The Rolling Stones - Undercover Of The Night - OFFICIAL PROMO (EXPLICIT) video free download


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The official promo video for the Rolling Stones' 1983 single "Undercover Of The Night".

The track lead single off the album Undercover Of The Night, and was composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

The song features Mick Jagger on lead vocals, Keith Richards on guitar and background vocals, Charlie Watts on drums, Ronnie Wood on guitar and background vocals, Bill Wyman on bass guitar. The track was produced by Chris Kimsey and the Glimmer Twins.

The video was directed by filmmaker Julien Temple who also directed the promo videos "Highwire", "She Was Hot", "Too Much Blood" and "Sex Drive", as well as the feature film Stones At The Max. Temple also directed the feature films Absolute Beginners, starring David Bowie, and Sex Pistols' film The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle.

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Hear the screams of center 42

Loud enough to bust your brains out

The oppositions tongue is cut in two

Keep off the street cause you're in danger

One hundred thousand disparus

Lost in the jails in south america

Cuddle up baby

Cuddle up tight

Cuddle up baby

Keep it all out of sight

Undercover

Keep it all out of sight

Undercover of the night

The sex police are out there on the streets

Make sure the pass laws are not broken

The race militia has got itchy fingers

All the way from new york back to africa

Cuddle up baby

Keep it all out of sight

Cuddle up baby

Sleep with all out of sight

Cuddle up baby

Keep it all out of sight

Undercover

Undercover

Undercover

Keep it all out of sight

Undercover of the night

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8 years ago

TheMovielover27

Sopranos? 

8 years ago

Today's Memory

A happy birthday to :Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts (1941) is an English drummer, best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. Originally trained as a graphic artist, he started playing drums in London’s rhythm and blues clubs, where he met Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards. In 1963, he joined their group, the Rolling Stones, as drummer, while doubling as designer of their record-sleeves and tour-stages. He has also toured with his own group, the Charlie Watts Quintet, and appeared at London’s prestigious jazz-club Ronnie Scott’s with the Charlie Watts Tentet.In 2006, Watts was elected into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame; in the same year, Vanity Fair elected him into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame.Rolling Stones - Undercover Of The Night (1983)From the album : UndercoverThe song was largely a Mick Jagger composition, with guitarist Keith Richards going as far as saying, "Mick had this one all mapped out, I just played on it". Jagger later said that the song "was heavily influenced by William Burroughs’ ‘Cities of the Red Night,’ a free-wheeling novel about political and sexual repression. It combines a number of diferent references to what was going down in Argentina and Chile." The song was likely written in Paris in late 1982, where recording began on the album.In 2003, guitarist Ronnie Wood described the fractious writing as "just me, Mick and Charlie Watts... We took it up into some wonderful adventures with all these different changes... There was a great percussive and acoustic version, which is the kind of song it should be. The final polished, glossed-up version may have been Mick's vision of the song..."The lyrics see Jagger explore the then-ongoing political corruption in Central and South America:“ All the young men, they've been rounded up;And sent to camps back in the jungle;And people whisper, people double-talk;Once proud fathers act so humble. ”Jagger said, in those same liner notes to Jump Back, that the song was "heavily influenced by William Burroughs' Cities of the Red Night". "Undercover of the Night" is notable as it is one of the few songs by the Rolling Stones which overtly explore political ideas, next to "Street Fighting Man", arguably "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)","Highwire" and the more recent "Sweet Neo Con".Recording began in early 1983 and was resumed later that summer at New York City's famed Hit Factory. Of note are the two versions of this song, one featuring usual Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman and the other featuring guest Robbie Shakespeare. The song features a very rhythmic feeling, provided by Sly Dunbar, Martin Ditcham, Moustapha Cisse and Brahms Coundoul, on various instruments ranging from bongos to timpani. Organ on the piece is performed by Chuck Leavell, who would later become the Rolling Stones' regular pianist. Also of note is the song's use of dub style (a subgenre of reggae music) echo on the instruments."Undercover of the Night" was released as the first single taken from the album on November 1, 1983. Initial reception was warm with the song reaching number 9 in the US and number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, though the violent depictions spelled out by Jagger were believed to be why its popularity quickly waned. Jagger in Jump Back's liner notes: "I think it's really good but it wasn't particularly successful at the time because songs that deal overtly with politics never are that successful, for some reason." Richards countered: "There were a lot more overlays on this track, because there was a lot more separation in the way we were recording at that time. Mick and I were starting to come to loggerheads." The 1980s were famously a rough time for the leaders of the Rolling Stones.An elaborate music video was made for the song, featuring Jagger as detective helping a woman follow her boyfriend's (Also played by Jagger.) kidnappers and Richards as the leader of the kidnappers who eventually shoots Jagger. The music video, directed by Julien Temple, was considered to be too violent for MTV (They did eventually aired an edited version. However still not before 9 PM due to the violent imagery.), and the uncensored version of the video would be included on the band's Video Rewind compilation.The song has been performed sporadically on every tour since its release, most recently on the A Bigger Bang Tour in 2006, and appeared on every compilation album since, including 2002's Forty Licks and 2012's GRRR!.

