Stewart's music career began in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica. In 1963, he joined The Dimensions as a harmonica player and vocalist. In 1964, Stewart joined Long John Baldry and the All Stars before moving to the Jeff Beck Group in 1967. Joining Faces in 1969, he also maintained a solo career releasing his debut album that year. Stewart's early albums were a fusion of rock, folk music, soul music, and R&B. His third album, 1971's Every Picture Tells a Story, was his breakthrough, topping the charts in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, as did its ballad "Maggie May". His 1972 follow-up album, Never a Dull Moment, also reached number one in the UK and Australia, while going top three in the US and Canada. Its single, "You Wear It Well", topped the chart in the UK and was a moderate hit elsewhere.
After Stewart had a handful more UK top ten hits, the Faces broke up in 1975. Stewart's next few hit singles were ballads with "Sailing", off the 1975 UK and Australian number-one album, Atlantic Crossing, becoming a hit in the UK and the Netherlands (number one), Germany (number four) and other countries, but barely charting in North America. A Night on the Town (1976), his fifth straight chart-topper in the UK, began a three-album run of going number one or top three in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia with each release. That album's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" spent almost two months at number one in the US and Canada, and made the top five in other countries. Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977) contained the hit "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" as well as the rocker "Hot Legs". Blondes Have More Fun (1978) and its disco-tinged "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" both went to number one in Canada, Australia and the US, with "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" also hitting number one in the UK and the top ten in other countries. Stewart's albums regularly hit the upper rungs of the charts in the Netherlands throughout the 70s and in Sweden from 1975 onward.
After a disco and new wave period in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stewart's music turned to a soft rock/middle-of-the-road style, with most of his albums reaching the top ten in the UK, Germany and Sweden, but faring less well in the US. The single "Rhythm of My Heart" was a top five hit in the UK, US and other countries, with its source album, 1991's Vagabond Heart, becoming, at number ten in the US and number two in the UK, his highest-charting album in a decade. In 1993, he collaborated with Bryan Adams and Sting on the power ballad "All for Love", which went to number one in many countries. In the early 2000s, he released a series of successful albums interpreting the Great American Songbook.
In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the "Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists". A Grammy and Brit Award recipient, he was voted at No. 33 in Q Magazine's list of the Top 100 Greatest Singers of all time. As a solo artist, Stewart was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and he was inducted a second time into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Faces.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Stewart
Studio albums
An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969)
Gasoline Alley (1970)
Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
Never a Dull Moment (1972)
Smiler (1974)
Atlantic Crossing (1975)
A Night on the Town (1976)
Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977)
Blondes Have More Fun (1978)
Foolish Behaviour (1980)
Tonight I'm Yours (1981)
Body Wishes (1983)
Camouflage (1984)
Every Beat of My Heart (1986)
Out of Order (1988)
Vagabond Heart (1991)
A Spanner in the Works (1995)
When We Were the New Boys (1998)
Human (2001)
It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook (2002)
As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II (2003)
Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III (2004)
Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV (2005)
Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time (2006)
Soulbook (2009)
Once in a Blue Moon: The Lost Album (2010)
Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V (2010)
Merry Christmas, Baby (2012)
Time (2013)
Another Country (2015)
Blood Red Roses (2018)
The Tears of Hercules (2021)
Come Back and Take This Hurt Off
Rod Stewart Lyrics
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Come back and take this hurt off me,
baby, come back and take this hurt off me.
'Cause I'm too young, to be in misery, now,
baby, come back and take this hurt off me.
I've been waitin' at the bus station,
'Cause that's where you left me standin'.
I'll be here till the Greyhound brings you back again, baby.
I knocked on my mother's door, she said, "Steven, walk on in !
Son, you don't have to say a mumbling word,
she left my little baby again. Yes, she did, now!
Come back and take this hurt off me,
Baby, come back and take this hurt off me,
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby now, what kind of love could this be.
Baby, baby, baby, I don't know what you've done,
It got me, it got me, it got me, yes, it did!
The song "Come Back and Take This Hurt Off" by Rod Stewart is a classic blues rock ballad that deals with the pain and heartbreak of lost love. The lyrics are about a young man who has been abandoned by his lover and left to suffer in misery. The song opens with a plea for his lover to return and take away the pain that he is feeling. He feels too young to be experiencing this kind of heartache and wants nothing more than to have his lover return to him and heal his broken heart.
The second verse of the song reveals that the singer has been waiting at a bus station since his lover left him there. He has placed his belongings in a locker that costs only twenty-five cents and is waiting for his lover to return on a Greyhound bus. The third verse then sees him visit his mother's home in search of solace. His mother empathizes with him and tells him that he doesn't have to explain anything, as she knows that his lover has left him once again. Essentially, the song paints a picture of a young man who is lost without the love of his life and is pleading for her to return and bring him out of the depths of despair.
Line by Line Meaning
Come back and take this hurt off me
Asking the person who left to come back and heal the emotional pain inflicted on them.
baby, come back and take this hurt off me.
Addressing the partner affectionately and pleading with them to return and cure their ill feelings.
'Cause I'm too young, to be in misery, now,
Proclaiming their young age and stating how they shouldn't be suffering from such emotional pain.
I've been waitin' at the bus station,
Revealing their location where they've been waiting for the partner to return.
'Cause that's where you left me standin'.
Pointing out that the partner has abandoned them and describes the location where they were left behind.
Got my clothes in a twenty-five-cent locker,
Informing the listeners that they have stored their belongings in a cheap locker.
I'll be here till the Greyhound brings you back again, baby.
Confirming that they will remain at the station until the partner arrives, even if it means waiting for the Greyhound bus.
I knocked on my mother's door, she said, "Steven, walk on in !
Explaining how they went to their mother's house and her welcoming response.
Son, you don't have to say a mumbling word,
Assuring the listener that they don't need to speak if they don't want to.
she left my little baby again. Yes, she did, now!
Confirming that the partner has once again left them and expressing the mother's surprise or dismay.
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby now, what kind of love could this be.
Rhetorically asking what type of love causes such deep emotional pain.
Baby, baby, baby, I don't know what you've done,
Admitting that they don't understand what caused their level of hurt.
It got me, it got me, it got me, yes, it did!
Affirming that the hurt they feel is very real and intense.
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Written by: MARRIOTT LANE
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