The Rolling Stones just dropped a surprise “new” song: a lost classic from nearly half a century ago.
The Stones recorded “Scarlet” with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin in 1974, but the track was never officially released. Stones guitarist Keith Richards said the collaboration happened when the band walked into the studio at the end of a Zeppelin recording session.
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Mick Jagger, the lead singer of British rock group The Rolling Stones, performs on stage at Hayarkon Park in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, on June 4, 2014. The Rolling Stones staged a live concert in Tel Aviv as a part of their '14-On-Fire' world tour. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JUNE 04: Keith Richards and Charlie Watts and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones perform on stage at Park HaYarkon on June 4, 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Guy Prives/Redferns via Getty Images)
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JUNE 04: Keith Richards and Charlie Watts and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones perform on stage at Park HaYarkon on June 4, 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo by Guy Prives/Redferns via Getty Images)
Fans cheer as The Rolling Stones perform on stage at Hayarkon Park in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv, on June 4, 2014. The Rolling Stones staged a live concert in Tel Aviv as a part of their '14-On-Fire' world tour. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 03: Alfred 'Chuck' Leavell, keyboard player for The Rolling Stones, poses for cameras wearing orthodox hat with jewish orthodox men at the Western Wall in the old city on June 3, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. The band is due to play Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv as part of their world tour. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 03: Alfred 'Chuck' Leavell, keyboard player for The Rolling Stones, takes a 'selfie' with his wife and a fan at the Western Wall in the old city on June 3, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. The band is due to play Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv as part of their world tour. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
Lead singer of British band Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, performs at the Rock in Rio Lisboa music festival at Bela Vista Park in Lisbon on May 29, 2014. Rock in Rio runs from May 25 to June 1, 2014. AFP PHOTO / PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA (Photo credit should read PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP/Getty Images)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 03: Alfred 'Chuck' Leavell, keyboard player for The Rolling Stones, stands by the Western Wall in the old city on June 3, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. The band is due to play Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv as part of their world tour. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 03: Alfred 'Chuck' Leavell, keyboard player for The Rolling Stones, poses for cameras wearing an orthodox hat with Jewish orthodox men at the Western Wall in the old city on June 3, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. The band is due to play Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv as part of their world tour. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
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“They were just leaving and we were booked in next and I believe that Jimmy decided to stay,” Richards recalled in a news release.
Richards said the track wasn’t meant for an album.
“It was basically for a demo, a demonstration, you know, just to get the feel of it,” he said. “But it came out well, with a line up like that, you know, we better use it.”
Now, 46 years later, they finally did. The old tune is going to be a bonus track on next month’s rerelease of the 1973 album “Goats Head Soup,” which featured the hit song “Angie.”
