Start Me Up

song written and composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, originally recorded by The Rolling Stones and released in 1981
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1636596
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Start Me Up

Summary

Start Me Up is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,100 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Start Me Up's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Start Me Up's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Start Me Up followed She's So Cold[5].
  • Start Me Up was followed by Waiting on a Friend[6].
  • Start Me Up was produced by The Glimmer Twins[7].
  • Start Me Up was performed by The Rolling Stones[8].
  • Start Me Up's record label is recorded as Rolling Stones Records[9].
  • Start Me Up is part of Tattoo You[10].
  • Start Me Up was published on August 14, 1981[11].
  • Start Me Up's lyricist is recorded as Mick Jagger[12].
  • Start Me Up's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Start Me Up'}[13].
  • Start Me Up's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b669dcf5-adcf-3d99-8807-fa1c141cf27e[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Start Me Up was performed by The Rolling Stones[8]. It was produced by The Glimmer Twins[7].

Publication

Start Me Up was released on August 14, 1981[11]. Its genre is hard rock[4]. It is part of Tattoo You[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Start Me Up followed She's So Cold[5]. It was followed by Waiting on a Friend[6].

Why It Matters

Start Me Up ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,100 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Start Me Up. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/start-me-up
MLA “Start Me Up.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/start-me-up.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_start-me-up_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Start Me Up}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/start-me-up}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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