Mick Jagger celebrates the 40 years of the single with David Bowie
“We had fun a world in doing ‘Dancing in the Street‘, both in recording the song in the studio and in shooting the video in one day “: Mick Jagger thus celebrates i Forty years from the exit of his collaboration with David Bowie, engraved on June 29, 1985 and originally published on 27 August of that year. “It was remarkable for us to succeed,” we read in the post of the Rolling Stones frontman: “The video is hilarious to be concerned now. We had fun trying to imitate the other’s moves, inventing them as we went on. It was the only time David and I collaborated together with something, which is a real shame“.
Together with the memory of the song, Jagger then announced the publication of the single “Dancing in the Street” in Limited edition in white vinyl For the fortieth anniversary, available from 29 August.
In addition, one was published on YouTube Restored version in 4K video:
When they found themselves together with Abbey Road StudiosDavid Bowie and Mick Jagger found themselves almost surprisingly to record a song. In historic London studies, Bowie was working on the recordings of the song “Absolute Beginners” for the film of the same name directed by Julien Temple of 1986. The June 29, 1985 The original artist of Brixton and the Rolling Stones frontman, however, decided to share the study by giving life to one of the most iconic covers ever: “Dancing in the Street”. The song had been originally written by Marvin Gaye and was brought to the first fame by Martha and the Vandellas in 1964. The single of Jagger and Bowie came engraved to raise funds for the Live Aid campaign and had a great commercial success, becoming a real hit, thanks also to Video shot by David Mallet and set in the London docklands.
“We were working on ‘Absolute Beginners’ when Bowie said: ‘Did you mind if we record a single for charity tonight?’ I replied ‘absolutely, we will give you a hand’, and David replied: ‘There will also be Mich’, “said the producer Clive Langer at 1000 UK #1 Hits:” Jagger entered the studio and recorded the musical base. because it was truly produced by many people “.
On the occasion of the Live Aid of 1985, The original plan was that Bowie and Jagger performed the song simultaneouslyremotely, one the first to Wembley Stadium in Londonthe second on the stage of the JFK Stadium by Philadelphiain the United States. The satellite connection, however, would have caused a delay of half second making the execution impossible unless the two sang in playback, which neither artists was willing to do. The contribution of both, in the end, was the projection of the video during their respective live performances.
