Rock and a Hard Place
The Rolling Stones
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The fields of Eden Are full of trash And if we beg and we borrow and steal We'll never get it back People are hungry They crowd around And the city gets bigger as the country comes begging to town Stuck between a rock And a hard place Between a rock and a hard place This talk of freedom And human rights Man's bullying and private wars and chucking all the dust into our eyes And peasant people Poorer than dirt Who are caught in the crossfire with nothing to lose but their shirts, yeah Stuck between a rock And a hard place Between a rock and a hard place You'd better stop, put on a kind face Between a rock and a hard place We're in the same boat On the same sea And we're sailing south On the same breeze Building dream churches With silver spires And our rogue children Are playing loaded dice Between a rock and a hard place You'd better stop, yeah Give me the truth now Don't want no shame I'd be hung drawn and quartered for a sheep just as well as a lamb Stuck between a rock And a hard place A rock and a hard place You'd better stop put on a kind face Can't you see what you've done to me
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Written by: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger
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12 facts about this song
Song Duration"Rock and a Hard Place" by The Rolling Stones is approximately 5 minutes and 25 seconds long.
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Album AppearanceThe song is part of the band's 1989 studio album, "Steel Wheels."
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SongwritersMick Jagger and Keith Richards, who are also the band's lead vocalist and lead guitarist respectively, wrote the song.
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Chart PerformanceUpon its release as a single in November 1989, "Rock and a Hard Place" reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
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Music VideoThe remarkable music video was filmed in Studio 100 in Aubervilliers, near Paris, to a 600-strong audience, and it was directed by renowned director Wayne Isham.
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Lyrical ThemeThe lyrics of the song convey a feeling of being stuck between two difficult positions, thus the title "Rock and a Hard Place."
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Charlie Watts's RoleEven though this song came out in an era when the band was using more digital recording techniques, Charlie Watts, the band's drummer, still performed his parts on an acoustic drum kit.
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GenreThe song is categorized under the Rock genre, more specifically it can be classified as Hard Rock.
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Live Performances"Rock and a Hard Place" was performed numerous times during the band's Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour which took place from 1989 to 1990.
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Rolling Stones' Musical EvolutionFeaturing a fusion of rock and jazz styles, the song is often hailed as evidence of the band's continuing musical evolution.
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Single B-sideThe B-side of the "Rock and a Hard Place" single was the song "Cook Cook Blues."
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ReceptionThe song received generally positive reviews from critics who praised its catchy tune and energetic performance.
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