The single of the day ★ Biggest Mistake

'Biggest Mistake' was released as a 7" single in the UK on June 30, 2006, where it peaked at #51.
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, 'Biggest Mistake' is a pop song with a strongly acoustic guitar-based arrangement and lyrics that tell the story of an older man who falls in love but then walks out on his partner.
Third and last single from the band's 2005 album 'A Bigger Bang', its only 7" release is a European heavy weight red vinyl limited edition coming in deluxe thick card picture sleeve with picture inner. On its B-side featured 'Hand Of Fate', captured live at the Olympia Theatre in Paris on July 11, 2003, and exclusive to the 7" [three-track CD issues would include 'Dance [Part 1]' and 'Before They Make Me Run' from the same show].
'Biggest Mistake' was issued in conjuncti... [+]

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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].