USA US 7" discography / The Virgin years [1993-2006]

Virgin logoThe Rolling Stones - Saint Of Me - NR-38627 • USA discography: The Virgin years [1993-2006] Virgin controlled the Rolling Stones Records catalogue until 2006. Whereas the standard single format had turned to be the CDSingle worldwide, 7" singles were still produced on a regular basis in the UK, mainly on collectors' demand. Virgin US only produced two 7" EPs and one 7" single in picture sleeves [using UK artworks].

'Love Is Strong' [NR-38446] was the first single from the new studio album 'Voodoo Lounge' produced by Don Was. Released as a 7" EP in the US in July 1994, it was coupled with the non-album track 'The Storm' and a remix of the A-side. The track was promoted via a popular black and white music video directed by David Fincher and showing giant Stones members rambling about New York City. It barely made it into the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US though [#91].
Its follower 'You Got Me Rocking' was not even released on 7", but on 12" [Y 38468], and 5" CD; it did not do better than its predecessor in the charts, but its live rendition met success.

Virgin titles sleeve / labels
# view cat.number released a-side / b-side information
128 NR-38446 04/07/94 Love Is Strong / The Storm* / L.I.S. (remix) EP - PS
129-a NR-38459 17/10/94 Out Of Tears / (B.C. remix) / I'm Gonna Drive* EP - PS - mislab.**
129-b NR-38459 17/10/94 Out Of Tears / (B.C. remix) / I'm Gonna Drive* EP - PS - mislab.**
129-c NR-38459 17/10/94 Out Of Tears / (B.C. remix) / I'm Gonna Drive* EP - PS
130 NR-38627 26/01/98 Saint Of Me / Anyway You Look At It* PS
* non-album track - ** mislabeled issues with same label on both sides

The Rolling Stones - Saint Of Me - NR-38627 • USA discography: The Virgin years [1993-2006]In October of that same year [and prior to the UK] was released 'Out Of Tears' [NR-38459], the third single from the album 'Voodoo Lounge', also under the form of a 7" EP, backed with a remix of the main track and an unreleased blues.
Funnily, mislabeled copies of this single exist either with A-side or B-side on both sides !

It will take a new studio album and a new worldwide tour to inspire Virgin US its last 7" release with 'Saint Of Me' [NR-38627] in 1998, backed again with a non-album track 'Anyway You Look At It'.
Its nice artwork was only otherwise issued on 7" on a limited picture disc edition in the UK.
The Rolling Stones - Love Is Strong - NR-38446 • USA discography: The Virgin years [1993-2006]The Rolling Stones - Out Of Tears - NR-38459 • USA discography: The Virgin years [1993-2006]