Back of My Hand (Rolling Stones song)
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| "Back of My Hand" | ||
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| Song by The Rolling Stones | ||
| from the album A Bigger Bang | ||
| Released | September 5, 2005 | |
| Recorded | June 2005 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3m:33s | |
| Label | Virgin | |
| Writer(s) | Jagger-Richards | |
| Producer(s) | Don Was | |
| A Bigger Bang track listing | ||
| "Streets of Love" (5) |
"Back of My Hand" (5) |
"She Saw Me Coming" (7) |
"Back of My Hand" is a blues style song released by the Rolling Stones on their 2005 album, A Bigger Bang. The lyrics are bleak and surreal;
| “ | I hear a preacher on the corner; Ranting like a crazy man; He says there's trouble, trouble's a-coming; I can read it like the back of my hand. | ” |
The song features prominent harmonica from Jagger. The song heavily harkens back to earlier recordings by the Stones. Richards said at the time of release that the song is, "... a classic sort of Muddy Waters thing, or even earlier. And as we were getting it going, I went, Jesus Christ, we could have cut this at Chess, baby. You are what you listen to, in a way, and I never stopped listening to the blues."
Unlike most other tracks from the album, it was recorded as just the core lineup of Jagger singing and playing harmonica, percussion, bass, and electric slide guitar; Richards playing guitar, and Charlie Watts drumming. These are the only founding members of the Rolling Stones still in the group.
