The Best-Loved Rolling Stones Songs

Choosing your favorite Rolling Stones songs can be a breeze especially if you adore the rock band. Their hit songs alone can give you more than enough choices for your list of favorite songs.

There are songs that are frequently included in the Rolling Stones set list and among these Satisfaction, Honky Tonk Woman and Brown Sugar. These songs are said to be not only personal favorites of the group but they are also the songs that are being requested all the time by the fans who regularly flock to their concerts.

There are a lot of Rolling Stones songs that have made it to the Rolling Stones Magazines’ list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Times. Most of these songs have made it to the top not only of the US charts but in the UK charts as well, and there are many which simultaneously topped or placed second in both the US and UK charts.

So what makes these Rolling Stones songs so good? Critics admit that the rock band, which has been called the greatest band in the world, is perhaps the only band that can criticize and attack modern society’s commercialism and inconsistencies and still remain well-loved by their fans no matter what age group. Here are some of the songs that have made the hearts of their fans flutter:

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
This song is a common entry in the set list of any Rolling Stones concert. Rightfully so, because it was the first hit (actually just the start of a series of hits) of the Rolling Stones in the United States. The lyrics of the song talks generally of man’s insatiability and propensity for not being content with whatever he has because of advertisements and commercialism.

Angie
This ballad is a surprise for most Rolling Stones fans because seldom does the group come up with songs of this kind. Written by Keith Richards and rendered by Mick Jagger, the song talks of love lost. The lyrics are simple enough but listen to Jagger’s rendition of the song and you will understand what made it a not-so-simple song after all.

We Love You
This song was remarkable for millions of Rolling Stones fans because they recorded the single as their way of saying thank you to loyal fans who stuck by them despite the band’s prosecution for illegal drugs use. What made the song more special is the guest appearance (in terms of providing back up vocals) of Beatles stars Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

The Last Time
The song was composed by Jagger and Richards but was allegedly based on a previously recorded gospel song. It became a chart topper in the UK and ranked number 9 in the US in 1965. The guitar riff of the song is said to be the work of Brian Jones, an original band member who mysteriously died in his pool.

A great number of the Rolling Stones songs were a product of the successful collaboration of Richards and Jagger and is roof of the genius of these two superstars.

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