Although the names of notable contributors to the new Rolling
Stones album (the Dust Brothers, Me'Shell Ndegeocello) have been reported for months, one name only came to light this week. k.d. lang will receive songwriting credit on the first single from
Bridges To Babylon, "Anybody Seen My Baby." The collaboration was a secret to even lang
herself until recently, as reported Friday in the Ottawa Sun. It seems the song bears such similarities to lang's own
hit, "Constant Craving," that a member of the Stones' camp decided that the group better give lang and her songwriting partner Walt Mink joint credit on the tune. Through a spokesperson Mick Jagger said he had never heard
"Constant Craving," but that he "really admires k.d. as a singer." For her
part, the Canadian country-singer-turned-torch-vocalist said she took the
co-credit "as quite a compliment."
In other Stones news, three songs from Bridges To Babylon received a
surprising world radio premiere Friday morning on Washington, D.C.'s modern
rock powerhouse, WHFS. The station, which never includes the Rolling
Stones in its normal playlists, played "Anybody Seen My Baby," the Dust
Brothers-produced "Gun Face" and "Already Over You." DJ Tom Perry said the station had been leaked a copy of the album, which they decided to play, "because we can." -- ATN staff report [Fri., Aug. 28, 1997, 9 a.m. PST]
