Mick Jagger has recalled working with Girl Gaga on The Rolling Stones‘ new single ‘Candy Sounds Of Heaven’.
The collaborative tune, which additionally options Stevie Marvel, was launched yesterday (September 28) as the most recent preview of the Stones’ twenty fourth studio album ‘Hackney Diamonds’ (out October 20).
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Throughout an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Jagger praised Gaga – who supplied backing vocals on the monitor – and defined how ‘Candy Sounds Of Heaven’ got here collectively within the studio.
“She’s a very nice singer and I’d by no means heard her sing [in] fairly that fashion earlier than. Not precisely,” the frontman mentioned of the pop star’s contribution.
“We did it reside within the room and that was an incredible expertise, her simply coming within the room and her simply opening up and seeing her bits and feeling her approach after which getting extra assured.”
He continued: “After which we got here again after which did some additional components that we hadn’t executed on the day after which we did some tidying up and we had been simply within the overdub room, actually face-to-face, getting them actually tight, the components actually tight, after which being barely aggressive and screaming.”
Jagger informed Lowe that ‘Candy Sounds Of Heaven’ is “all performed reside”, including: “And naturally, we did overdubs, however it’s all performed within the room.”
Whereas sharing some behind-the-scenes studio footage, Gaga recalled her expertise of working with The Rolling Stones, saying that she’d been impressed by their traditional hit ‘Gimme Shelter’ in addition to “gospel and soul” music.
“I thought of my favorite previous Stones tunes and all the nice vocalists who had sung with Mick, making what we all know now as a ‘sound’ distinctive to a band that outlined an enormous piece of rock’n’roll,” the star wrote.
“Then we lower [the song] reside. Making the ‘Candy Sounds of Heaven’, I sang in a approach I by no means actually sang earlier than aside from with Mick. And Andrew [Watt, producer] and I each cried – there’s one thing about witnessing music historical past and while you get to be part of it.
“I feel that’s precisely what our heaven appears like. It’s only a candy sound.” You may see that publish beneath.
‘Hackney Diamonds’, which marks The Rolling Stones’ first assortment of authentic music in 18 years, may also function Paul McCartney, Elton John and former Stones bassist Invoice Wyman. The file’s lead single, ‘Offended’, arrived earlier this month.
In different information, Jagger has defined in an interview how Beatles icon McCartney got here to be on the album.
“We recommended he performed on this punk tune,” he mentioned. “I didn’t know the way it was gonna work out, however he actually rocked it and he beloved doing it. He mentioned, ‘It’s nice enjoying with a band! Actually satisfying enjoying with a band’.”
In the meantime, Jagger lately confirmed that The Rolling Stones are already at work on their subsequent full-length effort.
