1. By: Benedict S. Gombocz

2.  Released 5 December 1969; opening track on Let It
Bleed.
 Gimme was spelled Gimmie on Let It Bleed, but later
recordings by the Rolling Stones and other artists have
made Gimme the ordinary spelling.
 First played live in 1969 at Pop Go the Sixties.
 Was produced from merged efforts of singer and
guitarist.
 Keith Richards was working on the song’s distinctive
opening while Mick Jagger was working on the movie
Performance.
 Churning mid-tempo rocker; begins with rhythm guitar
intro by Richards, with Jagger’s lead vocal following.

3.  Single on 1965’s Out of Our Heads; released 6 June 1965 in U.S.
and 20 August 1965 in U.K.
 Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew
Loog Oldham.
 The song is opened and drived by Richards’ throwaway three-note
guitar riff – designed to be substituted by horns.
 Its lyrics allude to sexual disappointment and commercialism
particular to the United States.
 Became a hit, making it the Stones’ first number one in U.S. and
fourth number one in the U.K.
 In U.K., the song originally played only on pirate radio stations
because the lyrics were seen as too sexually suggestive.
 Regarded as one of the all-time greatest rock songs ever composed;
in 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked “Satisfaction” in second
spot on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and
subsequently was added to Library of Congress National Recording
Registry in 2006.

4.  Released as single 24 May1968 in U.S. and 1 June 1968 in
U.K., with “Child of the Moon” as B-side; was not released on
Beggars Banquet.
 Hailed “supernatural Delta blues by way of Swinging London”
by Rolling Stone; understood by some as the group’s return to
blues roots after psychedelic of foregoing albums Between the
Buttons and Their Satanic Majesties Request.
 One of the band’s most well-known and identifiable songs;
has been included in many movies and on the Rolling Stones’
compilation albums Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2),
Hot Rocks, Singles Collection and Forty Licks.
 Recording on “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” started during Beggars
Banquet sessions.

5.  Released as single 4 July 1969 in U.K. and a week later in U.S.;
surpassed charts in both countries.
 Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards while on vacation in
Brazil in December 1968-January 1969.
 Influenced by Brazilian gauchos at ranch where Jagger and Richards
were staying in Matão, São Paulo, and released originally as
acoustic country song.
 The band composed two versions of the song: the better known hit
which was released as 45 hit single and their late 1960s singles
collection, Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2), and the country
“honky-tonk” version entitled “Country Honk” with slightly different
lyrics, which was released on Let It Bleed.
 The song is unique for not opening with guitar riff, rather with a beat
played on cowbell; then-producer Jimmy Miller, who worked with the
Rolling Stones from 1968’s Beggars Banquet through 1973’s Goats
Head Soup, played cowbell for the recording.

6.  Released 13 January 1967, with preceding hit “Let’s Spend the Night Together”
as A-side.
 Was number-one hit in the United States and went to reach number three in the
United Kingdom.
 Multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones performed on recorder and piano; double bass
was jointly performed by bassist Bill Wyman (placing his hands against
fingerboard) and Keith Richards (bowing strings).
 In a 1971 Rolling Stone interview, Richards indicated he began writing the song
in a Los Angeles hotel room early in 1966 concerning a groupie he knew; also
mentioned it centered on his girlfriend in the mid-1960s Linda Keith, which
Richards details in his autobiography Life.
 The song’s subject speaks of an apparently unrestrained woman, with Jagger
singing, “Who could hang a name on you? When you change with every new
day. Still I’m gonna miss you”.
 Was ranked #303 by Rolling Stone magazine on their list of 500 Greatest Songs
of All Time; the song name was the origin of the restaurant chain with same
name.
 Appears on two consecutively released U.S. albums: Between the Buttons and
Flowers.
 Live version of the song was captured from Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour and
was released on the 1991 concert album Flashpoint.

