Rewind is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

 and was released in 1984. Coming only three years after Sucking in the Seventies

Sucking in the Seventies

Sucking in the Seventies is the fourth official compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1981. As the successor to 1975's Made in the Shade, it covers material from 1974's It's Only Rock 'n' Roll to 1980's Emotional Rescue....

, the album was primarily compiled to mark the end of the band's worldwide alliance with EMI (and Warner Music in North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

), both of whom were the distributors of Rolling Stones Records

Rolling Stones Records

Rolling Stones Records is the record label formed by The Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman in 1970, after their recording contract with Decca Records expired. They were first distributed in the United States by Atlantic Records subsidiary...

. In July 1983, before Undercovers release, The Rolling Stones had signed a worldwide multi-million dollar contract with CBS Records, with the first album being due in 1986. It is the second Rolling Stones album to include a lyric sheet (after 1978's Some Girls

Some Girls

Some Girls is the 14th British and 16th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records, catalogue COC 39108...

.)

For the first time since 1969's Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)

Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)

Through the Past, Darkly is The Rolling Stones' second official compilation album, released in 1969 shortly following Brian Jones's departure from the group and subsequent death. The album was released by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records/ABKCO Records in the United States.In...

, the UK and US editions of Rewind (1971–1984) would each feature altered track listings, reflecting the individual tastes of both territories.

Released in the summer of 1984, Rewind (1971–1984) was not as successful as previous compilations (due, in no small part, to the track repetitions from previous retrospectives), reaching #23 in the UK and #86 in the US, though it went gold

Music recording sales certification

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 there. The album was re-released on Compact Disc

Compact Disc

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 in the United States adding "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)

It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)

"It's Only Rock 'n Roll " is the lead single from English rock band The Rolling Stones' 1974 album It's Only Rock 'n Roll.-Inspiration and recording:...

" and "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)

"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo " is the fourth track on The Rolling Stones' 1973 album Goats Head Soup.Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo "'s lyrics relate two stories: one based on the true story of New York City police shooting a boy because they mistook him for a bank robber,...

".

With later compilations Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones

Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones

Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones is the sixth official compilation album by The Rolling Stones and was initially released worldwide, except in North America, in 1993...

 (1993) and Forty Licks

Forty Licks

Forty Licks is a double compilation album by The Rolling Stones. A 40-year career-spanning retrospective, Forty Licks is notable for being the first retrospective to combine the band's formative Decca/London era of the 1960s, now licensed by ABKCO Records , with their self-owned post-1970 material,...

 (2002) superseding it, Rewind (1971–1984) is now out of print.

British track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

Jagger/Richards

The songwriting partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, known as Jagger/Richards , is a musical collaboration whose output has produced the majority of the catalogue of The Rolling Stones....

.

1. "Brown Sugar
   Brown Sugar (song)
   "Brown Sugar" is a song by The Rolling Stones. It is the opening track and lead single from the English rock band's 1971 album Sticky Fingers...
   
   " – 3:49
2. "Undercover of the Night
   Undercover of the Night
   "Undercover of the Night" is the lead track and first single from English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones' 1983 album Undercover.-Inspiration and recording:...
   
   " – 4:32
3. "Start Me Up
   Start Me Up
   "Start Me Up" is a song by The Rolling Stones featured on the 1981 album Tattoo You. Released as the album's lead single, it reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on the UK Singles Chart.-Writing and recording:...
   
   " – 3:31
4. "Tumbling Dice
   Tumbling Dice
   "Tumbling Dice" is a rock song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for The Rolling Stones' 1972 double album Exile on Main St., and was the album's first single. The single peaked at #7 on the US charts and #5 in the UK....
   
   " – 3:37
5. "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) " – 5:07
6. "She's So Cold
   She's So Cold
   "She's So Cold" is a song recorded by The Rolling Stones, released on 19 September 1980 as the second single from the album Emotional Rescue.Recording on the song started in early 1979...
   
   " – 4:11
7. "Hang Fire
   Hang Fire
   "Hang Fire" is a song by rock and roll band The Rolling Stones off their 1981 album Tattoo You.Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Hang Fire" is a fast-paced, up-tempo surfer style rock and roll track, which betrays the happy beat with sharp, satirical lyrics directed squarely at England's...
   
   " – 2:21
8. "Miss You" – 4:48
9. "Beast of Burden
   Beast of Burden (song)
   "Beast of Burden" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, featured on the 1978 album Some Girls. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song #435 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and #433 on the 500 Greatest Rock and Roll Songs of all time.-Inspiration and...
   
    " – 4:27
10. "Fool to Cry
    Fool to Cry
    "Fool to Cry" is a song by English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones from their 1976 album Black and Blue.Recorded in December 1974, the song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It is a slow-paced ballad. Mick Taylor had just left the band and the rest of the Stones were left without...
    
    " – 5:06
11. "Waiting on a Friend
    Waiting On A Friend
    "Waiting on a Friend" is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1981 album Tattoo You. Released as the album's second single, it reached #13 on the US singles chart.-History:...
    
    " – 4:34
12. "Angie" – 4:31
13. "Respectable" – 3:07

American track listing

1. "Miss You" – 4:48
2. "Brown Sugar" – 3:49
3. "Undercover of the Night" – 4:31
4. "Start Me Up" – 3:31
5. "Tumbling Dice" – 3:37
6. "Hang Fire
   Hang Fire
   "Hang Fire" is a song by rock and roll band The Rolling Stones off their 1981 album Tattoo You.Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Hang Fire" is a fast-paced, up-tempo surfer style rock and roll track, which betrays the happy beat with sharp, satirical lyrics directed squarely at England's...
   
   " – 2:21
7. "Emotional Rescue
   Emotional Rescue (song)
   "Emotional Rescue" is a song by the English rock 'n roll band, The Rolling Stones. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and is featured on their 1980 album Emotional Rescue....
   
   " – 5:40
8. "Beast of Burden" – 4:27
9. "Fool to Cry" – 5:05
10. "Waiting On a Friend" – 4:34
11. "Angie" – 4:31
12. "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)
    It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)
    "It's Only Rock 'n Roll " is the lead single from English rock band The Rolling Stones' 1974 album It's Only Rock 'n Roll.-Inspiration and recording:...
    
    "
13. "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
    Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
    "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo " is the fourth track on The Rolling Stones' 1973 album Goats Head Soup.Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo "'s lyrics relate two stories: one based on the true story of New York City police shooting a boy because they mistook him for a bank robber,...
    
    "

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1984 1990	UK Top 100 Albums UK Top 75 Albums	23 45
1984	The Billboard 200	86

Certification

Country	Certification	Sales
United States	Gold	500,000

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	"Brown Sugar"	UK Top 100 Singles	58