A música de Mick Jagger que se tornou seu maior sucesso no século 21
Mick Jagger se tornou um nome familiar com os Rolling Stones em meados da década de 1960. Ele permaneceu o epítome do frontman legal desde então. A maior música de sucesso de Jagger no século 21 foi uma música que ele basicamente deu para Matchbox Twenty. A melodia não ressoou da mesma forma que algumas das canções dos Stones que não eram sucessos número 1, mas o colocou de volta nas paradas.
O maior sucesso de Mick Jagger no século 21 foi 'Disease', do Matchbox Twenty.
Jagger co-wrote nearly every Rolling Stones song dating back to their early years. His 2001 solo album Goddess in the Doorway helped spur his biggest hit of the new millennium.
Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas was a background singer on the record (per AllMusic). He brought “Disease” to one of the recording sessions and ran it past Jagger. The singer fleshed it out — perhaps adding some of the Stones-sounding guitar riffs in the intro and chorus? — but handed it back to Thomas.
Matchbox Twenty released “Disease” as a single in 2002. It spent 20 weeks on the Billboard charts, peaking at No. 29 in December of that year. It became Jagger’s best-performing song of the 21st century.
Os Rolling Stones lançaram o maxi-single "Sympathy for the Devil Remixes" em 2003. O disco incluía regravações da famosa canção de artistas como The Neptunes e Fatboy Slim. Alcançou a posição 97. Jagger apareceu na música de will.i.am "THE (The Hardest Ever)", e subiu para a posição 39 em 2011. "Disease", a música que Jagger teve uma pequena participação na composição, mas ainda assim recebeu crédito por, continua sendo sua música de maior sucesso do século XXI.
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Jagger acrescentou alguma estrutura ao esboço de Thomas de “Disease”, mas ele nunca pensou em gravá-lo sozinho. Ele o devolveu ao Matchbox Twenty, e eles o transformaram em um sucesso modesto. O vocalista dos Stones ainda recebeu o crédito de composição, embora tenha entregado a música. Não foi a primeira vez.
Jagger and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards gave away a top-10 song in 1964. Gene Pitney took their Beatles-esque tune “That Girl Belongs to Yesterday” to No. 7 in England.
The Rolling Stones covered two of Richards and Jagger’s songs later in the decade. Marianne Faithfull recorded “As Tears Go By” and “Sister Morphine” before the band ever did. The former song became a success for her, while the latter flopped when she released it as a single.
The Rolling Stones singer helped write several No. 1 tunes for the band
Some of the Stones’ most recognizable songs either didn’t reach No. 1 or were never released as singles at all. Still, several songs Jagger helped write climbed all the way to the top of the charts.
Mid-1960s Stones songs such as “Get Off My Cloud,” “Ruby Tuesday,” “Paint It, Black,” and “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” hit the top of the charts. The 1978 tune “Miss You” proved the band still had something left in the tank and became one of The Rolling Stones’ most successful No. 1 hits .
It wasn’t the first successful song he helped write, but the Matchbox Twenty tune “Disease” became Mick Jagger’s biggest hit song in the 21st century. He essentially gave it away after having a small hand in writing it. After decades of success with The Rolling Stones, Jagger could afford to let it go to another artist.
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