SuperHeavy were a supergroup comprising Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, Eurythmics founder Dave Stewart, white soul singer-songwriter Joss Stone, Indian musician and producer A.R. Rahman, and reggae artist Damian Marley. The band came together after Jagger and Stewart wondered what a band of musicians from different genres would sound like. They announced their formation on May 20, 2011, and released "Miracle Worker" as their debut single on July 7.
Each band member is playing a character in the song, which they also portray in the music video. In a Songfacts interview with Dave Stewart, he told the story: "One night I had everybody in the room and I said, 'Hey, why don't we make a song where we try to section and it's about how this crazy mixture of characters meet up.' I wanted to shoot it like in a movie where A.R.'s up in a room somewhere and Damian's coming down the street and he's just been doing some backstreet deal with some ganja, and Mick's coming out of a New Orleans-type of club, and suddenly we all meet and get into a car. If you listen to that one it's quite interesting. So everybody came and played their character. Instead of a song song, they were being the character in the movie that we haven't made yet. So that was a great, interesting collaboration."
This is one of the more reggae-inflected SuperHeavy songs, reflecting Marley's influence. The group released just the one self-titled album, but had a great time working together.
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