Lady Gaga and The Rolling Stones have made a gospel song together

Yesterday, the Rolling Stones announced the release of Hackney Diamonds, their 24th studio album and their first containing fully original material since 2005. 

Announced yesterday in a very snazzy livestream event which was hosted by Jimmy Fallon, where the band also unveiled the album's lead track Angry, accompanied by an equally snazzy music video featuring Euphoria starlet Sydney Sweeney. 

And while Hackney Diamonds isn't even dropping for another month (arriving October 20 via Polydor), The Stones themselves announced that one of the tracks on the record would have a very special vocal guest in the guise of Lady Gaga. 

Mother Monster will be one of the featured guests on Hackney Diamonds, trading bars with the Stones on a new song called Sweet Sound of Heaven, which has been likened to a gospel track. 

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"Lady Gaga sings really sweet on Sweet Sounds of Heaven," Ronnie Wood told Fallon yesterday. while Mick Jagger confirmed that, unlike the other songs on Hackney Diamonds, Sweet Sound of Heaven has more in common with the gospel genre than rock. 

According to further reports from the event, Sweet Sound of Heaven will run for 7 minutes and 22 seconds (nice) and also feature Stevie Wonder (!) on piano. 

Gaga herself hasn't released a solo album since 2020's lockdown pop opus Chromatica, which debuted at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart. Featuring the likes of Elton John and BLACKPINK, Chromatica's big second single Rain On With Me with Ariana Grande also debuted at Number 1, this time on the Official Singles Chart. It was the sixth Number 1 for both Gaga and Ariana. 

And while we do still visit Chromatica regularly, Gaga is keeping us waiting for a seventh studio album, which is understandable given her very busy schedule filming the Joker sequel Foile a Deux, where she'll be taking on the mantle of Harley Quinn. 

As for The Rolling Stones, the iconic group has claimed 13 UK Number 1 albums overall, their most recent being 2016's blues cover album Blue & Lonesome (their re-release of Goats Head Soup did re-enter the chart at Number 1 in 2020, but since the LP had already peaked at Number 1 in 1973, this doesn't count towards extending the tally). 

The Rolling Stones also released new single Angry on 6 September, also taken from forthcoming album Hackney Diamonds. Update - Angry became the first Rolling Stones Top 40 entry on the Official Singles Chart in 18 years when it landed at Number 34 on 21 September 2023.

Hackney Diamonds drops October 20 via Polydor.