Mick Jagger is finest generally known as the frontman for the Rolling Stones, a place he has not a lot held as invented. With a rebellious angle and lightning-fast stage strikes, Jagger has been dazzling crowds for many years — the poster little one for showmanship.

But the Stones haven’t outlined him totally. There have been loads of cases through which Jagger has ventured exterior the band to take part in not solely in his personal solo initiatives, but in addition to contribute to different artists’ work.

Below, in no specific oder aside from chronological, we’re looking at 18 exterior endeavors Jagger took half in.

1. ‘Memo From Turner’ With Ry Cooder (1970)

Jagger’s very first solo single, “Memo From Turner,” arrived in 1970, that includes some very good slide guitar work by Ry Cooder. It was included on the soundtrack to Performance, a movie through which Jagger performed the position of — what else? — a rock star. (Although it must be famous that songwriting credit have been given to each Jagger and Keith Richards.)

2. ‘You’re So Vain’ With Carly Simon (1972)

Of all the folks Carly Simon might have chosen to sing backing vocals on a 1972 track referred to as “You’re So Vain,” there was one thing completely becoming about her selecting Jagger, certainly one of world’s most well-known womanizers again in the day. In the studio, Simon would later describe the feeling in the room with Jagger as certainly one of “raw electricity” and mutual attraction such that “having sex would have actually cooled things off.”

3. ‘(You Gotta Walk and) Don’t Look Back’ With Peter Tosh (1978)

In 1978 — the identical yr the Rolling Stones’ launched Some Girls — Jagger lent his vocal abilities to a reggae model of “(You Gotta Walk and) Don’t Look Back” recorded by Peter Tosh of Bob Marley’s Wailers. The duo carried out on Saturday Night Live that yr, and likewise just a few occasions when Tosh opened for the Stones on their 1978 U.S. tour.

4. ‘State of Shock’ With the Jacksons (1984)

“State of Shock,” written by Michael Jackson and Randy Hansen, was initially going to be included on 1982’s Thriller as a duet with Jackson and Freddie Mercury. Plans modified, nevertheless, and the track was as a substitute lower with the Jacksons and Jagger. It was launched as a single in 1984 and went to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.

5. ‘Dancing in the Street’ With David Bowie (1985)

However you may really feel about the track’s manufacturing, there isn’t any denying the energy of two of the most charismatic performers of all time collaborating on “Dancing in the Street.” Jagger and David Bowie’s 1985 model of the track — which got here accompanied by a extremely entertaining music video — went to No. 1 in the U.Ok. and No. 7 in the U.S.

6. Mick Jagger and Company on ‘She’s the Boss’ (1985)

When Jagger determined to pursue a profession exterior of the Stones, one factor was for sure: he wouldn’t wrestle to seek out musicians who wished to play with him. On his first solo album, 1985’s She’s the Boss, collaborators included Pete Townshend, Jeff Beck, Carlos Alomar, Herbie Hancock, Nile Rodgers, Sly and Robbie and extra.

7. Performing With Tina Turner at Live Aid (1985)

The Rolling Stones didn’t play at Live Aid as a band, however as a substitute participated in separate performances. Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood joined forces with Bob Dylan, whereas Jagger teamed up with an equally gorgeous performer, Tina Turner, for renditions of “State of Shock” and (*18*)

8. ‘Primitive Cool’ (1987) 

Two years later, with tensions between himself and Keith Richards at an uncomfortably excessive stage, Jagger went forward and made one other solo album, Primitive Cool. Once once more, the visitor record was awfully spectacular: Jeff Beck, Bill Evans, David Sanborn, Vernon Reid and Dave Stewart (who co-wrote the album’s lead single “Let’s Work”), to call just a few.

9. Living Colour, ‘Vivid’ (1988)

They say it isn’t what you understand, it is who you understand. In the late ’80s, Living Colour was fortunate sufficient to name Jagger a type of folks they knew. Guitarist Vernon Reid had contributed to Jagger’s Primitive Cool, and Jagger has additionally seen the band carry out stay. He was so impressed that he launched himself into serving to them produce some demos, which in flip acquired them the consideration of a document label, Epic. Living Colour’s debut album, Vivid, arrived in 1988, with Jagger contributing to 2 of its songs: “Broken Hearts” and “Glamour Boys.”

