Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" | ||||
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Single by the Rolling Stones | ||||
from the album Goats Head Soup | ||||
B-side | "Dancing with Mr. D." | |||
Released | December 1973 | |||
Recorded | November–December 1972, May–June 1973 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:27 | |||
Jimmy Miller | ||||
The Rolling Stones singles chronology | ||||
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Goats Head Soup track listing | ||||
10 tracks
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"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" is the fourth track on the Rolling Stones' 1973 album Goats Head Soup.
Background
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the song's lyrics relate two stories: one is a story of New York City police shooting a boy "right through the heart" because they mistook him for someone else, and the second of a ten-year-old girl who dies in an alley of a drug overdose. Neither of these events are known to be factual.
In April 1973 a ten-year-old boy named
After telling the story of the police shooting the wrong person, Jagger sings,
- You heartbreaker, with your .44, I want to tear your world apart.
The
Recording
"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" was first recorded in November and December 1972 before being re-recorded early the following summer.
The song appeared on the American version of the compilation album
Reception
Released as the second single from Goats Head Soup in the US only (after the No. 1 hit "Angie"), the song reached No. 15 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 and has remained a staple on AOR and classic rock radio stations.
Personnel
The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals
- Keith Richards – backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar
- Mick Taylor – backing vocals, electric guitar
- Charlie Watts – drums
Additional personnel
- Billy Preston – clavinet, RMI Electra Piano
- Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone
- Jim Horn – alto saxophone
- Chuck Findley – trumpet
- Jim Price – horn arrangement
Charts
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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Sweden (Tio i Topp)[6] | 16 |
US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 15 |
References
- ^ "A Police Shot to a Boy's Back in Queens, Echoing Since 1973". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Scoppa, Bud (8 November 1973). "The Rolling Stones: Goats Head Soup: Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- ^ McPherson, Ian. "Track Talk: Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)". Timeisonourside.com. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 5 January 1974. p. 12. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 29 December 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ISBN 919727125X.
- ^ "The Rolling Stones Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 June 2016.