I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it Would it be enough for your cheatin' heart, If I broke down and cried? If I cried? If I could win ya, if I could sing ya, a love song so divine, Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya, Would you think the boy is strange? Ain't he strange? If I could stick my pen in my heart, And spill it all over the stage It was a lighthearted, anti-journalistic sort of thing." The single sleeve had a picture of me with a pen digging into me as if it were a sword. I was getting a bit tired of people having a go, all that, 'oh, it's not as good as their last one' business. The meaning of the lyrics was summed up by Jagger in the liner notes to the 1993 compilation Jump Back "The idea of the song has to do with our public persona at the time. The song on the album is similar to that original recording, with the Stones keeping the original rhythm track. David Bowie was backing singer to Jagger's lead, and Willie Weeks played bass with Kenney Jones on drums. The song was originally recorded one night in a studio at Wood's house, " The Wick" in Richmond, London. Recorded in late 1973 and completed in the spring of 1974, "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" is credited to the Rolling Stones songwriting team Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, although future Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood collaborated with Jagger on it. 7 Artists for Children's Promise version.
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