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"Far Away Eyes" is the sixth track from the English rock band the Rolling Stones' 1978 album, Some Girls. It was released, as the B-side of the single "Miss You", on Rolling Stones Records, on 9 June 1978. Rolling Stone magazine made it the 73rd song on their list of 100 Greatest Rolling Stone's Songs. [1]
The lead single, "Miss You", was released on 19 May 1978 by the band's own Rolling Stones label, with the album track "Far Away Eyes" as the B-side; a longer, 12" edit appeared on 2 June. [24] The single was a commercial success, spending seven weeks on the UK Singles Chart, [25] eventually peaking at number three. [26]
The B-side of the single was another album track, "Far Away Eyes", a tongue-in-cheek country tune sung by Jagger in a pronounced drawl. A live recording was captured during the Rolling Stones' 1989-1990 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour and released on the 1991 live album Flashpoint.
Humorously, Saturday Night Live cast member Garrett Morris commented on the controversy with a mock-editorial on the show's Weekend Update segment: After giving the impression that he was going to openly criticize the Stones, he quoted a sanitized version of the "Black girls just..." line, then stated, "Now, Mr. Jagger, there is only one ...
A sequel of sorts to ABKCO's three boxes of singles replicas from the band's first decade (Singles 1963–1965, Singles 1965–1967, Singles 1968–1971), Universal's The Singles: 1971–2006 is a 45-disc box set consisting of 173 tracks as single replicas of both sleeves and labels for every 45 the Rolling Stones released between Sticky ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. English rock band This article is about the band. For the magazine, see Rolling Stone. For other uses, see Rolling Stone (disambiguation). The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones performing at Summerfest in Milwaukee in June 2015. Left to right: Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger, and ...
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