Rough Justice

Album: A Bigger Bang (2005)
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Songfacts®:

  • Recorded in France, this was the first single off A Bigger Bang the song is about a love affair that isn't easy.
  • There is a coy oral sex reference in the second verse: "So put your lips to my hips, baby." >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Ethan - Portland, OR, for above 2
  • The Stones featured this song on their A Bigger Bang Tour and played it during the halftime show for Super Bowl XL. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Bertrand - Paris, France

Comments: 7

  • Katy from Atkinson , Nhagree with Ethan
  • Ethan from Portland, OrActually, Rain Fall Down is the best song on ABB . . .
  • Olle from Stockholm, SwedenJo-C is right! This IS the best song of the bigger bang.
  • Ethan from Portland, OrThis was one of three songs performed at the Superbowl. ronnie kicked butt on the slide guitar
  • Brian from Alluhrst, NjThis is probily the best Stones song on the best Stones album in the last 30 years.
  • Joshua from Twin Cities, MnThis song appeared in the ad campaign for the 2005 season of ABC's Monday Night Football. (Coincidentally, the Stones are set to be part of the festivities surrounding Super Bowl XL in Detroit, which is being televised by ABC.)
  • Jo-c from Lima, PeruEasily the best song on A Bigger Bang. Instant Stones classic, never grows old.
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