Mixed Emotions (Rolling Stones song)

The song is an upfront rocker, with Richards, Jagger and Ronnie Wood sharing guitar duties. Charlie Watts handled drums while Bill Wyman played bass. Additional performers were piano and organ from Chuck Leavell, the Stones' touring keyboardist since the 1980s. Backing vocals are provided by Jagger, Richards, plus Sarah Dash, Lisa Fischer, and Bernard Fowler, the latter two longtime touring vocalists for the Stones. Brass was provided by the Kick Horns while Luis Jardim provided percussion. ==Release==

Released as the album's first single on 21 August 1989, "Mixed Emotions" entered the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number five, and was also a number-one hit on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for five weeks and in Canada for one week. The song was the Stones' last top-10 hit in the United States, although they would go on to have more chart hits on the Album Rock Tracks chart. The single's B-side was "Fancy Man Blues", a non-album track recorded during the Steel Wheels sessions. The song was regularly performed during the 1989–1990 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour and is included on the live albums Live at The Tokyo Dome and Steel Wheels Live. "Mixed Emotions" appears on all compilation albums, including Jump Back, Forty Licks, GRRR!, and Honk. The 12-inch remix of "Mixed Emotions" by producer Chris Kimsey was rereleased on the Rarities 1971–2003 compilation, in 2005, along with "Fancy Man Blues". ==Music video==

To match the upbeat nature of the song, the music video featured the Stones, playful and smiling, performing the song as well as recording it. This stands in stark contrast to the band's previous video, 1986's "One Hit (To the Body)", filmed during a time when relations between Jagger and Richards were at an all-time low, and which featured uncomfortable physical sparring between the two. ==Track listing==

• "Mixed Emotions" (7-inch version) – 4:00 • "Mixed Emotions" (Chris Kimsey's 12-inch) – 6:10 • "Fancy Man Blues" – 4:54 ==Personnel==

Personnel are adapted from the Steel Wheels liner notes. The Rolling Stones • Mick Jagger – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, shakers • Keith Richards – guitar, backing vocals • Ronnie Wood – guitar • Bill Wyman – bass guitar • Charlie Watts – drums Additional musicians • Chuck Leavell – organ, piano • Sarah Dash – backing vocals • Lisa Fischer – backing vocals • Bernard Fowler – backing vocals • Luís Jardim – percussion • The Kick Horns – brass ==Charts==

Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Release history==