"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 advancesingle, "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 ofhorns, 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 Mobilestudio.[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."
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- 1 Personnel
- 2 Other releases
- 3 Cover versions
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Personnel[edit][]
- 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[edit][]
- 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[edit][]
- Herbie Mann (instrumental/LP London Underground) [3]
- Goo Goo Dolls [4]
- Exodus [5]
- Dave Matthews Band live on tour 2008 [6]