Album: Dirty Work (1986)

Charted: 28

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• You fell out of the clear blue sky
  To the darkness below
  The smell of your flesh excites me
  My blood starts to flow
  So help me God
  
  You burst in in a blaze of light
  You unzippered the dark
  One kiss took my breath away
  One look lights up the stars
  
  And it's it's one hit to the body
  It comes straight from the heart
  One hit to the body
  Sure went straight to the mark
  So help me God
  
  It's one shot when you love me
  One shot when you leave me
  I don't need no security
  I just need some peace
  
  And it's one hit to the body
  It comes straight from the heart
  One voice calls out my name
  It sure went straight to the mark
  
  One punch and you knocked me down
  Tore my defenses apart
  One round took me out of the game
  You did me some permanent harm
  
  It took just one hit
  It took just one hit
  It ain't enough for me
  It ain't enough for me
  It ain't enough for me
  It's hurting me baby
  
  Oh your love is a sweet addiction
  I can't clean you out of my veins
  It's a life long addiction
  That has damaged my brain
  
  It took just one hit to the body
  To tear my defenses apart
  One hit to the body
  Sure went straight to the mark
  
  One hit to the body
  And it comes straight from the heart
  One hit to the body
  To the body, to the body
  Come straight from the heart
  
  One hit to the body
  And it comes straight from the heart
  
  One hit to the body
  And it comes straight from the heart
  That's all it took, that's all it took
  So help me so help me so help me God
  So help me so help me so help me God
  
  One hit to the body
  And it comes straight from the heart
  One hit to the body
  And it comes straight from the heart Writer/s: KEITH RICHARDS, MICK JAGGER
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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Comments: 6

• Bap from Toronto CanadaIt's also about heroin addiction; Keith and Jimmy Page were both heroin addicts who had finally cleaned up by the time this album was recorded. It's Jagger taunting Richards and taking the reflective perspective that Richards should've been taking through his addiction. It's also about AIDS which was very much in the news during this period: "damaged my defenses", there are lot of references to the weakend immune system caused by drugs and HIV. Remember, Richards went into the studio to make a sequel to "Exile" during the"Dirty Work" sessions to piss off Jagger because Jagger had publically stated that he wasn't keen on "Exile" and "Exile" is all about drugs and a friendship gone down the toilet and Jagger was too aware of that and it shows in all the lyrics of "Dirty Work".
• Alastair from Stranraer, United KingdomIt was performed several times on the Steel Wheels 1989 North American tour and a soundboard recording from Toronto 3rd of September is available unofficially.
• Boris Müller from Zürich, Switzerlandfantastic song. can't understand why they almost never played it live....and why i'ts not on 40 licks.
• John from Garland, Txis this song in an 80s movie? because it really sounds like i've heard it in an 80s movie. but i don't know which.
• Johnny from Los Angeles, CaWow, I searched random until the Rolling Stones came up and this was the first one I tried. Anyway, I'm listening to a song called "Can't Be Seen" by the Rolling Stones on Flashpoint, and I was wondering how many live albums the rolling stones have out. I should probably go to a more popular RS chat. Damn.
• Ted from Loveland, CoRecorded Jan - March, July & Aug, and November & December, 1985. Released on the album Dirty Work, on March 24, 1986. Also released as a single in the UK on May 19, and in the US on May 20, 1986.
  Lead Vocals: Mick Jagger Electric Guitars: Jimmy Page (Lead), Keith Richards, Ron Wood Acoustic Guitar: Ron Wood Bass: Bill Wyman Drums: Charlie Watts Keyboards: Chuck Leavell Background Vocals: Keith Richards, Bobby Womack, Don Covay, Patti Scialfa, Kirsty MacColl, Beverly D'Angelo
  
  
  

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