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"'''Living in a Ghost Town'''" is a single by [[The Rolling Stones]]. It was released on 23 April 2020, during the [[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]]. It is the first Rolling Stones single in four years and the first original material from the band since "[[Doom and Gloom]]" and "[[One More Shot]]" in 2012. The song has received positive reviews from critics and was recorded during sessions for a forthcoming studio album that the band has been working on since 2015.
"'''Living in a Ghost Town'''" is a single by [[The Rolling Stones]]. It was released on 23 April 2020. It is the first Rolling Stones single in four years and the first original material from the band since "[[Doom and Gloom]]" and "[[One More Shot]]" in 2012. The song has received positive reviews from critics and was recorded during sessions for a forthcoming studio album that the band has been working on since 2015.


==Recording and release==
==Recording and release==

Revision as of 09:36, 26 April 2020

"Living in a Ghost Town"
The Rolling Stones tongue logo rendered in a purple, red, and orange gradient on a yellow background with the song title in purple
Single by The Rolling Stones
Released23 April 2020
Recordedearly 2019, early 2020
StudioLos Angeles and London (2019 studio recordings), Paris (2020, home studio finishes)
Genre
Length4:07
LabelUniversal Music
Songwriter(s)Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Producer(s)
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"Just Your Fool"
(2016) 		"Living in a Ghost Town"
(2020)

"Living in a Ghost Town" is a single by The Rolling Stones. It was released on 23 April 2020. It is the first Rolling Stones single in four years and the first original material from the band since "Doom and Gloom" and "One More Shot" in 2012. The song has received positive reviews from critics and was recorded during sessions for a forthcoming studio album that the band has been working on since 2015.

Recording and release

Since 2017, the band had been on the No Filter Tour but had to stop due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The Rolling Stones remotely performed at Global Citizen's Together at Home concert on 18 April 2020, to raise money for healthcare workers and the World Health Organization during the crisis.[4] On 23 April, the band released "Living in a Ghost Town" online. It was based on 2019 recording sessions and finished remotely. It is their first original material since 2012.[5] Jagger claims to have written the lyrics in 10 minutes.[1]

The band fast-tracked releasing the song due to its relevance to social distancing as a method to control the spread of COVID-19.[3] Jagger changed some of the lyrics to refer to the pandemic.[6]

The band have plans to resume No Filter once the pandemic subsides and releasing the single is a means of keeping fans happy who cannot see them live,[7] as well as promoting the album's worth of new material that they have been recording.[8] The digital release was accompanied by a music video with footage taken from across the world of empty city streets.[8]

The initial release was digital-only, with a CD single and purple vinyl single exclusive to the band's online store and an orange vinyl single for other retailers forthcoming.[9]

Reception

Writing in The Guardian, Alexis Petridis gave the song four out of five stars, calling it 'their best new song in years', with particular emphasis on the timely lyrics and reggae influence to the music.[1] Writing for The Irish Times, Will Hodginkson of The Times gave the same score and agreed that the pacing and mood captures the experience of being in lockdown.[10] Craig Jenkins of Vulture agrees that the single arrives 'right on time' as the 'track lands in the sweet spot between wistful boomer nostalgia and tacit acknowledgment that the sands of time have shifted, and once again we’re looking fondly backward instead of excitedly forward'.[11] Mark Beaumont of NME panned the track, calling it a 'a rushed and half-baked comment on our current predicament', particularly criticizing the lyrics, as 'Jagger perhaps doesn’t have it in him to speak to the real discomfort and isolation of the average British hutch dweller, or the fear and hopelessness of the millions falling unfairly through the gaping holes in Rishi Sunak’s fishnet safety packages'.[12] The New York Times prepares a regular list of the most notable music releases of the week and Jon Pareles recommended this track.[13]

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

Additional personnel[2]

Release history

Release formats for "Living in a Ghost Town"
Format Date Label
Digital download and streaming 23 April 2020 Universal Music Group
CD single[9] 29 May 2020 Universal Music Group
10" vinyl single[9] 26 June 2020 Universal Music Group

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Petridis, Alexis (23 April 2020). "The Rolling Stones: 'Living in a Ghost Town' Review – Their Best New Song in Years". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Wood, Mikael (23 April 2020). "Listen to First Original Rolling Stones Song in 8 Years, 'Living in a Ghost Town'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b Curto, Justin (23 April 2020). "Rolling Stones Swear New Song 'Living in a Ghost Town' Wasn't Written About Quarantine". Vulture. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ Savage, Mark (18 April 2020). "Coronavirus: Stars Take Part in One World: Together at Home Concert". BBC. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (23 April 2020). "The Rolling Stones Release 'Living in a Ghost Town', First Original Music Since 2012". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ^ Zane Lowe (22 April 2020). Mick Jagger Tells Apple Music About 'Living in a Ghost Town', Tour & More (Interview). London: Apple Music. Event occurs at 1:09. Retrieved 25 April 2020. I said I've gotta rewrite it because it's not gonna work. Some of it was a little bit weird and a bit too dark. I didn't have to rewrite very much, to be honest. (...) It was semi-humorous, but then it got less humorous.
  7. ^ Greene, Andy (23 April 2020). "Rolling Stones Drop New Song, 'Living in a Ghost Town'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  8. ^ a b Prince, Bill (24 April 2020). "The Rolling Stones Address the Pandemic with 'Living in a Ghost Town'". GQ. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  9. ^ a b c Sinclair, Paul (23 April 2020). "Rolling Stones Issue Brand New studio Recording 'Living in a Ghost Town'". Super Deluxe Edition. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  10. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (24 April 2020). "The Rolling Stones: 'Living in a Ghost Town' Review – Captures the Sunken Mood of the Times". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  11. ^ Jenkins, Craig (23 April 2020). "The Rolling Stones Have Arrived Right on Time". Vulture. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  12. ^ Beaumont, Mark (23 April 2020). "The Rolling Stones' New Song 'Living in a Ghost Town' Is a Rushed and Half-Baked Comment on Our Current Predicament". NME. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  13. ^ Pareles, Jon (24 April 2020). "The Playlist: The Rolling Stones Still Miss You, and 13 More New Songs". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  14. ^ Todd, Nate (23 April 2020). "The Rolling Stones Share New Single 'Living in a Ghost Town'". JamBase. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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