You Got Me Rocking

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"You Got Me Rocking"

Single by Rolling Stones
from the album Voodoo Lounge
Released	September 26, 1994
Format	7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, cassette, 3 x CD
Recorded	July - August, November - December 1993
Genre	Rock
Length	3 min 36 s
Label	Rolling Stones/Virgin
Producer(s)	Don Was & The Glimmer Twins
Chart positions
#23 (UK)
Rolling Stones singles chronology
"Love Is Strong" (1994)	"You Got Me Rocking" (1994)	"Out of Tears" (1994)

"You Got Me Rocking" is a song by English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones, featured on their 1994 album Voodoo Lounge.

Written early in 1993, "You Got Me Rocking" was largely a Keith Richards composition. Originally intended as a straight forward rocker in the vain of Chuck Berry, the song quickly evolved darker aspects as Richards made the transition from piano to guitar. The lyrics hear singer Mick Jagger present a series of career ending instances from the standpoint of various professionals;

“

I was a hooker losing her looks; I was a writer can't write another book; I was all dried up dying to get wet; I was a tycoon drowning in debt.

”

The lyrics can be interpreted as an answer to the Rolling Stones critics, who often deride the band for their advancing age. Recording on "You Got Me Rocking" lasted from mid-summer, 1993, to early winter of the same year, where final touches were put on. The song was released as a UK-only single in September, where it registered at number 23. The b-side is the renowned though little-known "Jump On Top of Me."

"You Got Me Rocking" is notable as it remains one of the Stones most enduring live songs, a rarity for a late album song. The song was performed some fifty times during the 2005-2006 A Bigger Bang Tour. A recording from the 1997-1998 Bridges to Babylon Tour opened the 1999 live album No Security.