Undercover of The Night - Release

Release

"Undercover of the Night" was released as the first single taken from the album on November 1, 1983. Initial reception was warm with the song reaching number 9 in the US and number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, though the violent depictions spelled out by Jagger were believed to be why its popularity quickly waned. Jagger in Jump Back's liner notes: "I think it's really good but it wasn't particularly successful at the time because songs that deal overtly with politics never are that successful, for some reason." Richards countered: "There were a lot more overlays on this track, because there was a lot more separation in the way we were recording at that time. Mick and I were starting to come to loggerheads." The 1980s were famously a rough time for the leaders of the Rolling Stones.

An elaborate music video was made for the song, featuring Jagger as detective helping a woman follow her boyfriend's kidnappers and Richards as the leader of the kidnappers who eventually shoots Jagger. The music video, directed by Julien Temple, was considered to be too violent for MTV (They did eventually aired an edited version. However still not before 9 PM due to the violent imagery.), and the uncensored version of the video would be included on the band's Video Rewind compilation.

The song has been performed sporadically on every tour since its release, most recently on the A Bigger Bang Tour in 2006, and appeared on every compilation album since, including 2002's Forty Licks and 2012's GRRR!.

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Compilations
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ABKCO albums
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  • Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 (2012)
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DVD releases
  • Stones at the Max (1992)
  • The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge Live (1995)
  • Bridges to Babylon Tour '97–98 (1998)
  • Four Flicks (2003)
  • The Biggest Bang (2007)
  • Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (2010)
  • The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live In Texas '78 (2011)
Documentaries
  • The Stones in the Park (1969)
  • Gimme Shelter (1970)
  • Cocksucker Blues (1972)
  • Let's Spend the Night Together (1983)
  • Video Rewind (1984)
  • 25x5: The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1989)
  • Shine a Light (2008)
  • Stones in Exile (2010)
  • Crossfire Hurricane (2012)
Tours
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Collaborators
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  • Blondie Chaplin
  • Chuck Leavell
  • Lisa Fischer
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  • Darryl Jones
  • Ian McLagan
  • Jim Price
Producers &
management
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  • Allen Klein
  • Jimmy Miller
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  • Chris Kimsey
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1963
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1964
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1965
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1966
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1967
  • "Let's Spend the Night Together" / "Ruby Tuesday"
  • "We Love You" / "Dandelion"
  • "In Another Land" / "The Lantern"
  • "She's a Rainbow" / "2000 Light Years from Home"
1968
  • "Jumpin' Jack Flash" / "Child of the Moon"
  • "Street Fighting Man" / "No Expectations"
1969
  • "Honky Tonk Women" / "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Post-contract
Decca (UK) and
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1971
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1972
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1975
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  • "Jiving Sister Fanny" / "I Don't Know Why" (US)
1976
  • "Honky Tonk Women" / "Sympathy for the Devil"
1984
  • "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" (UK)
2003
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Rolling Stones/
Atlantic singles
1971
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1972
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1973
  • "Angie" / "Silver Train"
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1974
  • "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" / "Through the Lonely Nights"
  • "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" / "Dance Little Sister"
1976
  • "Fool to Cry" / "Crazy Mama"
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Rolling Stones/
Virgin singles
1978
  • "Miss You" / "Far Away Eyes"
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  • "Shattered" / "Everything Is Turning to Gold"
1980
  • "Emotional Rescue" / "Down in the Hole"
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1981
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1982
  • "Hang Fire" / "Neighbours"
  • "Going to a Go-Go" (live) / "Beast of Burden" (live)
  • "Time Is on My Side" (live) / "Twenty Flight Rock" (live)
1983
  • "Undercover of the Night" / "All the Way Down"
1984
  • "She Was Hot" / "Think I'm Going Mad"
  • "Too Tough" / "Miss You"
  • "Too Much Blood" (12") / "Too Much Blood"
1986
  • "Harlem Shuffle" / "Had It With You"
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1989
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1990
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  • "Terrifying" / "Wish I'd Never Met You"
1991
  • "Highwire" / "2000 Light Years from Home" (live)
  • "Ruby Tuesday" (live) / "Play with Fire" (live)
  • "Sex Drive" / "Sex Drive"
  • "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (live Tokyo 27.2.90) / "Tumbling Dice (At the Max London 24.8.90)
Virgin singles
1994
  • "Love Is Strong" / "The Storm"
  • "Love Is Strong" / "So Young"
  • "You Got Me Rocking" / "Jump On Top of Me"
  • "Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "So Young"
  • "Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "Sparks Will Fly"
1995
  • "Sparks Will Fly" / "Sparks Will Fly"
  • "I Go Wild" / (remixes)
  • "Like a Rolling Stone" (live) / "Black Limousine" / "All Down the Line"
1996
  • "Wild Horses" (live) / "Live with Me" (live) / "Tumbling Dice" (live)
1997
  • "Anybody Seen My Baby?" / (remixes)
1998
  • "Saint of Me" / "Gimme Shelter" (live) / "Anyway You Look At It"
  • "Out of Control" / (remixes)
2002
  • "Don't Stop" / "Miss You" (remix)
2003
  • "Sympathy For The Devil" / (remixes)
2005
  • "Streets of Love" / "Rough Justice"
  • "Rain Fall Down" / (remixes)
2006
  • "Biggest Mistake" / "Dance Pt. 1" (live) / "Before They Make Me Run" (live)
2010
  • "Plundered My Soul" / "All Down the Line"
2011
  • "No Spare Parts" / "Before They Make Me Run"
2012
  • "Doom and Gloom" / "One More Shot"
Other countries

Rolling Stones
1970
  • "Let It Bleed" / "You Got the Silver"
1972
  • "Rocks Off" / "Sweet Virginia"
1973
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