Emotional Rescue (song)#Charts
{{Infobox song
| name = Emotional Rescue
| cover = RollStones-Single1980 EmotionalRescue.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Rolling Stones
| album = Emotional Rescue
| B-side = Down in the Hole
| released = 20 June 1980
| recorded = 1–19 October 1979
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = *Dance-rock{{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Stewart |title=Emotional Rescue by The Rolling Stones - Track Info {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/emotional-rescue-mt0011886225 |website=allmusic |access-date=28 February 2023 |language=en}}
| length = *{{Duration|m=5|s=39}} (LP version)
- {{Duration|m=4|s=18}} (Promo 7" Version")
- {{Duration|m=3|s=42}} (Forty Licks/GRRR! edit)
| label = Rolling Stones Records
| writer = Jagger/Richards
| producer = The Glimmer Twins
| prev_title = Shattered
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = She's So Cold
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{Extra track listing
| album = Emotional Rescue
| type = studio
| tracks = {{Emotional Rescue tracks}}
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|9iw_BE_X9sA|"Emotional Rescue" - OFFICIAL PROMO}}}}
}}
"Emotional Rescue" is a song by the English rock and roll band, the Rolling Stones. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and is included on their 1980 album Emotional Rescue.
Given the fact that Keith Richards was becoming (relatively) clean, he was reportedly starting to demand to be involved with the business decisions that Mick Jagger had been taking care of throughout the past decade. This caused a rift between the two, and they rarely were in the studio at the same time. Mick would record in the early evening, and Keith would stroll in late at night.[https://www.argusleader.com/story/scotthudson/2014/06/15/rolling-stones-emotional-rescue/10560491.html Rock and Walk: Rolling Stones' 'Emotional Rescue'] Retrieved December 27, 2023
Composition and writing
Mick Jagger wrote the song on an electric piano and from the beginning it was sung in falsetto (similar to Marvin Gaye's lead vocal on his 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up"). When the song was brought into the studio they kept the electric piano and falsetto lead. With Ronnie Wood on bass and Charlie Watts on drums they worked out the song. They then added the saxophone partThe Rolling Stones - Off The Record by Mark Paytress, Omnibus Press, 2005, page 297. {{ISBN|1-84449-641-4}} played by Bobby Keys.{{Cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/bobby-keys-rolling-stones-songs/|title=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=2 December 2014 }} Bass guitarist Bill Wyman plays synthesizer on the record, while Jagger and Ian Stewart play electric piano. Wyman's synthesizer can be heard faintly during the verses on the right channel/speaker and plays a simple pattern of a few notes using a string-synth set up.
Jagger said the song was about "a girl who's in some sort of manhood problems", not that she was going crazy but she's "just a little bit screwed up and he wants to be the one to help her out".
Released as the album's lead single on 20 June 1980, "Emotional Rescue" was well received by some fans. Other fans of the Rolling Stones' work took note of the change in direction and were disappointed by it. Reaching {{thinspace|No.|9}} on the UK Singles Chart and {{thinspace|No.|3}} on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts, "Emotional Rescue" became popular enough to feature on all of the band's later compilation albums.
Billboard said that "The hook is settled in the offbeat, but once it's repeated the tune becomes addicting."{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=2023-01-20|title=Top Single Picks|page=67|date=July 5, 1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9iQEAAAAMBAJ}} Cash Box said that it was influenced by the music of "Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, Thom Bell and (on the U.K. side) Eric Burdon," but is brought up-to-date by the "heavy beat."{{cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=July 5, 1980|page=22|newspaper=Cash Box|accessdate=2022-01-01|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1980/CB-1980-07-05.pdf}} Record World said that "Jagger sings falsetto and street talks while the band cooks a raw, funky dance mix."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=July 5, 1980|accessdate=2023-02-20|title=Hits of the World|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/80/Record-World-1980-07-05.pdf}}
Despite touring extensively since the song's release in 1980, the Stones had never performed the track in concert until May 3, 2013, when the band debuted the song in their set list with a slightly different arrangement, during the first show of the 2013 leg of the 50 & Counting... tour, in Los Angeles, California.
Music video
Two music videos were produced to promote the single; one shot on traditional video,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAlffza3K2E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/zAlffza3K2E |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue.mpg |publisher=YouTube |date=2012-01-24 |access-date=2014-03-12}}{{cbignore}} directed by David Mallet and one shot with thermal imaging,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR3r0z3_oig |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/FR3r0z3_oig |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue (Full Thermo-Vision Version) - 1980 |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-12-09 |access-date=2014-11-06}}{{cbignore}} directed by Adam Friedman.
Personnel
;The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – lead vocals, Wurlitzer electronic piano, electric guitar
- Keith Richards – electric guitar
- Ronnie Wood – bass guitar
- Bill Wyman – string synthesizer
- Charlie Watts – drums
;Additional personnel
- Ian Stewart – Wurlitzer electronic piano
- Bobby Keys – saxophone
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"} |
| scope="col"| Chart (1980)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6 }}
| style="text-align:center;"|9 |
| {{single chart|Austria|9|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=Emotional Rescue|access-date=18 June 2016}} |
| Canada (RPM){{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0224a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0224a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0224a|title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada|website=Library and Archives Canada |date=17 July 2013|access-date=12 February 2018}}
|align="center"|1 |
| {{single chart|Flanders|16|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=Emotional Rescue|access-date=18 June 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Germany|15|songid=671|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=Emotional Rescue|access-date=18 June 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|5|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=Emotional Rescue|access-date=18 June 2016}} |
| {{single chart|New Zealand|16|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=Emotional Rescue|access-date=18 June 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|11|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=Emotional Rescue|access-date=18 June 2016}} |
| {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|9|artist=Rolling Stones|access-date=18 June 2016}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|access-date=18 June 2016}} |
| US Cashbox Top 100
|align="center"| 3 |
=Year end charts=
References
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