WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT: Rod Stewart's live video from 2004 breaks the billion-click barrier

Videos of music songs have been in demand among fans of musicians, singers and bands since the MTV era in the 1980s and are extremely popular. Nowadays, however, the coveted clips are no longer predominantly shown on television, but rather on social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok or Instagram.

Rod Stewart has also been active on these channels for years and has an official account on each. The 79-year-old singer has shared a number of official videos and live recordings on his YouTube account in particular. These include a recording of Stewart's concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2004, where he performed his super hit I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT together with the Scottish - and at the time completely unknown - singer Amy Belle. For many fans, this was one of the best versions of this song ever.

The video from the Royal Albert Hall has now broken the 1 billion barrier on YouTube - more than one billion users have watched this video, which Stewart uploaded to the channel in 2016. As of today (16 August), the exact figure is 1,004,208,017 clicks.

I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT was originally written in 1971 by American guitarist Danny Whitten. The song was first recorded by the American rock band Crazy Horse and released as the last song on side one of their 1971 album of the same name. However, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT only became best known thanks to the version by Rod Stewart, who released his version in 1975 on his album ATLANTIC CROSSING. In 1989, Stewart recorded a new version for his LP box set ‘STORYTELLER - The Complete Anthology 1964-1990’.

I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT reached number one in the British charts, number two in New Zealand, number three in the Netherlands and number four in Ireland. For the then 22-year-old Amy Belle, the performance with Rod Stewart was a milestone in her career, making her famous around the world overnight.