Tumbling Dice

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Tumbling Dice is a song by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards .

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The song named after a game of skill with dice was released on the Rolling Stones album Exile on Main St from 1972 and at the same time as a single. The piece is part of the Rolling Stones concert repertoire. It was first played on June 3, 1972 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver and has not been missing on any tour since. There are five Stones concert films in which the song is played and two live versions on CD. The song reached number 7 in the US and number 5 in the UK charts.

The basic track was recorded on August 3, 1971 in the French Belle Époque estate Villa Nellcôte near Villefranche-sur-Mer under difficult conditions. Mick Taylor , actually the band's guitarist, played bass since Bill Wyman was absent, and Mick Jagger played guitar. The producer Jimmy Miller added a self-recorded drum overdub in the outro to the song .

The band was pressed for time to record the album Exile on Main Street . According to Keith Richards, Jagger got the idea on the subject because he had some friends at the time who were suffering from gambling addiction . According to sound engineer Andy Johns, the Stones recorded over 100 takes of the piece for the album. The song tells of a player who cannot be loyal to a woman. A cover version by Linda Ronstadt made it into the top 40 of the charts in 1978. The piece has been covered many times, including styles such as reggae , bluegrass and noise rock . It was voted # 424 of the 500 Best Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine .

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  1. ↑ a b Tumbling Dice. In: allmusic.com. Retrieved March 28, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Liner Notes for "Jump Back, The Best of Rolling Stones"