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"Coming Down Again" is a song by the Rolling Stones featured on their 1973 album Goats Head Soup. It is sung by guitarist Keith Richards.

Credited to Mick Jagger and Richards, "Coming Down Again" is largely the work of the latter, who went as far as to say, "Coming Down Again' is my song," at the time of its release. A slower ballad similar in mood to album mate "Angie". The lyrics tell of Richards' relationship with then-girlfriend Anita Pallenberg and his taking of her from Brian Jones.^[1]

The song opens with Stones recording veteran Nicky Hopkins front and center alongside a prominent bass performed by Mick Taylor. Guitars are performed by Richards, who uses the wah-wah pedal for much of the song, an effect used often on Goats Head Soup. Also utilized by Richards is a Leslie speaker. Charlie Watts performs a "trademark start-stop drum arrangement from [a] restrained Watts that by now had become a familiar device, heard in such previous hits as "Wild Horses".^[2] Bobby Keys performs a saxophone solo near the middle of the song. The great session guitarist Miles Miller is thought to have laid down guitar lines that didn't make it onto the final album version. Jagger gives support to Richards on backing vocals. Recorded at Kingston's Dynamic Sound Studios in November and December, 1972, "Coming Down Again" is regarded as one of Richards' best lead vocal performances.^[2] Despite some popularity, Richards has never performed the song live on tour with the Rolling Stones.

References

External links

• Complete Official Lyrics