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7-18 January 1991: Place: Hit Factory Studio, London,
England.
Producer: Chris Kimsey, The Glimmer Twins.
Mix: Chris Kimsey. Additional Production and Remix by Michael Brauer.
Assistant engineer: Chris Theis.
Engineer: Mark Stent, Charlie Smith.
Track status: Japan Track CD Sexdrive (Club Version): 18 July 1991
Netherlands Single: 19 August 1991
UK Track Twelve-inch Sexdrive (Club Version): 19 August 1981
USA Single: August 1991
Rolling Stones with Katie Kissoon, Tessa Niles, Kick Horns.
The funky Sex Drive was worked on at the same time
as the recording for Highwire took place. It is a retro-funk number
with memories of Hot Stuff and James Brown. The song may have started
its writing process in Tokyo in February 1990. Katie Kissoon and
Tessa Niles, both very well respected session vocalists were on
backing vocals and the four piece Kick Horns accompanied on brass.
Probably they were there to record some over-dubbing for the FLASHPOINT
album. Julien Temple directed the video at the Shepperton Studios,
Twickenham, London in May 1991. This time a pyschiatrist's chair
was used in a freudian way for some sex therapy, scantily clad girls
swarming around the chair were in see-through, plastic dresses.
Charlie Watts did the spoof diagnosis of Mick's problems. The three
girls come to Mick's aid from behind a stage curtain but Ronnie
and Keith encourage them to return and Keith closes the curtain
at video end. This was for late night viewing only, prompting a
re-cut to allow some daytime screening on MTV and other TV stations.
The song was re-mixed in various formats by Michael Brauer which
were made available on European and Japanese only releases. The
track also ended up on the mainly live album FLASHPOINT and apparently
displaced a live version of Undercover.
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