"Eazy Sleazy" | ||||
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Single by Mick Jagger featuring Dave Grohl | ||||
Released | 13 April 2021 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
Genre | Rock, hard rock | |||
Length | 3:46 | |||
Label | Polydor Records | |||
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"Eazy Sleazy" is a song by Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl. It was surprise-released 13 April 2021 through Polydor Records. [1] Jagger conceived the single during the COVID-19 pandemic and collaborated with drummer Dave Grohl and producer Matt Clifford virtually. [2] [3] [4] "Eazy Sleazy" is an upbeat, [5] [6] "muscular, melodic" [7] hard rock [8] song. So far the song is only available on YouTube.
"Eazy Sleazy" was written initially by Jagger during March 2021 while watching coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]
The song's lyrics describe life during the COVID-19 pandemic and common frustrations, including misinformation relating to the pandemic. [2] The lyrics mention TikTok dances, Zoom video conferencing, and Bill Gates conspiracy theories. "Eazy Sleazy"'s chorus is deliberately optimistic for a post-pandemic future, with Jagger singing "It's gonna be a garden of earthly delights" [2] and "It'll be a memory you're trying to remember to forget". [1]
NME's Tom Skinner referred to "Eazy Sleazy" as an "infectious rock team-up", [9] while Variety editor Jem Aswad referred to it as a "pandemic anthem" and "punky song" that is "the liveliest thing Jagger has released in many years". [4] The Guardian's Ben Beaumont-Thomas found the track "amusing", stating that it railed "against the boredom of lockdowns" during the pandemic. [10]