Mick Jagger – Ruthless People (US 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on March 28th, 2011
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
“Ruthless People” is the theme song for the 1986 black comedy, starring Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold and Helen Slater. It also features Bill Pullman as a supporting role in his film debut.
The song was co-written by Mick Jagger, Daryl Hall and Eurythmics co-member Dave Stewart and performed by Jagger. Assuming the song would be a hit, “Weird Al” Yankovic requested (and received) permission from Jagger to record a parody version, “Toothless People”, for his upcoming Polka Party! album. When Jagger’s song failed to crack the Top 40, Yankovic considered not recording his version; because Jagger had “authorized” the parody, however, he decided failing to produce it would be an insult to the artist and recorded it.
The movie version features different lyrics from the single version.
SIDE A:
Ruthless People (12″ Version) 6:56
Mixed By – Gary Langan
Producer – Daryl Hall , David A. Stewart , Mick Jagger
SIDE B:
I’m Ringing 4:20
Producer – Gary Langan , Mick Jagger
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint (generic)
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Ruthless People | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #51 |
| 1986 | Ruthless People | U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | #14 |
| 1986 | Ruthless People | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | #29 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic
Catalog#: 49-05931
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Pop Rock
NOTES:
Mick Jagger appears courtesy of Columbia Records
Taken from the Original Motion Picture Sountrack “Ruthless People”
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
PW: burningtheground
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March 28th, 2011 at 10:58 pm
thanks for another great post!
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March 29th, 2011 at 2:34 am
Thanks for this gem!! Hard to find here in Germany!
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March 29th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Thanks Paul, always liked this song. Was never sure why it wasn’t a hit.
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March 29th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
yeah, to think that it was such a power collaboration, it sure didn’t perform as well.
Billy Joel and Luther Vandross both did better with their singles.
It was a great 80s soundtrack still, and a hilarious movie as well.
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May 24th, 2012 at 9:06 pm
Hi,
I just discovered your awesome blog. Can you please re-post this song?
thanks,
wb
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