Because of this risk, in order for the video to be filmed at all, the band had to be insured for quite a reasonable sum. The cameras and lights could not be inside the tent for fear of electrocution. Jagger said the entire filming process was "most unpleasant" and was also extremely lengthy. The froth was detergent and, according to Richards, the idea for the sailor suits came about at the last minute because none of the members wanted to get their own wardrobe ruined. Ronnie Wood, who does not appear in the video, played acoustic guitar on the recording, alongside Keith Richards on electric guitar. This video was one of Mick Taylor's last appearances as a member of the band as he decided to leave in December 1974 (though he did not play on this song). The song was promoted by a music video directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, showing the band dressed in sailor suits and playing in a tent which eventually fills with bubbles. They wrote: "Title repetition is instantly catching, and this may be the most powerful uptempo thing they’ve done since „ Brown Sugar“ some three years ago." Music video The title alone is a classic and that's the whole thing about it." Reception Ĭash Box called it a "hard rocker with the traditional Stones power that displays a really great hook" with "driving instrumentation and Jagger's inimitable vocal style." Record World called it "an r&r anthem of the most footstompin' fantastic proportions." Reviewers of Billboard took this song as "a little put-on on the current glitter rock scene". He said that to him "that song is a classic. According to Richards there was opposition to it being a single but they persisted, saying it had to be the next single. He said it was his answer to everyone who took seriously what he or the band did. Jagger also has said that as soon as he wrote it, he knew it was going to be a single. I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it Would it be enough for your cheatin' heart, If I broke down and cried? If I cried? If I could win ya, if I could sing ya, a love song so divine, Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya, Would you think the boy is strange? Ain't he strange? If I could stick my pen in my heart, And spill it all over the stage It was a lighthearted, anti-journalistic sort of thing." The single sleeve had a picture of me with a pen digging into me as if it were a sword. I was getting a bit tired of people having a go, all that, 'oh, it's not as good as their last one' business. The meaning of the lyrics was summed up by Jagger in the liner notes to the 1993 compilation Jump Back "The idea of the song has to do with our public persona at the time. The song on the album is similar to that original recording, with the Stones keeping the original rhythm track. David Bowie was backing singer to Jagger's lead, and Willie Weeks played bass with Kenney Jones on drums. The song was originally recorded one night in a studio at Wood's house, " The Wick" in Richmond, London. Recorded in late 1973 and completed in the spring of 1974, "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" is credited to the Rolling Stones songwriting team Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, although future Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood collaborated with Jagger on it. Writing is credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the single reached the top ten in the UK charts and top 20 in the United States.
" It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" is the lead single from English rock band the Rolling Stones' 1974 album It's Only Rock 'n Roll.
" It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"
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