Courtney Pine Plays Saxophone on the Rolling Stones' New Single 'Who You Callin' Crazy'

The Rolling Stones have released a new single, "Who You Callin' Crazy," featuring British jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine. The song came out on Tuesday, Oct. 20, as a surprise release, according to an announcement from Universal Music and reporting by NME.

The track is one of five recordings on Foreign Tongues Loose Lips, a deluxe edition of the band's studio album Foreign Tongues, which Universal Music says brings together songs from the creative period around the album. The expanded edition is due on Nov. 27 on vinyl, double CD and digital formats via Polydor/Universal Music. Foreign Tongues itself was released on July 10, 2026, and, according to the label, topped the charts in 14 countries.

The published credits list Pine on saxophone alongside Mick Jagger on vocals and electric guitar, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood on electric guitars, Steve Jordan on drums, producer Andrew Watt on bass and tambourine, and Matt Clifford on piano, organ and Rhodes. The song was written by Jagger and Richards, produced by Watt, and mixed by Serban Ghenea. Universal Music describes Pine as an "acclaimed jazz saxophonist."

NME described the single as "breezy" and "playful," with an uplifting, feel-good sound, and said it was released with an official lyric video. The other new songs on the deluxe edition are "Where There's A Will," featuring Steve Winwood on organ, "Human Tide," "Bad Luck Hideaway" and "She Still Comes Around." NME reported that "Bad Luck Hideaway," released on Oct. 16, features a duet vocal by Jagger and Richards and drums by the late Charlie Watts.

The release drew wide pickup across music news accounts on X in the two days after it came out, much of it in Spanish, Dutch, French and Portuguese as well as English, with posts focusing on Pine's guest spot. Neither the label nor NME has described how the saxophone part was arranged or when it was recorded.

For jazz listeners, the credit is the news: a British jazz saxophonist is the featured guest on a new single from one of rock's most-watched bands, in a lineup otherwise drawn from the group and its recent studio collaborators. According to NME, the band has no live shows planned at present, although Jagger has said they hope to schedule some for 2027.