Star Star

Composers: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording date: November 1972-January 1973, May-June 1973 & August 1973
Recording locations: Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston, Jamaica; Village Recorders, Los Angeles, USA; Island Recording Studios, London, England;
& Soundplush Studios, Blaricum, Netherlands
Producer: Jimmy Miller        Chief engineers: Andy Johns & Baker Bigsby
Performed onstage: 1973, 1975-79, 1981, 1997-98, 2003

Probable line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Electric guitars: Keith Richards (incl. solo) and Mick Taylor
Lead vocals: Mick Jagger
Backing vocals: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Piano: Ian Stewart
Saxophone: Bobby Keys
 

Baby, baby, I've been so sad since you've been gone
Way back to New York City where you do belong
Honey, I miss your two tongue kisses, legs wrapped around me tight
If I ever get back to Fun City, girl, I'm going to make you scream all night

Honey, honey, call me on the telephone
I know you're moving out to Hollywood with your can of tasty foam
All those beat up friends of mine got to get you in their books
And lead guitars and movie stars get their toe beneath your hood

Yeah, you're a starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star
Yeah, a starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star
A starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star

Yeah I heard about your Polaroids, now that's what I call obscene
Your tricks with fruit was kind of cute, I bet you keep your pussy clean
Honey, I miss your two tongue kisses, legs wrapped around me tight
If I ever get back to New York, girl, I'm going to make you scream all night

Yeah, you're a starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star
Yeah, a starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star
A starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star

Yes you are, yes you are, yes you are

Yeah, Ali McGraw got mad with you for giving head to Steve McQueen
Yeah, you and me we made a pretty pair balling through the silver screen
Honey, I'm open to anything, I don't know where to draw the line
Yeah, I'm making bets that you're going to get John Wayne before he dies

Yeah, you're a starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star
Yeah, a starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star
A starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star

Yes you are

A starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star - ah yeah
Yeah, a starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star - ah yeah
Yeah, a starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star - whoo!
Yeah, a starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, starfucker, star - yes you are, yes you are

Ah... ooh!
Ooh!... give us a kiss
Whoo! With a twist
 
Come on, little girl
Give us a whirl
 
 

TrackTalk

Starfucker was about the last (song we recorded for the album).

- Mick Taylor, 1973


Starfucker is all Mick's (song).

- Keith Richards, 1973


That's the only song (on the album) with any slice of cynicism.

- Mick Jagger, 1973


People always give me this bit about us being a macho band and I always ask them to give me examples... Under My Thumb... Yes, but they always say Starfucker, and THAT just happened to be about someone I knew.

- Mick Jagger, 1975


(Atlantic Records have) tried to balls about a bit with this latest album. They've given us a lot of trouble over Starfucker for all the wrong reasons - I mean, they even got down to saying that Steve McQueen would pass an injunction against the song because of the line about him. So we just sent a tape of the song to him and of course he okayed it. It was just a hustle though. Obstacles put in our way.

- Keith Richards, 1973


I suppose we ask for it if we record things like that. Christ, I don't do these things intentionally. I just wrote it... That's real, and if girls can do that, I can certainly write about it, because it's what I see. I'm not saying all women are star-fuckers, but I see an awful lot of them, and so I wrote a song called that. I mean, people show themselves up by their own behaviour, and just to describe it doesn't mean you're anti-feminist.

- Mick Jagger, 1978


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