ON THIS DATE (25 YEARS AGO) November 13, 1989 - The Rolling Stones: Rock And A Hard Place b/w Cook Cook Blues (Rolling Stones 655422 7) 45 single is released in the UK. Rock and a Hard Place is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1989 album Steel Wheels. It is the second single from the album, and remains to this day the most recent Billboard top 40 hit by the band. Credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Rock and a Hard Place was recorded at Monserrats Air Studios and Londons Olympic Studios in the spring months of 1989. On the song, Richards said: This was like going back to the way we worked in the early days, before Exile, when we were living round the corner from each other in London. Mick and I hadnt got together in four years since Dirty Work, but as soon as we met up in Barbados for a fortnight, with a couple guitars and pianos, everything was fine. At the time of release, Jagger said: This is one of those songs like Start Me Up, where the minute you hear the opening notes, you head for the dance floor. Its real 70s, in the best possible way. With Jagger on lead vocals, Richards, Ron Wood and Jagger perform guitars for the recording. Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts perform bass and drums, respectively. Keyboards are played by Matt Clifford and Chuck Leavell. The Kick Horns provided brass for the recording. Lisa Fischer, Sarah Dash and Bernard Fowler all perform backing vocals. Rock and a Hard Place was released as the second single from Steel Wheels on 13 November 1989 in the UK. The b-side was a slow blues number entitled Cook Cook Blues. The single reached number 63 in the UK, number 23 in the US and number 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
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