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Who sang Shattered?

The Rolling Stones released the song Shattered. Date of release: 1978.

Release date: 1978

Duration: 03:47

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🎶 Shattered song analysis

The song tells the story of a man living in a city where money and chaos reign supreme. He experiences loneliness and weariness, surrounded by people whose only concern is to make money and survive in this city. Yet he still hopes that love, hope, sex and dreams can still survive there. The song ends with a reflection on how his friends come to flatter him.

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The Rolling Stones - Short Biography

The Rolling Stones are an iconic English rock band formed in London in 1962, and are widely regarded as one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. They pioneered the gritty, rhythmic sound that defined hard rock, with their first stable lineup including singer Mick Jagger, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, guitarist Keith Richards, bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts. After Andrew Loog Oldham became their manager in 1963, Jagger and Richards became the band's main creative force.

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- The song is taken from their album Some Girls (1978).
- It reflects the American lifestyle and life in New York in the 1970s.
- You can hear influences from the English punk rock movement.
- The lyrics depict the loneliness, fear and despair of life in the inner city.
- The instrumentation includes percussion, electric guitar and saxophone.

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