[3] David Bowie was backing singer to Jagger's lead, and Willie Weeks played bass with Kenney Jones on drums.
The meaning of the lyrics was summed up by Jagger in the liner notes to the 1993 compilation Jump Back; "The idea of the song has to do with our public persona at the time.
"[4] Cash Box called it a "hard rocker with the traditional Stones power that displays a really great hook" with "driving instrumentation and Jagger's inimitable vocal style.
They wrote: "Title repetition is instantly catching, and this may be the most powerful uptempo thing they’ve done since "Brown Sugar" some three years ago.
"[7] The song was promoted by a music video directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg,[1] showing the band dressed in sailor suits and playing in a tent which eventually fills with bubbles.
This video was one of Mick Taylor's last appearances as a member of the band as he decided to leave in December 1974 (though he did not play on this song).
The froth was detergent and, according to Richards, the idea for the sailor suits came about at the last minute because none of the members wanted to get their own wardrobe ruined.