"Biggest Mistake" is a song by The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

 from their 2005 album A Bigger Bang

A Bigger Bang

A Bigger Bang is the 22nd British and 24th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released on Virgin Records in September 2005. It is a follow-up to their previous full-length studio album Bridges to Babylon from 1997, that gap of eight years the longest between studio albums of the band's...

. It was released on 21 August 2006 as the third single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from the album, and reached #51 in the UK.

Credited to Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger

Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....

 and Keith Richards

Keith Richards

Keith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...

, the track is a pop song

Pop Song

Pop Song is the first single by the Drugs. It was released in 2000 and earned the Drugs some positive press. It has been described as "addictive". A live version was released on The Only Way Is Up...

 with a strongly acoustic guitar-based arrangement and lyrics that tell the story of an older man who falls in love but then walks out on his partner. It could possibly be about the failed relationship between Jagger and model Jerry Hall

Jerry Hall

Jerry Faye Hall is an American model and actress, also known for her long-term relationship with Mick Jagger, with whom she had four children.-Early life:...

. Beginning in late July, the song has received extensive radio airplay, particularly on BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...

, where it remained on the A-Playlist for four weeks.

Track listing

1. "Biggest Mistake" - 4:07
2. "Dance (Pt.1) (Live)" - 6:01 (Olympia, Paris, 11 July 2003)
3. "Before They Make Me Run
   Before They Make Me Run
   "Before They Make Me Run" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, featured on their 1978 album Some Girls.Written by guitarist Keith Richards, the song is a response to his arrest for heroin possession in Toronto in February 1977...
   
   " (Live) - 3:54 (Olympia, Paris, 11 July 2003)

1. "Biggest Mistake" - 4:07
2. "Hand Of Fate" (Live) (Olympia, Paris, 11 July 2003)