Start Me Up

"Start Me Up"
Single by the Rolling Stones
from the album Tattoo You
B-side"No Use in Crying"
Released14 August 1981 (1981-08-14)
Recorded
  • January & March 1978 (basic track)[1]
  • April–June 1981 (vocals and overdubs)
GenreHard rock
Length3:34
LabelRolling Stones
Songwriter(s)Jagger–Richards
Producer(s)The Glimmer Twins
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"She's So Cold"
(1980)
"Start Me Up"
(1981)
"Waiting on a Friend"
(1981)
Music video
"Start Me Up" on YouTube
Tattoo You track listing
11 tracks
Side one
  1. "Start Me Up"
  2. "Hang Fire"
  3. "Slave"
  4. "Little T&A"
  5. "Black Limousine"
  6. "Neighbours"
Side two
  1. "Worried About You"
  2. "Tops"
  3. "Heaven"
  4. "No Use in Crying"
  5. "Waiting on a Friend"

"Start Me Up" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1981 album Tattoo You. Released as the album's lead single, it reached number one on Australian Kent Music Report, number two in Canada, number two on the Billboard Hot 100, number seven on the UK Singles Chart, and the top ten in a handful of European countries.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference kimsey was invoked but never defined (see the help page).