"Biggest Mistake" is a song by the English rock band

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from their 2005 album '' A Bigger Bang''. It was released on 21 August 2006 as the third single from the album, and reached number 51 in the

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. Credited to

Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...

and

Keith Richards Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as "Keith Richard", is an English musician and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-princi ...

, the track is a

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with a strongly acoustic guitar-based arrangement and lyrics, that tell the story of an older man who falls in love but then walks out on his partner. It could be about the failed relationship between Jagger and model

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. Beginning in late July, the song received extensive radio airplay, particularly on BBC Radio 2, where it remained on the A-Playlist for four weeks.

Track listing

*CD #"Biggest Mistake" – 4:07 #"Dance (Pt.1)" (live) – 6:01 (Olympia, Paris, 11 July 2003) #"

Before They Make Me Run "Before They Make Me Run" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones, featured on their 1978 album ''Some Girls''. Written by guitarist Keith Richards, the song is a response to his arrest for heroin possession in Toronto in February 1977 ...

" (live) – 3:54 (Olympia, Paris, 11 July 2003) *7" :Side 1 #"Biggest Mistake" – 4:07 :Side 2 #"Hand of Fate" (live) (Olympia, Paris, 11 July 2003)

Charts

References

{{authority control The Rolling Stones songs 2006 singles Songs written by Jagger–Richards Song recordings produced by Don Was 2005 songs