Line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Jamie Muhoberac
Acoustic guitar:Waddy Wachtel
Electric guitars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood & Waddy Wachtel
Lead vocal: Mick Jagger
Sampled lead vocal: Biz Markie
Background vocals: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bernard Fowler & Blondie Chaplin
Keyboards: Don Was & Jamie Muhoberac
Shaker: Blondie Chaplin
 

She confessed her love to me, then she vanished on the breeze
Trying to hold on to that was just impossible
She was more than beautiful, closer to ethereal
With a kind of down to earth flavor

Close my eyes, it's 3 in the afternoon
Then I realize that she's really gone for good

Anybody seen my baby?
Anybody seen her around?
Love has gone and made me blind, I've looked but I just can't find
She has gotten lost in the crowd

I was flipping magazines in that place on Mercer Street
When I thought I spotted her
And getting on a motor bike, looking rather lady-like
Didn't she just give me a wave?

Salty tears, it's 3 in the afternoon
Has she disappeared? Has she really gone for good?

Anybody seen my baby?
(Has) Anybody seen her around?
If I just close my eyes, I reach out and touch the prize
Anybody seen her around?

Oh yeah, that's what I'm saying

We came to rock Brooklyn and Queens
And Manhattan and the Bronx
And Staten Island, I can't forget New Jersey
And Long Island and all over the world
We came to rock for everybody all like this

Oh yeah
Anybody seen...
Lost, lost, never found
Oh yeah, I must have called her a thousand times
Oh, sometimes I just think she's just in my imagination
Oh yeah

Lost, lost in the crowd
 
 

TrackTalk

I thought Mick really captured the feeling of the moment on that song in particular. He was really conscientious about his work on this record and paid attention to every line. And since he likes to act and I like to direct, we took those roles and treated the vocals as if we were making a film. We talked about the motivation of the characters and trying to get inside each situation... He was very serious about being a good artist and I think it shows through. His vocals are fantastic.

It's melodic, but then it's different. It has a slightly different groove to it. And it's got a lot of little sounds, ear-catching little soundscapes on it, you know. We did it to keep you interested. It's kind of R&B-influenced sort of soul music and it's kind of lightish, it's not heavy, but it's definitely R&B and it's very, it's really driven by the vocal chorus, really.

Anybody Seen My Baby?, it's very good.

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