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'Hang Fire' was released as a 7" single in the US on February 18, 1982, where it peaked at #20.
'Hang Fire' is the third single from 'Tattoo You' and was issued in the US, Canada, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand only.
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is a fast-paced, up tempo surfer style rock and roll track, which betrays the happy beat with sharp, satirical lyrics directed squarely at England's economic decline through the 1970s.
The song is one of the few times the band wrote an overtly political song, and it is notable that it was never released as a single in England, even though the band was touring Europe during the single's US release. The track was first written and recorded during the 'Some Girls' sessions in Paris. [+]
Vintage distributors' jukebox strips are popular among collectors.
About the songs
Nearly 80 songs recorded by the Rolling Stones entered either the UK or US charts since 1963,
twelve of them peaking at #1 ['Satisfaction', 'Get Off Of My Cloud',
'Paint It, Black' and 'Honky Tonk Women' were #1 in both countries].
The early years also were the most prolific and, whereas most titles were not yet penned by the Jagger-Richards tandem,
record labels Decca [in the UK] and London [in the US] would issue singles at a frantic pace,
building the band's reputation as the Beatles' most serious threat.
However, no global marketing strategy would emerge before the 70's, and both countries cultivated their differences in their respective discographies, as would their affiliates in other parts of the world.
The richness and diversity of the Rolling Stones singles discography is mainly due to the fact that, during the 60's, Decca would consider singles an independent market from the LPs' one, whereas London would use this format as a 'lift' for album sales. Therefore, British singles would offer non-album tracks [except for compilations], and Decca England would pass on a few US releases, while the US would opt for different B-sides and be a little more productive.
US exclusive couplings and singles would however often be released on Decca in Europe, notably in Scandinavia for which UK would exclusively press 'export' singles [Denmark, Sweden and Norway also pressed their own records and imported regular UK releases].
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