Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Start Me Up" 3:31
2. "Hang Fire" 2:20
3. "Slave" 4:55
4. "Little T&A" 3:23
5. "Black Limousine" 3:32
6. "Neighbours" 3:31
Side two
7. "Worried About You" 5:16
8. "Tops" 3:45
9. "Heaven" 4:21
10. "No Use in Crying" 3:24
11. "Waiting on a Friend" 4:34
The Rolling Stones Band Members / Musicians
Mick Jagger – lead vocals (all but 4), backing vocals (all but 5); electric guitar (9 & 10); percussion (track 9)
Keith Richards – electric guitar (all but 9), backing vocals (1–4, 6, 7 & 10); lead vocals and bass guitar (track 4)
Ronnie Wood – electric guitar (all but 3, 7–9 & 11), backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6 & 10)
Bill Wyman – bass guitar (all but 4); guitars, synthesizer and percussion (track 9)
Charlie Watts – drums
Mick Taylor – electric guitar (8 & 11)
Nicky Hopkins – piano (8, 10 & 11); organ (10)
Ian Stewart – piano (2 & 4–6)
Billy Preston – keyboards (3 & 7)
Wayne Perkins – electric lead guitar (7)
Ollie E. Brown – percussion (3 & 7)
Pete Townshend – backing vocals (3)
Sonny Rollins – saxophone (3, 6 & 11)
Jimmy Miller – percussion (8)
Michael Carabello – cowbell (1); conga (3); güiro, claves, cabasa and conga (11)
Chris Kimsey – electric piano (9)
Barry Sage – handclaps (1)
Sugar Blue – harmonica (5)
Chris Kimsey - associate producer, engineer
Barry Sage, Alex Vertikoff, Keith Harwood, Glyn Johns, Andy Johns, Dave Richards, Tapani Tapanainen, Sean Fullan, Brad Samuelsohn, Ron "Snake" Reynolds, Jon Smith, Reinhold Mack, Carlton Lee, Mikey Chung - uncredited engineers
Bob Clearmountain - mixing
Bob Ludwig - mastering at Masterdisk
Greg Calbi - 1986 CD mastering at Sterling Sound
Bob Ludwig - 1994 remastering at Gateway Mastering
Stephen Marcussen, Stewart Whitmore - 2009 and 2021 remastering at Marcussen Mastering
Tattoo You is the 16th British and 18th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 24 August 1981 by Rolling Stones Records. The album is mostly composed of studio outtakes recorded during the 1970s, and contains one of the band's most well-known songs, "Start Me Up", which hit number two on the US Billboard singles charts.
A combination of touring obligations and personal feuding between band members made it difficult to arrange dedicated recording sessions for the band's follow-up to 1980's Emotional Rescue. As a result, the band's production team combed through unused recordings from prior sessions, some dating back almost a decade. While a few of the songs were used essentially as-is in their original form, most of these earlier recordings were not complete, consisting of song fragments requiring much work. Studio time was booked throughout 1980 and 1981 and band members came in when available to finish off the tracks.
The credited members of the Rolling Stones for the album were vocalist Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts, though two tracks feature former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor. Keyboardists Nicky Hopkins, Billy Preston and Ian Stewart also appear on the album.
