Song · The Rolling Stones
“Highwire” by The Rolling Stones
Released 1991
“Highwire” by The Rolling Stones appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1991. It was first released in 1991. Its best result is #17 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #161 alternative song of 1991.
"Highwire" came out in March 1991 as the first single from Flashpoint, the Rolling Stones' live album from that year, and it caught Mick Jagger and Keith Richards doing something they rarely bothered with: picking a political fight. The subject was the fallout from the Persian Gulf War, and the song takes its anti-war stand with plenty of bite.
Rock radio grabbed it. The single spent three weeks at number one on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart and went top 10 in Canada, the Netherlands, Finland, Norway and Portugal, even if it only got as far as number 57 on the main US singles chart. Julien Temple directed the video, which plants the band on an industrial stage set to play it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 17 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1991 | 30 |
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