Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)

"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" is the fourth track on The Rolling Stones' 1973 album Goats Head Soup.

"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)"
Single by The Rolling Stones
from the album Goats Head Soup
B-side"Dancing with Mr. D"
ReleasedDecember 1973
RecordedNovember–December 1972, May–June 1973
GenreRock, funk rock, hard rock
Length3:27
LabelRolling Stones
Songwriter(s)Jagger/Richards
Producer(s)Jimmy Miller
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"Angie"
(1973)		 "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)"
(1973)		 "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)"
(1974)
Goats Head Soup track listing
10 tracks
Side one
  1. "Dancing with Mr. D"
  2. "100 Years Ago"
  3. "Coming Down Again"
  4. "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)"
  5. "Angie"
Side two
  1. "Silver Train"
  2. "Hide Your Love"
  3. "Winter"
  4. "Can You Hear the Music?"
  5. "Star Star"

Background

Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the song's lyrics relate two stories: one is a story of New York City police shooting a boy "right through the heart" because they mistook him for someone else, and the second of a ten-year-old girl who dies in an alley of a drug overdose. Neither of these events are known to be factual. However, it is certainly possible that Jagger incorporated into the lyrics some elements of a notorious police shooting that took place around the time the song was released.

In April 1973 a ten-year-old boy named Clifford Glover was with his father when plainclothes police stopped them at gunpoint in Queens, in New York City, supposedly having mistaken the two for suspects in an armed robbery (the robbers were described as being about one foot taller than the boy). The boy and his father ran, fearing that they were about to be victims of a robbery. The police chased them and one officer shot the 10-year-old boy in the back, killing him. The bullet entered Glover's lower back and emerged at the top of his chest (i.e., went through his heart). The case resulted in riots and a murder indictment against the officer, who was later acquitted in a jury trial.[1]

After telling the story of the police shooting the wrong person, Jagger sings,

You heartbreaker, with your .44, I want to tear your world apart.

The .44 magnum cartridge had recently been made famous by the 1971 film Dirty Harry, in which Harry Callahan uses "the most powerful handgun in the world" to cleanse the streets of crime. The lyrics complement the music, which Rolling Stone magazine described as "urban R&B", due to its funk influence and prominent clavinet part (played by Billy Preston).[2]

Recording

"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" was first recorded in November and December 1972 before being re-recorded early the following summer. Jim Horn arranged the song's horns and played sax together with Bobby Keys, and Chuck Findley played trumpet. Mick Taylor played the lead guitar part (which features a wah-wah pedal and a Leslie speaker), Richards played guitar and bass; Billy Preston played clavinet (also using a wah-wah), and RMI Electra Piano.[3] Released as the second single from Goats Head Soup in the US only (after the No. 1 hit "Angie"), it reached No. 15 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 and has remained a staple on AOR and classic rock radio stations.

The song appeared on the American version of the compilation album Rewind (1971-1984).

Live performance and records

The song was played during the Tour of Europe, but not on a regular basis. It became a steady song in the setlist on the 1975 Tour Of The Americas. After that, it was only rarely played, but it appeared on a televised concert at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami Gardens on November 25, 1994.

It appears on the official albums Brussels Affair 1973, Live in L.A. 1975, and Voodoo Lounge Uncut with the 1994 recording. Other recodings have been released on various bootlegs.

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It was featured in the series finale of the CBS drama Cold Case and the Season 3 finale of Blue Bloods. It was also featured in the credits of the 2014 documentary The Seven Five.. It is also featured in season 3 episode 6 of the Hawaii Five-O reboot. The episode is known as I Ka Wa Manua.

Charts
Chart (1974) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 15

References
  1. "A Police Shot to a Boy's Back in Queens, Echoing Since 1973". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. Scoppa, Bud (8 November 1973). "The Rolling Stones: Goats Head Soup: Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
  3. McPherson, Ian. "Track Talk: Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)". Timeisonourside.com. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  4. "The Rolling Stones Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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