00 $11.98 $11.98. The Rolling Stones are more than Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood and their rotating cast of bandmates. After Sticky Fingers’ particularly controversial and riff-heavy focus, this song offers a chance to reflect on the tyranny of distance and madness on the road.—MB, You won’t find much of The Rolling Stones’ post-Some Girls output on this list, but this 1981 Tattoo You track ranks among their all-time greats. But Keith Richards’ ode to a free-spirited flame who’s impossible to pin down is far tastier than anything you’ll find on the menu.—BS, “Brown Sugar” continued Jagger’s newfound penchant for writing controversial lyrics, touching on issues of interracial sex, slavery and heroin use. The early albums and singles released from 1963 to 1967 were originally on Decca Records in the United Kingdom, and on their subsidiary label London Records in the United States. The former took on vocals and the song’s signature harmonica riffs, while the latter played all the guitars on the recording. “I just followed his time.”—BS, When the Stones covered this Norman Meade track in 1964, they managed to expertly capture that glorious youthful presumption that there’s no need to hurry—that girl of your dreams will come to her senses eventually, and you’ve got your whole life to make it with her. It was penned way back in 1965, but “Get Off Of My Cloud” is a teen anthem for the ages.—BS, It may be about the difficulties of carrying someone’s emotional baggage, but everything about “Beast of Burden” manages to sound nice and easy. Jagger, who personifies the devil in the song, recounts his role in a string of infamous historical events such as Jesus’ crucifixion and Kennedy’s assassination. And whenever the Rolling Stones play live again, expect him to be on the stage. Whether or not you buy that, it’s hard to deny the song’s grade-A musicality, spearheaded by legendary bluesman Sugar Blue’s harmonica parts.—BS, Originally the B-side to “Get Off Of My Cloud,” “I’m Free” has been a late bloomer in the Stones’ catalog, garnering attention beyond its initial inclusion on Out of Our Heads. … The sparse instrumentation gives the lyrics room to breathe as Jagger eerily warns a spoiled brat of a lover not to cross him.—BS, “Honky Tonk Women” was about as Western as the Stones ever ventured, yet it struck a perfect balance, combining classic country influences into their conventional blues rock. Amazon.com. 42 weeks; No. “It was Blake-like, a revelation, an epiphany.”—BS, This Exile On Main St track is perhaps the best example of the important roles in the group played by those who aren’t named Jagger or Richards. Many of Exile on Main St.’s transcendent moments can be found on this one track. We seemed to be ahead in this respect at the time. Released: Oct. '02, Jive. It was a disorganized mess of a recording process, one with full-time members missing some sessions altogether and other non-members jumping in spontaneously. The band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. The songs in this video are ranked according to their lasting popularity, their overall productivity, and their greatness from an instrumental standpoint. To have a good understanding of the Stones mystique one needs nothing more. It comes from your crotch.” Sometimes all you need are some horns, some David Bowie backup vocals and a bombastic frontman who’s willing to spill his guts all over the stage—it’s not rocket science. The second installment in ABKCO's series of box sets containing CD replicas of the Rolling Stones' singles and EPs, Singles 1965-1967 covers the classic period between "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "In Another Land," the time when the Stones started to reach beyond their hard blues base, and created some of their most indelible music. Finally, it all comes unhinged at the end with Bill Wyman’s classic dive-bombing bass line.—BS, It’s kind of hard to understand how “Let’s Spend the Night Together” was deemed too naughty for TV when the Stones performed this equally suggestive Larry Williams cover on the air two years earlier in 1965. As the wise Daniel Desario would declare on Freaks and Geeks decades later, “Rock ’n’ roll don’t come from your brain. It’s a simple ode to working folks and “the common foot solider,” and it still resonates today; Joan Baez recently covered it at an Occupy Wall St. protest to signify her solidarity with the 99 percent.—BS, Along with its Aftermath counterpart “Paint It, Black,” “Mother’s Little Helper” featured experimental progressions by the band, who had for the first time penned all their own songs.