| "Highwire" | ||||
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| Single by the Rolling Stones | ||||
| from the album Flashpoint | ||||
| B-side | "2000 Light Years from Home (live)" | |||
| Released | 4 March 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 7–18 January 1991[1] | |||
| Studio | Hit Factory (London, England)[1] | |||
| Genre | Heartland rock[2] | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Rolling Stones | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jagger/Richards | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Kimsey, The Glimmer Twins | |||
| The Rolling Stones singles chronology | ||||
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"Highwire" is an anti-war song by English rock band the Rolling Stones, featured on their 1991 live album, Flashpoint.[3] Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the song is one of the rare examples of the Stones taking on political issues—in this case, the fall-out from Persian Gulf War.
"Highwire" was released as Flashpoint's first single on 4 March 1991. It reached number four in Finland, Norway, and Portugal, number six in the Netherlands, number 10 in Canada, and number 57 in the United States. In the latter country, the single peaked at number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart for three weeks. An accompanying video directed by Julien Temple was released and depicts the Stones in an industrial set performing the song.
- ^ a b "1991 timeline".
- ^ Marchese, David (5 May 2017). "Ranking All 374 Rolling Stones Songs". Vulture. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ John Stewart Bowman Facts about the American wars -- 1998 p716 "But neither that nor another antiwar song, "Highwire," by the Rolling Stones, received much attention. Nor did "Die for Oil, Sucker," by Jello Biafra, formerly of the Dead Kennedys. "