"Jumpin' Jack Flash" | ||||
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Single by The Rolling Stones | ||||
B-side | "Child of the Moon" | |||
Released | 24 May 1968 (UK) May 1968 (US) |
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Format | 7" | |||
Recorded | 20 April 1968, Olympic Studios, London | |||
Genre | Hard rock,blues rock, rock and roll | |||
Length | 3:42 | |||
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Decca F.12782 (UK) London 45.908 (US) |
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Writer(s) | Jagger/Richards,Bill Wyman (uncredited) | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Miller | |||
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"Jumpin' Jack Flash" | ||||
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Single by Aretha Franklin | ||||
from the album Aretha | ||||
B-side | "Integrity" | |||
Released | October 24, 1986 | |||
Format | 7" vinyl | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
Genre | Rock, R&B, soul | |||
Length | 4:26 | |||
Label | Arista Records | |||
Writer(s) | Jagger/Richards | |||
Producer(s) | Keith Richards | |||
Aretha Franklin singles chronology | ||||
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"Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones, released as a single in 1968. Called "supernatural Delta blues by way of Swinging London" by Rolling Stone magazine, the song was perceived by some as the band's return to their blues roots after the baroque pop and psychedelia heard on their preceding albums, Aftermath (1966), Between the Buttons (1967) and especially Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967). One of the group's most popular and recognisable songs, it has featured in films and been covered by numerous performers, notably Thelma Houston, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Peter Frampton, Johnny Winter and Leon Russell.
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, recording on "Jumpin' Jack Flash" began during the Beggars Banquet sessions of 1968. Regarding the song's distinctive sound, guitarist Richards has said:
I used a Gibson Hummingbird acoustic tuned to open D, six string. Open D or open E, which is the same thing – same intervals – but it would be slackened down some for D. Then there was a capo on it, to get that really tight sound. And there was another guitar over the top of that, but tuned to Nashville tuning. I learned that from somebody in George Jones' band in San Antonio in 1964. The high-strung guitar was an acoustic, too. Both acoustics were put through a Philips cassette recorder. Just jam the mic right in the guitar and play it back through an extension speaker.