Memo from Turner
| "Memo from Turner" | ||||
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| Single by Mick Jagger | ||||
| from the album Performance | ||||
| B-side | "Natural Magic" | |||
| Released | 23 October 1970 | |||
| Recorded | September 1968, Olympic Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 4:09 | |||
| Label | Decca Records | |||
| Songwriter | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | |||
| Producer | Jack Nitzsche | |||
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| "Memo from Turner" | |
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| Song by The Rolling Stones | |
| from the album Metamorphosis | |
| Released | 6 June 1975 |
| Recorded | August 1968, Olympic Studios, London |
| Length | 2:45 |
| Songwriter | Jagger/Richards |
| Producer | Jimmy Miller |
"Memo from Turner" is a solo single by Mick Jagger, featuring slide guitar by Ry Cooder, from the soundtrack of Performance, in which Jagger played the role of Turner, a reclusive rock star. It was re-released in October 2007 on a 17-song retrospective compilation album The Very Best of Mick Jagger, making a re-appearance as a Jagger solo effort. After its original release in 1970, it was included on Rolling Stones compilations, such as Singles Collection: The London Years as a track credited to the Jagger/Richards songwriting partnership. "Memo from Turner" was ranked No. 92 in the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs list of Rolling Stone.
Music critic Robert Christgau has said, "Jagger's version of Jagger–Richard's scabrous, persona-twisted "Memo From Turner" is his envoi to the 60s."