Watch: Rolling Stones turn back time with 'No Spare Parts' video

Rare track included on 'Some Girls' reissue

By Katie Hasty Monday, Dec 19, 2011 6:35 PM

The Rolling Stones in 1978

The Rolling Stones are still moving forward their album reissue series, and 1978's "Some Girls" got its makeover last month.

This month, a little extra arrived from the set: the U.K. rockers' frequently bootlegged "No Spare Parts" got itself a music video, in addition to, finally, a formal release. The clip takes you back to the year of "Girls'" birth, asking "Where were you?" when the band was back at the top of the Billboard 200 with an album. The song itself is a melding of today and yesterday: it got some new vocals from Mick Jagger and guitar-work from Keith Richards and Ron Wood.

"Some Girls" earned the band its keep with help from "Miss You," "Shattered" and "Beast of Burden"; the latter was included as bonus swag on the "Super-Deluxe" version of "Some Girls," as a single. There's also a clip of "Beast of Burden" performed live in 1978, below.

Katie Hasty
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After five years as a columnist and editor at Billboard, Katie Hasty joined HitFix in 2009 for music and film reporting out of New York. The Midwest native has worked as a writer, music promoter and in A&R since 1999 and performs with her band Numbers And Letters.