Composers: Keith
Richards & Steve Jordan
Recording date: August-September
1987 & November 1987-May 1988
Recording locations: Le
Studio, Montreal, Canada; various studios, New York City; Bermuda Sound
Recording Studios, Bermuda;
Air Studios, Montserrat; Atlantic
Studios & The Hit Factory, New York City
Producers: Keith
Richards & Steve Jordan
Chief engineer: Don
Smith
Line-up:
Drums: Steve Jordan
Bass: Charley
Drayton
Electric guitars: Keith
Richards & Waddy Wachtel
Lead vocal: Keith
Richards
Background vocals: Keith
Richards, Steve Jordan, Charley Drayton & Patti
Scialfa
Saxophones: Bobby
Keys
Handclaps: Keith
Richards & Steve Jordan
Whip
Whip it up
Don't know what you dream at night
Honey
Close your eyes and see
Leave the rest to me
I'll be stealing in
If you give me half a chance
Come on, baby
Let's get this dream to dance
Well it seems so sad to me
The way that we carry on
Why, why baby
Can't we get along?
I ain't deceiving you
And if you ain't deceiving me
Then someone else has lied to us
Yeah, don't deny it
Save it for another day
Don't save it for me, yeah
If I ain't good enough
For you
Then maybe, baby
You ain't good enough, good enough, good enough
for me
Whip it up, baby
Whip it
Yeah just...
Just a flick of the wrist, baby, yeah, yeah
A twist of the mind
Whip it up
Come on, baby
TrackTalk
There's even a little (tribute) to, bless their souls, the Fab Four. That's on Whip It Up. It's a deliberate early Beatles way of doing things on the harmony vocals. We recorded the whole thing basically like we would with the Stones with everyone playing live in the studio, which apparently now is a novelty.
(T)here's some respect-yer-soul instrumentation
on there, like Volt, Stax, Atlantic...