It’s been 13 years since Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera topped charts with “Moves Like Jagger,” and still nobody loves it more than Mick Jagger himself. On Wednesday, he posted an Instagram Reel of himself dancing to the song as played by a covers group in a bar with a decent crowd on the dance floor. But the band performs the song as if it’s too a stadium full of rabid Marooniacs, and Jagger responds by showing how, at age 80, he’s still got the moves.
Jagger’s enthusiasm for the song isn’t surprising, though, since he embraced it pretty much since right when it came out in 2011. A few years ago, Ultimate Classic Rock complied a few quotes from Jagger reacting to the tune, and they’re all positive. “It’s very flattering, isn’t it? Hilarious,” Jagger told the BBC.
And he told The Sun he was jealous of the tune. “I wish I had written it,” he said. “But wouldn’t that be weird? It’s not really like a Maroon 5 song, so they’re probably as surprised by the success of it as I am. … It’s very catchy. It’s funny. Only thing is, it puts pressure on me when I go out dancing!”
During a Top 10 bit on The Late Show With David Letterman titled “Top 10 Things I, Mick Jagger, Have Learned After 50 Years in Rock N’ Roll,” one of his teachings was: “You don’t earn a cent when someone does a song called ‘Moves Like Jagger.'”
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