%22Mixed Emotions%22 is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1989 album Steel Wheels.Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards while on vacation in Barbados, %22Mixed Emotions%22 was recorded in Montserrat from March through June 1989. The song was a heavy collaborative effort between Jagger and Richards. Richards brought his own music to the sessions along with most of the song's lyrics, the rest being filled in by Jagger in the studio.