7.  Released 14 August 1981; opening track and lead single on Tattoo You.
 Reached #2 on Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on U.K. Singles Chart.
 First recorded during 1975 sessions for 1976’s Black and Blue; was originally
recorded as reggae-rock track, but following dozens of unsatisfying takes, the
band discontinued recording it and it was scrapped.
 The group resumed recording during the sessions for 1978’s Some Girls and
1980’s Emotional Rescue, using working titles “Never Stop” and “Start It
Up”, respectively; these recordings would be characterized by more visible rock
sound, having been deprived of earlier reggae inspirations.
 Opens with what has since been signature riff for Keith Richards, which makes
up the majority of the song, accompanied by Charlie Watts’ firm backbeat and
Bill Wyman’s repeating bass.
 Lead guitarist Ron Wood can easily be heard performing layered variation of
Richards’ chief riff (Concert performances of “Start Me Up” are extended by
giving Wood solo close to the middle of the song).
 In the chorus, Jagger breaks in with repetitive bridge of “You make a grown man
cry”, with subsequent diverse declarations of his and his partner’s sexual
character.

8.  Released 13 May 1966; first single from American version of
fourth studio album Aftermath.
 Initially titled “Paint It Black” without a comma; Keith Richards
has said that the comma was added by record label Decca.
 Written by Mick Jagger and Keith
Richards, who, respectively, wrote the words and the music.
 In spite of being credited to Jagger/Richards, Bill Wyman
claims in his writings that song was a band effort.
 Went on to number one in American and British charts in
1966.
 Ranked number 174 in 2004 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list
of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
 First number one single to feature sitar on recording both in
U.S. and U.K.

9.  Released 25 September 1965 and 22 October 1965 in U.S. and
U.K., respectively.
 Composed as follow-up single to successful “(I Can’t Get No)
Satisfaction”.
 Exceeded charts in United States and United Kingdom in
subsequent weeks of its release in November 1965.
 Is notable for drum intro by Charlie Watts and twin guitars by Brian
Jones and Keith Richards.
 Its lyrics are provocative and seditious, ordinary practice around
the time; they were starting to prepare their infamous “bad
boy” representation in competing with the Beatles.
 The band has said that “Get Off of My Cloud” was written in
response to their unexpected popularity following the success
of “Satisfaction”.
 Is in E major and is an alteration on Louie Louie riff: I-IV-V-IV;
E A B A in the case.

10.  Released 6 December 1968 as opening track on Beggars Banquet.
 Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, but largely work of Jagger.
 Place at #32 by Rolling Stone magazine in their list of The 500 Greatest Songs
of All Time.
 Working title was “The Devil Is My Name”; sung by Jagger in first-person
narrative from point of view of Lucifer.
 The lyrics examine several historical atrocities of mankind: trial and crucifixion of
Jesus Christ (“Made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands and sealed his
fate”), European wars of religion (“I watched with glee while your kings and
queens fought for decades. For the Gods they made”), violence of Bolshevik
Revolution of 1917 and 1918 slaughter of Romanov family (“Stuck around in St
Petersburg when I saw it was a time for a change. Killed the Tsar and his
ministers. Anastasia screamed in vain”), and World War II (“I rode a tank, held a
general’s rank. When the Blitzkrieg raged, and the bodies stank”).
 Its lyrics also mention the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy; the
recording sessions for the song were in development when the latter was
killed, changing the words from “Who killed Kennedy?” to “Who killed the
Kennedys?”
 Remix of “Sympathy for the Devil” was released 16 September 2003.

11.  Released on 1969’s Let It Bleed as that album’s closing track, with “Honky Tonk
Women” released as A-side.
 Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards; ranked as 100th greatest song of all
time by Rolling Stone in 2004 list of “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
 Recorded 16 and 17 November 1968 at Olympic Sound Studios in London;
features London Bach Choir opening the song, with the opening lines
subsequently repeated by Jagger (the opening lines are sung only by Jagger
after the song’s opening during concert performances, where it remains very
popular, owing to sing-along chorus; it is performed at nearly every show, where
it is common for Jagger to change the statement “my favorite flavour, cherry red”
to the question “What’s your favorite flavour?”, with the fans responding “Cherry
red!” ).
 Jimmy Miller, the Rolling Stones’ producer since preceding album Beggars
Banquet, plays drums in place of Charlie Watts.
 Nanette Workman sings backup vocals; is credited as “Nanette Newman”.
 Concert recordings were released on 1977 live album Love You Live, 1991 live
album Flashpoint, 2004 live album Live Licks, and The Rolling Stones Rock and
Roll Circus recorded in 1968; also included in 1971 compilation Hot Rocks and
2002 compilation Forty Licks.