The Rolling Stones

Released: March 24, 1986

Songwriter: Keith Richards Mick Jagger

Producer: Keith Richards Mick Jagger Steve Lillywhite

[Chorus 1]
You better get some sleep tonight
You better get some sleep tonight
Honey, just warn your friends
You better get some sleep tonight

[Verse 1]
You always watch the sun go down
The same old shadows crawl over town
Those thoughts of you it shivers me
The moon grows cold in memory

[Chorus 2]
Baby you better get some sleep tonight
All you got to do is close your eyes
You better get some sleep tonight

[Verse 2]
I wish you baby, all the best
If you turn out like all the rest
This darkness baby, it's chilling me
Stars store down in sympathy

[Chorus 2]

[Chorus 1]

[Verse 3]
They robbed you of your dignity
They even steal your heart from me
It isn’t revenge, you understand
Baby I just want to know who death this hand

[Outro]
Baby, ah that's alright
Baby you better get some sleep tonight
All you got to do is close your eyes
Baby you better get some sleep tonight
You better get some sleep tonight
You better get some sleep tonight

Formed in London in 1962, The Rolling Stones led the “British Invasion” along with The Beatles and were so successful their influence can be seen in arguably every rock ‘n’ roll band that followed.

Three of the current members have been there since the band’s singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, who write the majority of the band’s catalogue and also produced some albums as The Glimmer Twins; and drummer Charlie Watts. The fourth official member is guitarist Ronnie Wood, who has been there since 1975 (the keyboardist and bassist who play in studio and live are usually not listed). The Stones have released more than 20 studio albums, and even as age caught up on them, continued to be a huge attraction on the live circuit, with big stadium tours continuing through the 1990s, 2000s and into the 2010s.

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