The Rolling Stones unveiled “Sweet Sounds Of Heaven,” the second single from their forthcoming studio album, Hackney Diamonds. “Sweet Sounds Of Heaven,” the penultimate track on the band’s first new album of original material since 2005’s A Bigger Bang, features vocals from Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder on keyboards.
The Andrew Watt-produced Hackney Diamonds is due out via Geffen Records on October 20. The Rolling Stones previously previewed the 12-track LP by sharing its lead single and opening song, “Angry.” Late drummer Charlie Watts and former bassist Bill Wyman also appear on the album as do Paul McCartney and Elton John.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards co-wrote “Sweet Sounds Of Heaven,” which has the same feel as such classic Stones songs as “Shine A Light,” “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and “Let It Bleed.” Lady Gaga delivers stunning vocals dueting with Jagger while Wonder added Fender Rhodes, Moog and piano to the mix.
Jagger joined Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 to talk “Sweet Sounds Of Heaven,” where he shared the following:
It’s all played live. And of course we did overdubs, but it’s all played in the room. Yeah, there’s that moment, especially in that session where we had Stevie, and you’re feeling your way out a little bit and then you do that soul ending, which is you do sometimes on stage where you stop and you start. It’s very kind of tried and tested redoubling thing. But, yeah, I mean, it really feels like, yeah, it is played live… it was a good moment… we played it with Keith and Ronnie when we were in The Bahamas when we more or less finished everything. But we hadn’t mixed it then, so then we mixed it, I mixed it with the mixer and Andy [Andrew Watt] and we were in three places. And then when we finished mixing it, we had a sort of three-way playback. And, yeah, it’s a really good moment when you play something. And it’s always a great moment when you play it back like that. And, “Wow, we finished it and it sounds really good, and we’re pleased with it.” Because if we hadn’t been pleased with it, we’ve had to have change it. You’ve got to choose the right songs because we recorded a lot more songs than this. And then to choose a set of songs, these aren’t necessarily even, you might prefer one than the other, but they will come out. The other ones will come out. But choose a good balance of the songs you’ve recorded.
Stream The Rolling Stones’ “Sweet Sounds Of Heaven” below:
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