"Out of Tears" is a song by English rock band
the Rolling Stones
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featured on their 1994 album, ''
Voodoo Lounge
''Voodoo Lounge'' is the 20th British and 22nd American studio album by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released on 11 July 1994. As their first new release under their new alliance with Virgin Records, it ended a five-year gap since th ...
''. It was released as the album's third single. The song was moderately successful, reaching the top 40 in several countries, but was a successful follow-up to "
Love Is Strong
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" in Canada, peaking at 3 on the ''
RPM
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Standards
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'' Top Singles chart for six consecutive weeks.
Description and history
The song was recorded in 1993 and 1994 at
Ronnie Wood
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Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with a ...
's Ireland home, Sandymount Studios, and
A&M Recording Studios in Los Angeles.
[ The song features ]Mick Jagger
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on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, Wood and Keith Richards
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on electric guitars, Wood performs the guitar solo, Charlie Watts on drums, Darryl Jones
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Career
Darryl Jones was born on ...
on bass, Chuck Leavell on piano, Benmont Tench
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Early years
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on organ, and percussion by Lenny Castro.[
The song is credited to Jagger and Richards, but is largely the work of Jagger.][ According to Jagger: "I used to say, 'Now we're writing songs. I'm gonna sit at my desk.' 'Out of Tears' was a little bit like that, where I'm sitting at the piano in Ronnie ]ood
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s studio going 'Da da ding, da da ding.' Then you go and listen to it, and it's got this really good mood because it's you on your own. No one else is there, and you're creating the mood. There's a very sad mood to that song. The Stones are mainly a guitar band, but I think with a ballad sometimes it's nice to move away from that. And when a song is written on a keyboard, you get a different sort of melodic structure."
Track listings
UK, Australian, and Japanese CD single
# "Out of Tears" (Don Was
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edit) – 4:21
# "I'm Gonna Drive" – 3:41
# "Sparks Will Fly" (radio clean) – 3:14
# "Out of Tears" (Bob Clearmountain
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remix edit) – 4:21
UK 7-inch and cassette single, European CD single
# "Out of Tears" (Don Was edit) – 4:21
# "I'm Gonna Drive" – 3:41
US and Canadian maxi-CD single
# "Out of Tears" (Don Was edit) – 4:12
# "Out of Tears" (Bob Clearmountain remix edit) – 4:12
# "I'm Gonna Drive" – 3:41
# "So Young" – 3:20
US 7-inch and cassette single
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
Song lyrics
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1994 singles
1994 songs
Music videos directed by Jake Scott (director)
The Rolling Stones songs
Song recordings produced by Don Was
Song recordings produced by Jagger–Richards
Songs written by Jagger–Richards
Virgin Records singles