The Rolling Stones are back with their first new song in eight years.
Thursday, the rock legends surprise-released the bluesy "Living in a Ghost Town," which has eerily timely echoes of our current lives under self-isolation or quarantine.
"Life was so beautiful, then we all got locked down," Jagger sings. "Feel a like ghost living in a ghost town. ... So much time to lose just staring at my phone."
"Ghost Town" marks the band's first original song since 2012, when it released two new tracks "Doom and Gloom" and "One More Shot" as part of greatest-hits album "GRRR!"
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Despite its pandemic parallels, members Mick Jagger and Keith Richards say "Ghost Town" was written early last year for their upcoming, still-untitled album produced by longtime collaborator Don Was. (Their last album of original material, "A Bigger Bang," was released in 2005.)
‘‘The Stones were in the studio recording some new material before the lockdown and there was one song we thought would resonate through the times that we’re living in right now," Jagger said in a statement. "We’ve worked on it in isolation. And here it is – It’s called ‘Living In A Ghost Town’ - I hope you like it.”
"We cut this track well over a year ago in L.A. for part of a new album," Richards added. "And then (expletive) hit the fan Mick and I decided this one really needed to go to work right now."
The Rolling Stones were recently forced to postpone their North American summer tour due to coronavirus concerns. Before the pandemic closed movie theaters nationwide, Jagger appeared in thriller "The Burnt Orange Heresy," which marked his first acting role in nearly two decades.
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