The new track will appear on their upcoming album Hackney Diamonds
Get ready for “Sweet Sounds of Heaven.” After announcing their 24th studio album Hackney Diamonds, the Rolling Stones have released a preview of their new single featuring Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder. On the track, Gaga sings and Wonder plays keys and piano.
The single is the second release from the album, following “Angry,” which was dropped on Sep. 6 along with the news of their new album, which is due Oct. 20. The 16-second teaser for “Sweet Sounds of Heaven” was released on the band’s Instagram, the post also revealing that the song would be available on Sep. 28 at 5pm BST.
Hackney Diamonds is the band’s first full album of original music since 2005’s A Bigger Bang, and their first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts. Jagger explained that the title is slang for what happens to windshields when someone gets rowdy on a night out.
The album not only features guest appearances by Stevie Wonder and Lady Gaga, but also Paul McCartney and Elton John. McCartney plays bass on “Bite My Head Off,” and John plays piano on “Get Close” and “Live by the Sword.”
The band recorded two tracks, “Mess It Up” and “Live by the Sword,” before Watts’ death, and the latter features the return of the band’s original bassist, Bill Wyman. Wyman left the group in the early Nineties.
“We wouldn’t be putting this out now if we didn’t really like it,” Jagger said. “We didn’t want to make just any record and put it out. So we wanted to make a record. Before we went in, we said we all want to make a record that we really love, ourselves. People may like it, other people may not. But we must say this, we are quite pleased with it. … We hope you’ll like it.”