5. “Miss You”
NYC reference: “I’ve been walking in Central Park / Singing after dark / People think I’m crazy”
We’ve already exceeded our daily word limit for Rolling Stones love here, so I’ll keep this brief. “Miss You” is generally thought of as the Stones’ attempt to cash in on the disco sound but there’s disagreement—sometimes even between separate accounts from the same band member—over the true intention behind its disco trappings.
Personally, I don’t really care if it was a cheap throwaway or a shrewdly crafted pop exploration. If anyone could knock out a respectable disco cut it would be the Stones and this thing is danceable as hell. The version above is the extended 12” single, which kicks the danceability up a few levels with four extra minutes for solos and Mick Jagger “ooh ooh ooh”-ing. I would also be remiss if I didn’t mention that “Miss You“‘s electric piano smoothness comes from the great Ian McLagan of Faces.
