You can download the song now on iTunes or watch the video below on YouTube. I didn’t have to rewrite very much to be honest. “But I said, ‘Well I’ve got to rewrite it.’ Some of it is not going to work and some of it was a bit weird and a bit too dark. BB: Well, in real life, a ghost town is something that used to be alivea city or town that used to be full of people, full of life, but is now an empty wasteland.That relates perfectly to the metaphor of love basically saying that what we used to have was amazing, full of passion in love. But Keith Richards and I both had the idea that we should release it,” Mick said. SH: Why did a ' ghost town ' feel like the perfect metaphor for a barren heart. It was very close to the times that we’re living through now. I never actually used that, but it was all there. And when I went back to what I’d written originally lyrically, it was all full of, well I didn’t use them in the lyrics, it was all full of plague terms and things like that. And then now there’s all bereft of life, so to speak. “It wasn’t written for now but it was written about being in a place which was full of life. Mick also opened up about the song’s message in an interview with Apple Music. And here it is – It’s called ‘Living in Ghost Town’ – I hope you like it,” Mick said in a statement. “So the Stones were in the studio recording some new material before the lockdown and there was one song we thought would resonate through the times that we’re living in right now. The song was recorded before the lockdown that is currently happening around the world and they finished it while in isolation. The Rolling Stones just dropped their new song “Living In a Ghost Town” and you can listen to it right here!

Ghost town song