8 years ago

Classic Rock

A happy birthday to :Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts (1941) is an English drummer, best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. Originally trained as a graphic artist, he started playing drums in London’s rhythm and blues clubs, where he met Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards. In 1963, he joined their group, the Rolling Stones, as drummer, while doubling as designer of their record-sleeves and tour-stages. He has also toured with his own group, the Charlie Watts Quintet, and appeared at London’s prestigious jazz-club Ronnie Scott’s with the Charlie Watts Tentet.In 2006, Watts was elected into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame; in the same year, Vanity Fair elected him into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame.Rolling Stones - Undercover Of The Night (1983)From the album : UndercoverThe song was largely a Mick Jagger composition, with guitarist Keith Richards going as far as saying, "Mick had this one all mapped out, I just played on it". Jagger later said that the song "was heavily influenced by William Burroughs’ ‘Cities of the Red Night,’ a free-wheeling novel about political and sexual repression. It combines a number of diferent references to what was going down in Argentina and Chile." The song was likely written in Paris in late 1982, where recording began on the album.In 2003, guitarist Ronnie Wood described the fractious writing as "just me, Mick and Charlie Watts... We took it up into some wonderful adventures with all these different changes... There was a great percussive and acoustic version, which is the kind of song it should be. The final polished, glossed-up version may have been Mick's vision of the song..."The lyrics see Jagger explore the then-ongoing political corruption in Central and South America:“ All the young men, they've been rounded up;And sent to camps back in the jungle;And people whisper, people double-talk;Once proud fathers act so humble. ”Jagger said, in those same liner notes to Jump Back, that the song was "heavily influenced by William Burroughs' Cities of the Red Night". "Undercover of the Night" is notable as it is one of the few songs by the Rolling Stones which overtly explore political ideas, next to "Street Fighting Man", arguably "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)","Highwire" and the more recent "Sweet Neo Con".Recording began in early 1983 and was resumed later that summer at New York City's famed Hit Factory. Of note are the two versions of this song, one featuring usual Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman and the other featuring guest Robbie Shakespeare. The song features a very rhythmic feeling, provided by Sly Dunbar, Martin Ditcham, Moustapha Cisse and Brahms Coundoul, on various instruments ranging from bongos to timpani. Organ on the piece is performed by Chuck Leavell, who would later become the Rolling Stones' regular pianist. Also of note is the song's use of dub style (a subgenre of reggae music) echo on the instruments."Undercover of the Night" was released as the first single taken from the album on November 1, 1983. Initial reception was warm with the song reaching number 9 in the US and number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, though the violent depictions spelled out by Jagger were believed to be why its popularity quickly waned. Jagger in Jump Back's liner notes: "I think it's really good but it wasn't particularly successful at the time because songs that deal overtly with politics never are that successful, for some reason." Richards countered: "There were a lot more overlays on this track, because there was a lot more separation in the way we were recording at that time. Mick and I were starting to come to loggerheads." The 1980s were famously a rough time for the leaders of the Rolling Stones.An elaborate music video was made for the song, featuring Jagger as detective helping a woman follow her boyfriend's (Also played by Jagger.) kidnappers and Richards as the leader of the kidnappers who eventually shoots Jagger. The music video, directed by Julien Temple, was considered to be too violent for MTV (They did eventually aired an edited version. However still not before 9 PM due to the violent imagery.), and the uncensored version of the video would be included on the band's Video Rewind compilation.The song has been performed sporadically on every tour since its release, most recently on the A Bigger Bang Tour in 2006, and appeared on every compilation album since, including 2002's Forty Licks and 2012's GRRR!.

