Composers: Mick
Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording date:
March-April & June-November 1984
Recording locations: Compass
Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas & The Power Station, New York City
Producers: Mick
Jagger & Bill Laswell/Material
Chief engineer: Dave
Jerden

Line-up:
Drums: Michael
Shrieve
Bass: Bill Laswell
Electric guitars: Pete
Townshend & Eddie Martinez
Electric guitar: Jeff
Beck
Lead vocals: Mick
Jagger
Backing vocals: Mick
Jagger & Bernard Fowler
Organ: Herbie
Hancock
Synthesizer: Guy
Fletcher
Lonely, lonely
God knows you're ambitious
See you push so hard
You want to get to the top of the heap
From Sunset Boulevard
Oh, it leads small-town girls astray
('Cause) (Yeah) It's lonely - lonely at the
top
(Yeah) Baby, it's hot
They're going to tear (strip) your soul away
Theater is deserted
And the boards are bare
You're next up for the reading
And you're feeling scared
Oh, but you really want the part so bad
Yeah, go on and show them how a star should
act
You could be a doctor, you could be a nurse
There's no time to rehearse
You work as a waitress, you clean up the bar
But soon you'll be noticed, you'll be a star
You get your nomination
Your heart's beating fast
Yes and the winner is you
You won the prize at last
It's lonely, lonely
It's lonely
You get hungry
You get thirsty
Show you get thirsty
The pressure makes you crazy
Baby won't you stick me (?)
Show you're no lady