Stupid Girl (Rolling Stones song)
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"Stupid Girl" | |
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Paint It, Black " | |
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Producer(s) | Andrew Loog Oldham |
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14 tracks
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"Stupid Girl" is a song recorded by the English
Background and writing
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Stupid Girl" is noted for its apparently degrading lyrics towards a woman, a claim also made about other Rolling Stones songs like "Under My Thumb". On the song, Bill Janovitz says in his review,
"Unlike another of the album's put-downs, "Under My Thumb," "Stupid Girl" rails and spits venom with a high school garage rock band-like intensity and with about the same level of polish and focus. But while it is not as well-written as "Under My Thumb," "Stupid Girl" possesses an endearing and energetic snottiness that might have won the Stones a good amount of sexually frustrated young men fans who might have otherwise started to defect to the Who and the Kinks when they heard ballads like "Lady Jane."[1]
On the song's lyrics, Richards said in a 1971 interview with Rolling Stone,
"It was all a spin-off from our environment... hotels, and too many dumb chicks. Not all dumb, not by any means, but that's how one got. When you're canned up - half the time it's impossible to go out - it was to go through a whole sort of football match."[3]
When asked about the song and its influences, Jagger said in a 1995 interview with the same magazine,
"Yeah, it's much nastier than 'Under My Thumb'... Obviously, I was having a bit of trouble. I wasn't in a good relationship. Or I was in too many bad relationships. I had so many girlfriends at that point. None of them seemed to care they weren't pleasing me very much. I was obviously in with the wrong group."[4]
I'm not talking about the kind of clothes she wears - look at that stupid girl. I'm not talking about the way she combs her hair - look at that stupid girl.
The way she talks about someone else; That she don't even know herself; She's the sickest thing in this world; Well look at that stupid girl
"Stupid Girl" was recorded at
It was included on the 1989 compilation Singles Collection: The London Years.
Cover versions
Ellen Foley covered this song on her 1979 debut studio album Night Out (album).
Personnel
According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon,[5] except where noted:
The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – vocals
- Keith Richards – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Brian Jones – rhythm guitar
- Bill Wyman – bass
- Charlie Watts – drums
Additional musicians
References
- ^ AllMusic. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ISBN 9781493064601.
- ^ Greenfield, Robert. "Keith Richards – Interview". Rolling Stone (magazine) August 19, 1971.
- ^ "Jagger Remembers". Rolling Stone. December 14, 1995 (accessed 28 July 2007).
- ^ Margotin & Guesdon 2016, p. 145.
- ^ Babiuk & Prevost 2013, p. 219.
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-61713-092-2.
- Margotin, Philippe; Guesdon, Jean-Michel (2016). The Rolling Stones All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. New York: ISBN 978-0-316-31774-0.