In his debut performance at the Grammys, the rocker paid tribute to the late Solomon Burke by covering "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love."
Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty ImagesUniversal Music will release the album from SuperHeavy, a group featuring Mick Jagger, Eurythmics founder Dave Stewart, singer Joss Stone, composer A.R. Rahman and reggae artist Damian Marley. No exact release date is set, but Universal Republic will handle the United States and A&M will handle the rest of the world.
An official release said the album will be unveiled in September; the first single is titled “Miracle Worker” and the five stars will be recording a video for the track. Jagger and Stewart co-produced the album.
Recording in various studios around the world — France, Cyprus, Miami, India — the majority of the tracks laid down over three weeks in Los Angeles earlier this year. The quintet wrote 22 songs in their first six days together. The term “SuperHeavy” was inspired by Muhammad Ali.
Jagger and Stewart had worked together on the 2004 soundtrack to the film “Alfie,” and Stewart produced Stone’s last album. Both wanted to bring in a Jamaican musician and Damian Marley entered the picture with his rhythm section, bassist and composer Shiah Coore and drummer Courtney Diedrick. They met Rahman while recording in Los Angeles.
According to the band’s bio, SuperHeavy came together after Jagger and Stewart wondered what a band of musicians from different genres would sound like. Jagger had his doubts it would come together.
One of the first on the album is Jagger singing in Urdu. He takes lead on Rahman’s song “Satyameva Jayate,” which translates to “the truth alone triumphs.”
