Composers:
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards Recording
date: January-February 2019 & November
2022-March 2023
Recording locations: Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles,
USA; Metropolis
Studios, London, England; Sanctuary Studios, Albany,
Bahamas; & MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, USA Producer: Andrew
Watt
Chief engineers:
Paul Lamalfa, Marco
Sonzini &Krish
Sharma Mixer: Serban Ghenea
Performed
onstage: 2024
Line-up:
Drums: Charlie Watts Bass: Andrew Watt Electric guitars:
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron
Wood & Andrew Watt Vocals: Mick Jagger Piano: Matt Clifford Wurlitzer piano: Matt Clifford Keyboards: Matt Clifford & Andrew Watt Percussion:
Mick Jagger & Karlos
Edwards
Ready to
go?
Come on
You stole my numbers
You stole my codes
You took my keys and then
You nicked my phone
Seduced my landlord
Broke in my home
Don't get excited
Why don't you leave me alone?
You think I'll mess it up, mess it up
Mess it up all for you You think
I'll mess it up, mess it up
Mess it up all for you
You think I'm really, really, really
Going to really make your dreams come true - yeah
You say you really, really, really
Really want to hear the truth - oh
You shared my photos With all your friends
You put them out there - well
It don't make no sense - oh
I said I was sorry
Mmm I thought it ended bad
You came to the right place, baby, at the wrong time
It's kind of sad
You think I'll mess it up, mess it up
Mess it up all for you - all for you yeah You
think I'll mess it up, mess it up
Mess it up all for you You think I'll dress it up, dress
it up
Dress it up all for you
You
say you really, really, really
Really want to hear the truth - yeah, yeah
You say you really, really, really
Really want to hear the truth - yeah
Come on
Do you want to hear it? (Do you want to hear
it?)
Do you want to hear it baby? Do you want to
hear it?
Do you want to hear it? Do you want to hear
it baby?
Yeah
You
ask the question
And I won't lie
Ain't going to mess it up, mess it up
Mess it up all for you Ain't
going to mess it up, mess it up
Really make your dreams come true Ain't
going to wreck it up, wreck it up
Wreck it up all for you - oh Lord
You say you really, really,
really
Really want to hear the
truth - oh, oh, oh
(Do you want
to hear it?)
Yeah (Do you
want to hear
it?) Yeah
Do you want to
hear it baby?
(Do you want
to hear it? Do
you want to
hear it?)
Do you want to
hear the truth
now? Do you
really want to
hear the truth
now?
I just want to
be honest (Do
you want to
hear it?)
Honey, want be
honest, honest
with you baby Do you want to hear
it? Don't get
too excited
(Do you want
to hear it?)
Baby, no, no,
no, no
(Do you want
to hear it?)
Yeah, tell (Do
you want to
hear it?) I
want to tell
the truth,
tell the
truth, yeah
whoo! Do you want to hear
it? (Do you
want to hear
it?)
TrackTalk
We had just started working on those (two)
tracks (with Charlie) a few years ago, before Covid shut
everything down. We left Charlie's tracks as they were and
re-did the vocals and everything else with Andy Watt. As soon as
you hear that snare, you know it's him.
- Keith Richards,
August-September 2023
Mess It Up I wrote that � someone
asked me to write a song for � I can�t remember who it was, like a
big DJ wanted a song. And so I wrote that for that. And then Don
Was said to me, No, the Stones should do that. And I
said I don�t think so. And he said Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So that�s how it became a Stones song, �cause he said that could
be.
- Mick Jagger,
September-October 2023
Originally Mess It Up was more
synth-oriented, but Keith wanted more guitars. It's a pop song,
very light-hearted.
- Mick Jagger, c.
August 2023
I would say to Keith, Come on, you�ve
got to let Mick dance. Eventually Keith went, Oh,
alright then. We agreed to do this one because as soon as
Mick hears it, he�s off.
- Ron Wood, c. August
2023
I grew to like this one, but I always
wonder what Charlie Watts would have made of it. I know Charlie.
He�s not sure about that disco beat, but once he gets into it�
Every time I listen to it I see the wry smile on Charlie�s face.
- Keith RIchards, c.
August 2023
Keith... used a '55 TV Yellow Gibson
single-cut Les Paul Junior on Angry
and Mess It Up.