10. The Red Devils Blues Album That Never Was (1992)

Technically, Jagger’s collaboration with the Red Devils, a Los Angeles-based blues rock band he met via producer Rick Rubin, by no means got here to fruition. But they did work collectively in the early ’90s on what was imagined to be a blues album, and the recordings which have leaked over the years are awfully spectacular.

11. Mixing Veterans and Rookies on ‘Wandering Spirit’ (1993)

Jagger launched only one solo album in the ’90s, Wandering Spirit, however he did one thing fairly attention-grabbing with its personnel. Instead of utilizing solely members of the outdated guard, Jagger enlisted some veteran recording artists — folks like Billy Preston, Jim Keltner and Benmont Tench — in addition to extra up to date stars like Lenny Kravitz and Flea.

12. ‘Goddess in the Doorway’ (2001)

Jagger’s most up-to-date solo album, Goddess in the Doorway, got here out method again in 2001. Again, the credit featured some extremely excessive profile names: Rob Thomas, Pete Townshend, Joe Perry, Lenny Kravitz and Bono, amongst others.

13. ‘Alfie’ With Dave Stewart (2004)

In 2004, Jagger reconvened with Dave Stewart to co-produce the soundtrack album to Alfie, a remake of the 1966 movie a few womanizing chauffeur in London. Sheryl Crow, Joss Stone and Nadirah “Nadz” Seid additionally contributed to the album. One of its tracks, “Old Habits Die Hard,” ended up profitable a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

14. ‘Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of’ With U2 (2009)

“This man will make this a special song,” Bono stated in 2009 simply earlier than U2 launched into “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of,” referring to Jagger standing by his facet. This was at certainly one of the twenty fifth anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert events at Madison Square Garden.

15. ‘Dead Flowers’ With Jerry Lee Lewis (2010)

For his fortieth studio album, Mean Old Man, Jerry Lee Lewis recruited a complete firm of collaborators to sing duets with, together with Jagger for a rendition of the Rolling Stones’ “Dead Flowers.” (Others included Eric Clapton, John Fogerty, Willie Nelson, Robbie Robertson, Ringo Starr and plenty of extra.)

16. ‘Bramble Rose’ With Don Henley and Miranda Lambert (2015)

“I can truthfully say that I enjoyed making this record more than any record I’ve made in my career. And a lot of the reason is because of the people who participated,” Don Henley stated to Rolling Stone in 2015, talking about his album Cass County, on which Jagger lent his vocals (together with Miranda Lambert) to a track referred to as “Bramble Rose.” “There’s some amazing musicians here and the best thing about it is, most of them are funny. So it was a real pleasure.”

17. ‘You Did the Crime’ With Buddy Guy (2018)

Buddy Guy managed to get not one however two Rolling Stones to play on his 2018 album, The Blues Is Alive and Well. Keith Richards — and Jeff Beck — performed on a track referred to as “Cognac,” whereas Jagger contributed to a track referred to as “You Did the Crime.” “Feel like I owed the British the respect they gave Muddy [Waters],” Guy informed Billboard at the time. “In the ’60s, when our music was dying, the Stones and their English buddies woke up the world to the blues.”

18. ‘Easy Sleazy’ With Dave Grohl (2021)

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, folks immediately had much more time at dwelling on their palms, and Jagger was no totally different. So he wrote up a brand new track referred to as “Easy Sleazy” and contacted somebody he thought would make an important recording associate for it. “I phoned Dave [Grohl] up and said, ‘Dave, would you be interested?’ He said [puts on American accent], ‘Yeah, I’m really bored!’” Jagger defined to Rolling Stone in 2021, when the track got here out. “Dave likes it ’cause it rocks hard. I like to rock hard, too, so it feels good in that way.”

Allison Rapp is a New York City-based music and tradition journalist. Her work has appeared in Brooklyn Magazine, Insider, Rock Cellar, City Limits and extra. She can be the host of Big Yellow Podcast, a present about Joni Mitchell. She tweets at @allisonrapp22.