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George Michael performed "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" live at the Wembley Arena in 1991 and released it in a remixed version together with the Adamski song "Killer" on the 1993 EP Five Live. It was released as a single and charted at number 69 on the US Billboard Hot 100 .
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" was also recorded and released on the same album. The two songs were blended together in the live performance, then remixed several times. The P.M. Dawn extended and radio remix for the "Killer" / "Papa" combination was released in 1993. Michael shot a video for the release, in which he did not appear personally.
Performed by Queen and George Michael Recorded at Wembley Stadium on 20 April 1992 "Killer" (Adam Tinley, Seal-Henry Samuel) – 5:57 (US #69) Performed by George Michael Recorded at Wembley Arena in March 1991 "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 5:25 (US #69) Performed by George Michael
James Hunter of Rolling Stone described the song as "a distraught look at the world's astounding woundedness. Michael offers the healing passage of time as the only balm for physical and emotional hunger, poverty, hypocrisy and hatred." [14] During the Symphonica Tour in 2011–12, Michael performed the song with slightly different lyrics:
The phrase spawned a shorter mossless offshoot image, that of the rolling stone, and modern moral meanings have diverged, from similar themes such as used in the popular song "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", to a more complementary commentary on "freedom" from excessive rootedness, such as in the band The Rolling Stones.
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon , [ 2 ] he is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time [ 3 ] and was named one of the greatest singers of all time by Rolling Stone . [ 4 ]
"Outside" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Michael, released on 19 October 1998 as the lead single from his first greatest hits album, Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1998). It was released through Epic Records and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Michael's most recent UK top-three hit. In Greece ...
"Older" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Michael, released as the fourth single from his third album, Older (1996). It was also released as an EP under the name The Older EP . The single's other A-side is a cover of Bonnie Raitt 's song " I Can't Make You Love Me ".