Bitch (The Rolling Stones song)

"Bitch" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers, first released one week before the album as the b-side to its advance single, "Brown Sugar."^[1] Despite not being used as an official single by itself, the tune has garnered major airplay from classic rock radio stations. With a bombastic use of horns, the track is not about a specific woman, but it instead focuses on how, in general, "love is a bitch".

Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Bitch" was recorded during October 1970 at London's Olympic Studios, and at Stargroves utilising the Rolling Stones Mobile studio.^[2] The main riff used in the song bears similarity to both The Temptations' 1966 hit "Get Ready" and to Mott the Hoople's 1969 release "Rock and Roll Queen."

Personnel

• Mick Jagger — lead vocal
• Keith Richards — electric guitar, vocal
• Mick Taylor — electric guitar
• Bill Wyman — bass guitar
• Charlie Watts — drums
• Bobby Keys — saxophone
• Jim Price — trumpet
• Jimmy Miller — percussion

Other releases

• Made in the Shade (1975)
• Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971–1977 (1979)
• Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (1993)
• Singles 1971–2006 (2011)
• GRRR! (2012)

Cover versions

• Herbie Mann (instrumental/LP London Underground) ^[3]
• Goo Goo Dolls ^[4]
• Exodus ^[5]
• Dave Matthews Band live on tour 2008 ^[6]

References

External links

• Complete Official Lyrics