Released October 1986 Label Elektra | Length 37:26 Producer Jeff Glixman | |
Recorded Cheshire Sound Studios,
Atlanta, GA Genre Southern rock, hard rock | ||
Georgia Satellites is the first album released by The Georgia Satellites. It contains their biggest hit, "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" (which reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, behind Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer"), and another minor hit, "Battleship Chains," written by Terry Anderson. It also contains a cover of "Every Picture Tells a Story," written by Rod Stewart and Ron Wood. Most of the other songs were written by lead singer/rhythm guitarist Dan Baird, except "Red Light," which he co-wrote with Neill Bogan, and "Can't Stand the Pain," written by lead guitarist Rick Richards, who also takes lead vocal on the tune.
Contents
The band would release two more studio albums after this one, but none featured a song with nearly the radio and MTV success as "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," and the band finally split in 1990.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Dan Baird, except where indicated
- "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" – 3:26
- "Railroad Steel" – 4:11
- "Battleship Chains" (Terry Anderson) – 2:55
- "Red Light" (Baird, Bogan) – 2:45
- "The Myth of Love" – 4:12
- "Can't Stand the Pain" (Rick Richards) – 3:40
- "Golden Light" – 3:35
- "Over and Over" – 3:35
- "Nights of Mystery" – 4:44
- "Every Picture Tells a Story" (Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood) – 5:23
Personnel
In popular Culture
The song "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" was featured in the 2010 film The Expendables. It can be heard playing in the background noise of the airplane as the Expendables fly home after the opening scene.