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The Rolling Stones return to “Back to Black” – but not to the blues. The band’s new album “Foreign Tongues” includes a cover of Amy Winehouse’s “You Know I’m No Good”, the highlight of their 2006 classic “Back to Black”.
Jimmy Fallon was the one who revealed the news during Ronnie Wood’s appearance on The Tonight Show. “You’ve got an Amy Winehouse cover on there that I don’t think anyone knows about yet,” the host said as he ran through the tracklist. The two then spontaneously sang an a cappella version of the song, clapping and dancing and conjuring up the jazzy rhythm of the piece together.
“It’s a phenomenal album,” Fallon enthused about “Foreign Tongues.” At the beginning of the conversation, the moderator said that he and Wood had recently met by chance on vacation. At this meeting, the guitarist played Fallon the new Stones album. “There are a lot of great guest appearances too,” Fallon added, naming Paul McCartney and Steve Winwood as featured artists.
The new Stones album
Earlier this week, The Rolling Stones announced their 25th studio album and released the new single “In the Stars”. The album follows 2023’s acclaimed Hackney Diamonds, which reached number three in the US and earned the band a Grammy for Best Rock Album. The group, whose current line-up includes Mick Jagger and Keith Richards alongside Wood, introduced the project at a Q&A event in New York, moderated by Conan O’Brien.
At the event, The Rolling Stones revealed another surprise guest appearance on “Foreign Tongues”: Robert Smith. The Cure frontman was in the same London studio as the rock legends when Jagger met him. “I said, ‘We’ve never met, but you’re Robert Smith from The Cure.’ He said, ‘Yes!’ I said, ‘While you’re here, we’d better record something together.’ He sings a backing vocal.”
Richards also described how the McCartney feature came about. According to the guitarist, McCartney was also in the same studio as the Stones – but during the sessions for their last album. “He wanted to come over and play with the band,” Richards said. “He wanted to set that hook.”