8 years ago

Tony Hall

The Stones were out-punking punk before punk even existed.

8 years ago

Rick The Explorer™

Sinister hot rod, riding down the road. Blasting this.

8 years ago

steve Z

Is the girl in the bed from Predator movie?

8 years ago

ReeseMac

Wasn't this video considered controversial back in the 80's?

8 years ago

Mongo Local780

Undercover is the most underrated Stones' album ever. Hell, it may even be the most overlooked and dismissed record of ANY band. Does it contain a few sub-par tracks? O.K., which Stones record didn't?Don't dismiss this record because you think they were chasing pop music trends, like in the 60's and 70's the Stones were still setting trends. This was the first record in a long time where Richards wasn’t in a heroin induced fog and the last record where the Stones were still experimenting with other genres like punk, rockabilly, reggae, and funk. Way before bands like The Clash, The Pretenders and Red Hot Chili Peppers came along to set the new direction of modern rock with similar musical fusions.On Feel On Baby I think they mixed reggae and rock better than any previous Stones attempt... sounds like it could have been written by Peter Tosh himself. Charlie Watts is just incredible on the track Uncover of the Night and it fuses rock with funk better than both Miss You and Emotional Rescue. She Was Hot and All The Way Down are masterpieces of those knock your socks off and dance like a fool classic Stones grooves and riffs.Undercover is the Stones in all of their raunchy and shocking glory. If you do an objective comparison, Undercover holds its own against ANY Stones’ record.

8 years ago

lajas44

Still one of the greatest music videos ever made.

9 years ago

村上勲

I like it!

9 years ago

Buckwheat Johnson

This video was all over MTV, in the mid-eighties. Now, it gets an "explicit" advisory. My, how times have changed...

9 years ago

Robert Cook

Stones... Under Cover is almost never mentioned but is perhaps my fav grouve. I mean it is so solid. Drums, guitars, vocals. It is the pinnacle Stones. My opinion only, of course, but AWESOME!

9 years ago

RJMMDF

Keith Richards, Badass.

9 years ago

Peter Cook

mick puts in a Marlon Brando performance in this one,

9 years ago

Bettina Jagger

The Rolling Stones"Undercover Of The Night"OFFICIAL PROMO (EXPLICIT)Hear the screams of Center 42Loud enough to bust your brains outThe opposition's tongue is cut in twoKeep off the street 'cause you're in dangerOne hundred thousand disparusLost in the jails in South AmericaCuddle up babyCuddle up tightCuddle up babyKeep it all out of sightUndercoverKeep it all out of sightUndercover of the nightThe sex police are out there on the streetsMake sure the pass laws are not brokenThe race militia has got itchy fingersAll the way from New York back to AfricaCuddle up babyKeep it all out of sightCuddle up babySleep with all out of sightCuddle up babyKeep it all out of sightUndercoverUndercoverUndercoverKeep it all out of sightUndercover of the nightAll the young men they've been rounded upAnd sent to camps back in the jungleAnd people whisper people double-talkAnd once proud fathers act so humbleAll the young girls they have got the bluesThey're heading on back to Center 42Keep it undercoverKeep it all out of sightKeep it undercoverKeep it all out of sightUndercoverKeep it all out of sightUndercoverKeep it all out of sightUndercover of the nightDown in the bars the girls are painted blueDone up in lace, done up in rubberThe John's are jerky little G.I. Joe'sOn R&R from Cuba and RussiaThe smell of sex, the smell of suicideAll these things I can't keep insideUndercoverKeep it all out of sightUndercover of the nightUndercover of the nightUndercover of the nightUndercoverUndercoverUndercover of the night

9 years ago

patrick jacobs

Bekijk deze video op YouTube:

9 years ago

WweRKOcoiledvoices

Rolling Stones...one of the best songs

9 years ago

Sofia X.

καληνύχτα σε όλους! όλους όλους! :)

9 years ago

marci mars

It was only after watching this that I found out Mick was picked to play Fletch in the movie Fletch. The writers said no and went with Chevy Chase . I wonder , just out of fun , how Mick would have done ?

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