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Undercover by The Rolling Stones
Undercover is an album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1983. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Undercover of the Night”, on 3 lists with a best position of #24.
Undercover, the Rolling Stones' seventeenth studio album, came out on Rolling Stones Records on 7 November 1983, and it was their first set of all-new recordings in the '80s after Tattoo You had been pieced together from outtakes. The sessions were tense. Mick Jagger wanted to chase the moment, reggae, worldbeat and new wave textures, while Keith Richards wanted the band back on its blues rock foundations.
Nobody won, and the record is all the more interesting for it: a restless grab bag of styles, with Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts holding the center and a crowd of guests passing through. "Undercover of the Night" is the jittery centerpiece, and "Too Much Blood" goes even further out. It stopped at No. 4 in the US, breaking a run of American chart-toppers that stretched back more than a decade, and the last released while Ian Stewart, their former member and frequent pianist, was alive.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Undercover on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undercover of the Night | 3 | #24 | – | 1983–2022 | |
| 2 | Too Much Blood | 1 | #71 | – | 1983 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.