Good Time Women
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| "Good Time Women" | |
|---|---|
| Song by the Rolling Stones | |
| from the album Exile on Main St. (2010) | |
| Released | 16 May 2010 |
| Genre | Boogie-woogie |
| Length | 3:21 |
| Songwriter(s) | Jagger/Richards |
"Good Time Women" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' songwriting partnership, it is an upbeat[1] song with a blues boogie-woogie rhythm. "Good Time Women" formed the basis of the band's later song, "Tumbling Dice", which was released as a single in 1972.
Recorded at Stargroves using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio between March and May 1970, "Good Time Women" went unreleased until 2010, when it was included on the deluxe remastered release of the band's 1972 album, Exile on Main St.
"Good Time Women" eventually transformed into "Tumbling Dice". "Good Time Women"[2] was recorded at Stargroves using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio sometime between March and May 1970 during the sessions for Sticky Fingers.[3][4][5]
Music and lyrics
"Good Time Women" is a bluesy boogie-woogie,[6][7] with heavy emphasis on Ian Stewart's piano work.[7] Though the song has differing lyrics to "Tumbling Dice",[8] it contained a similar structure, chord progression, and melody. Mick Jagger sings the hook to the accompaniment of Mick Taylor's lone lead guitar.[9] However, "Good Time Women" lacked an opening riff, a background choir, and the beat which propels the groove of "Tumbling Dice".
The lyrics of "Good Time Women" are incomplete, consisting largely of gibberish,[10] mentions of cocaine and "dry white wine".[11] The lyrics also refer to "Red light women," or prostitutes, and can be heard as alluding to their then-recent single, "Honky Tonk Women," from 1969.