It might be very useful in the coming months, but I'll leave it for now and I won't record it because I think it's going to be better for the Stones. The way you bit my lip and you drew first blood It warmed my cold, cold heart And you wrote your name right on my back Boy, your nails were sharp Well I'm losing you, I know your heart is miles away There's a whisper there where once there was a storm And all that's left is that image that I've filed away And some memories have tattered as they've torn Recording and release[ edit ] Recording began on "Don't Stop" in the early summer of at Guillaume Tell Studios , in Suresnes, France. Writing began during Jagger's preparations for his album Goddess in the Doorway. The song was performed heavily during the — Licks Tour in support of Forty Licks. Before the release of Forty Licks, I wrote 'Don't Stop' in the same period that I was writing the songs for my solo album, and I just put it to one side and said to myself, 'This sounds very much like the Rolling Stones to me.