Mick Jagger - Gotta Get A Grip/England Lost

12" single 45 RPM

Surprise 2017 single from Sir Mick. Two new songs inspired by political divisions in England and America.

"Mick Jagger has been looking to the past on recent albums and festival dates. But a pair of urgent new singles are firmly set in the present.

"On Thursday, the Rolling Stones frontman released two tracks, 'Gotta Get A Grip' and 'England Lost,' that describe, as he put it in a statement, the 'anxiety, unknowability of the changing political situation' in a post-Brexit U.K.

"The production is resolutely modern, built on programmed drums and clanging guitar noise. The London grime artist Skepta even joins him for a verse on 'England Lost.'

"'Ostensibly, it's about seeing an England football team lose, but when I wrote the title I knew it would be about more than just that. It's about a feeling that we are in a difficult moment in our history. It's about the unknowability about where you are and the feeling of insecurity,' Jagger said in a statement.

"'It's obviously got a fair amount of humour because I don't like anything too on the nose but it's also got a sense of vulnerability of where we are as a country.'

"The 'Girls' actress Jemima Kirke also stars in a new clip for 'Gotta Get A Grip.' The songs are Jagger's first new solo material since 2001's 'Goddess In the Doorway.'" — Los Angeles Times

 

Side A:

Gotta Get A Grip

Side B:

England Lost

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