Surprise drops usually arrive with breathless press releases and algorithmic timing. “Who You Callin’ Crazy,” released October 20 via Polydor/Universal, is a new single from Foreign Tongues, Loose Lips — the deluxe expansion of the Stones‘ 2026 album, due November 27. Before you’ve finished reading the credits, the track already has you. It’s breezy, playful, and genuinely warm. It features British jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine alongside Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. That combination alone signals something more deliberate than a nostalgia exercise.
Jazz, Jagger, and a Saxophone That Has No Business Sounding This Good
Courtney Pine’s saxophone doesn’t decorate this track — it steers it.
Pine’s playing creates a sun-warmed looseness that earns “breezy” as a descriptor honestly, not from a publicist. Jagger handles vocals and electric guitar, while Richards and Ronnie Wood contribute electric guitar and Steve Jordan locks in on drums. Andrew Watt — who also produced the recording — plays bass and tambourine, with Matt Clifford covering piano, organ, and Rhodes. That rhythm section holds everything in place without overcrowding it. Watt’s production keeps the whole thing breathing, giving Pine’s saxophone room to move against Jagger’s vocal without either element competing for the foreground.
What’s on Foreign Tongues, Loose Lips
Five tracks from the same creative period as the original album — not five afterthoughts.
All five Loose Lips recordings come from the creative period surrounding Foreign Tongues, according to the official Universal Music announcement. That context matters. Think of it as the playlist that somehow keeps going after you thought it ended perfectly, and every additional track belongs. The five songs are:
- “Where There’s A Will” — featuring Steve Winwood on organ
- “Who You Callin’ Crazy” — featuring Courtney Pine on saxophone
- “Human Tide”
- “Bad Luck Hideaway” — a Jagger-Richards vocal duet featuring drumming by the late Charlie Watts
- “She Still Comes Around”
That credit on “Bad Luck Hideaway” carries its own weight. Full stop.
Five More Songs, Fully Realized — November 27
Foreign Tongues isn’t closing — it’s expanding.
Formats cover every listener type: digital for streamers, a two-CD set placing the original album on disc one and the five Loose Lips tracks on disc two, and a standalone vinyl edition for collectors who need it on wax. This isn’t a contractual repackage — these recordings come from the same creative window as the original sessions, and the sequencing reflects that. The Stones are treating Foreign Tongues as a living document, not a closed chapter. November 27. Mark it.
