Rolling Stones Cover Amy Winehouse Hit on New Album Foreign Tongues

The Rolling Stones include a cover of Amy Winehouse’s 2006 song “You Know I’m No Good” on their new album Foreign Tongues, The Independent reported. The track appears on the record scheduled for release on 10 July. The band performed with Winehouse at the Isle of Wight festival in 2007, their first UK festival appearance in over 30 years.

They sang the Temptations song “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” during that set. Winehouse died in 2011 at age 27. Guitarist Ronnie Wood recalled advising Winehouse before the show. ’” he told The Sunday Times.

“I said, ‘Look, everyone knows you’ve got vodka in the water bottle. ” Keith Richards said he had expected to see her again after the festival.

“You expect things to happen, and unfortunately no. But that’s what records are for. ” On the Stones’ recording, Mick Jagger alters the lyrics to sing from a male perspective. The original track appeared on Winehouse’s album Back to Black.

Each band member expressed hope of touring again in 2027, The Sunday Times reported. Jagger said his body was asking “What are you doing” after not training for live shows. He had said on a US television appearance that he hoped the band would return to the road next year.

The Stones’ most recent North America tour grossed almost a quarter of a billion dollars and sold 880,000 tickets. They last toured in summer 2024 to promote Hackney Diamonds, their first album of original material in almost two decades and their first since the 2021 death of drummer Charlie Watts. Foreign Tongues is released on Friday 10 July.