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Paul McCartney contributed bass to “Covered In You,” a track featured on the Rolling Stones’ upcoming album, Foreign Tongues.
Fans can only imagine what it was like to watch Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney collaborate in the recording studio.
McCartney, 84, plays bass on “Covered In You,” a track from the Rolling Stones’ upcoming album, Foreign Tongues. In a recent interview with NME, Jagger, 82, reflected on how smoothly the recording session came together.
The former Beatle had previously contributed bass to “Bite My Head Off” from the band’s 2023 album, Hackney Diamonds. According to Jagger, both songs were recorded during the same studio session.
“It was very easy,” Jagger said. “Obviously, I’ve known Paul for ages. He’s not a stranger, but he’s never played bass with us before. It’s a different thing, you know?”
Jagger admitted he initially wondered how McCartney would respond to the style of the song. He recalled asking producer Andrew Watt, “‘Is he gonna be into this? Because it’s a punk tune, and I want overdriven bass. It’s gonna be simple, no mucking about.'”
The Rolling Stones frontman said McCartney quickly understood what was needed, adding, “Paul did exactly what was needed in, like, 10 minutes.”
The two legendary acts have crossed paths musically before. McCartney and fellow Beatle John Lennon co-wrote the Rolling Stones’ 1963 single “I Wanna Be Your Man,” while Jagger later contributed backing vocals to the Beatles’ 1967 song “Baby, You’re a Rich Man.”
Speaking with NME in May, McCartney described joining the Rolling Stones in the studio as an unforgettable experience.
“It was really nice to just show up at a studio with your bass and just say, ‘Right, where do you want me?'” he said.
He added that once the session began, the reality of performing alongside the Rolling Stones truly sank in.
“You start playing, and they show you the song, and I start thinking, ‘I’m playing with the Stones!’ And I’m well chuffed! You could be a bit blasé and go, ‘Yeah, okay, so what?’ But for me, it wasn’t — it went the other way.”
