazy Mama" · "Hot Stuff" / "Fool to Cry"Rolling Stones/Virgin
singles1978: "Miss You" / "Far Away Eyes" · "Beast of Burden" / "When the Whip Comes Down" · "Respectable" / "When the Whip Comes Down" · "Shattered" / "Everything Is Turning to Gold"
1980: "Emotional Rescue" / "Down in the Hole" · "She's So Cold" / "Send It to Me"
1981: "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" / "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" · "Start Me Up" / "No Use In Crying" · "Waiting on a Friend" / "Little T&A" · "Little T&A" / "Waiting on a Friend"
1982: "Hang Fire" / "Neighbours" · "Going to a Go-Go" (live) / "Beast of Burden" (live) · "Time Is on My Side" (live) / "Twenty Flight Rock" (live)
1983: "Undercover of the Night" / "All the Way Down"
1984: "She Was Hot" / "Think I'm Going Mad" · "Think I'm Going Mad" / "She Was Hot" · "Too Tough" / "Miss You" · "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" · "Too Much Blood" / "Too Much Blood"
1986: "Harlem Shuffle" / "Had It With You" · "Winning Ugly" / "Winning Ugly" · "One Hit (To the Body)" / "Fight"
1989: "Mixed Emotions" / "Fancy Man Blues" · "Sad Sad Sad" / "Sad Sad Sad" · "Rock and a Hard Place" / "Cook Cook Blues"
1990: "Almost Hear You Sigh" / "Break the Spell" (US) · "Almost Hear You Sigh" / "Wish I'd Never Met You" (UK) · "Paint It, Black" / "Long Long While" · "Terrifying" / "Wish I'd Never Met You"
1991: "Highwire" / "2000 Light Years from Home" (live) · "Ruby Tuesday" (live) / "Play with Fire" (live) · "Sex Drive" / "Sex Drive"Virgin singles 1994: "Love Is Strong" / "The Storm" · "Love Is Strong" / "So Young" · "You Got Me Rocking" / "Jump On Top of Me" · "Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "So Young" · "Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "Sparks Will Fly"
1995: "Sparks Will Fly" / "Sparks Will Fly" · "I Go Wild" / (remixes) · "Like a Rolling Stone" (live) / "Black Limousine" / "All Down the Line"
1996: "Wild Horses" (live) / "Live with Me" (live) / "Tumbling Dice" (live)
1997: "Anybody Seen My Baby?" / (remixes) · "Flip the Switch" / "Flip the Switch"
1998: "Saint of Me" / "Gimme Shelter" / "Anyway You Look At It" · "Out of Control" / (remixes) · "Gimme Shelter" (live) / "Gimme Shelter" (live)
2002: "Don't Stop" / "Miss You" (remix)
2003: "Sympathy for the Devil" (remix) / (remixes)
2005: "Streets of Love" / "Rough Justice" · "Oh No, Not You Again" / "Oh No, Not You Again" · "Rain Fall Down" / (remixes)
2006: "Biggest Mistake" / "Dance Pt. 1" (live) / "Before They Make Me Run"
2007: "Paint It, Black"
2008: "Gimme Shelter" · "Sympathy for the Devil" · "She's a Rainbow"
2009: "Wild Horses"
2010: "Plundered My Soul" / "All Down the Line"Categories:- The Rolling Stones songs
- 2002 singles
- Songs written by Jagger/Richards
- English-language songs
- Songs produced by the Glimmer Twins
- Songs produced by Don Was
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