"1991 songs" . . "January 1991" . "5714dee825ac0d8aee54d4e8" . . "false"^^ . "english" . "2120691" . . "true"^^ . . "286219"^^ . "11" . "The Rolling Stones songs" . "Compact disc" . "Jagger/Richards" . "0"^^ . "Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one singles" . "1991-03-01"^^ . "285000.0"^^ . "Jagger/Richards" . "1991 singles" . . "2009-07-14"^^ . "Song recordings produced by the Glimmer Twins" . . . . "Chris Kimsey" . . "GBUM70912212" . "false"^^ . . "Highwire" . "-0.277855"^^ . . "Rolling Stones Records" . "126.0"^^ . "%22Highwire%22 is an anti-war song by The Rolling Stones featured on their 1991 live album Flashpoint.Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, %22Highwire%22 is one of the rare examples of the Stones taking on political issues - in this case, the fall-out from Persian Gulf War. On the song, Jagger said at the time of its release, %22It's not about the war. It's about how it started.%22 Richards continued, saying, %22This is not about the war. It's about how you build up some shaky dictator. You can't build them up, 'cause then you've got to slam them down.%22The song's lyrics deconstructed the build-up to the war, and criticized the politics behind it:%22Highwire%22 was released as Flashpoint's first single on 1 March 1991. It reached #29 in the UK, #57 in the US, #28 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. An accompanying video directed by Julien Temple was released and depicted the Stones in an industrial set performing the song." . "Songs written by Jagger/Richards" . "Gramophone record" . "Music videos directed by Julien Temple" . "-6.2"^^ . "0.444926"^^ . "d3159c51-14ad-4a2d-91ca-77e9255e4453" . "65"^^ . . . "TRQDTTV128F9322A89" . "Highwire" .