Song #41 is "No Expectations" from "Beggars Banquet" in 1968. It was released as a single on the B side of "Street Fighting Man." The song was recorded in May 1968. Brian Jones' acoustic slide guitar on the recording represents one of his last major contributions before leaving the band.

This slow ballad was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Bill Janovitz says, "The loneliness expressed in the song is palpable; all about being left behind, the song is certainly a tribute in musical and lyrical tone to such Robert Johnson blues songs as "Love in Vain" – a favourite song of the Stones – referencing such images as a train leaving the station."

Jagger said in a 1995 interview in Rolling Stone, "That's Brian playing [the slide guitar]. We were sitting around in a circle on the floor, singing and playing, recording with open mikes. That was the last time I remember Brian really being totally involved in something that was really worth doing". Accompanying Jones is Richards on acoustic rhythm guitar. Janovitz remarked that Richards, "play[s] the same open-tuned rhythm he would later use on 'You Can't Always Get What You Want', also contributing to that lonely ambience." The song is also noted for its simple claves-kept beat by Charlie Watts and Nicky Hopkins's "building single-chord organ" and ornamental turns on piano.




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Okay, we are about to break into the top 40 Rolling Stones songs, as we voted them. Next up at #40 is the title track of an album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK9jyXD5yWA

Song #40 is "Let It Bleed" from the album of the same name in 1969. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It was released as a single in Japan in February 1970. Ian Stewart plays piano on this track (his only appearance on the album) while Bill Wyman plays autoharp. Ry Cooder plays the slide guitar on the track.

The song opens with a slide piece and quickly moves into a solo acoustic guitar capo on the 3rd fret strumming the chords of A, D and E before bass, drums and piano join in, respectively. Wyman's autoharp can be heard somewhat faintly during the first verse with noticeable 'ping' sounds coming from it around the 0:40-0:50 mark but it is mostly inaudible throughout the track after the 0:55 ('she said my breasts') minute mark.

The lyrics include a number of drug and sexual references, including an invitation for "coke and sympathy," a reference to a "junkie nurse" and Jagger's suggestions that we all need someone to "bleed on," "cream on" and "come on" him. However, to Allmusic critic Richie Unterberger, the song is mainly about "emotional dependency," with Jagger willing to accept a partner who wants to lean "on him for emotional support."

Unterberger also asserts that "Let It Bleed" may be "the best illustration" of the way the Rolling Stones make "a slightly sloppy approach work for them rather than against them." He also praises Jagger's vocals, stating the song represents "one of his best vocals, with a supremely lazy approach that seems to be both affectionate and mocking at the same time."




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Next up we will have a double play of songs #39 and #38, which are from the same album.

Song #39 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zbnvh6I4k4

Song #38 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V1SvYwkVtk

Song #39 is "Monkey Man" and song #38 is "Midnight Rambler." Both songs are from the "Let It Bleed" album in 1969.

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote "Monkey Man" as a tribute to Italian pop artist Mario Schifano, whom they met on the set of his movie Umano Non Umano! (Human, Not Human!). Recorded in April 1969, the song's introduction features distinctive vibraphone, bass and guitar, as well as piano; it came between the band's firing of Brian Jones and the hiring of Mick Taylor on lead guitar. Richards plays the main guitar riff, with Ry Cooder (un-credited)) playing the slide guitar solo, Jagger provides vocals, producer Jimmy Miller plays tambourine, Nicky Hopkins plays piano, Charlie Watts provides drums, while Bill Wyman plays vibraphone and bass. Wyman's vibraphone is mixed onto the left channel together with Hopkins' piano.

The song "Midnight Rambler" is a loose biography of Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to being the Boston Strangler. Keith Richards has called the number "a blues opera" and the quintessential Jagger-Richards song, stating in the 2012 documentary Crossfire Hurricane that "nobody else could have written that song."

On the composing of the song, Mick Jagger said in a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone,

That's a song Keith and I really wrote together. We were on a holiday in Italy. In this very beautiful hill town, Positano, for a few nights. Why we should write such a dark song in this beautiful, sunny place, I really don't know. We wrote everything there – the tempo changes, everything. And I'm playing the harmonica in these little cafes, and there's Keith with the guitar.

When asked about the song in a 1971 interview with Rolling Stone, Richards said:

Usually when you write, you just kick Mick off on something and let him fly on it, just let it roll out and listen to it and start to pick up on certain words that are coming through, and it's built up on that. A lot of people still complain they can't hear the voice properly. If the words come through it's fine, if they don't, that's all right too, because anyway that can mean a thousand different things to anybody.

The song's lyrics include the verse:

Did you hear about the midnight rambler
Well, honey, it's no rock 'n' roll show
Well, I'm a-talkin' about the midnight gambler
Yeah, the one you never seen before

The studio version of the track (which runs six minutes and fifty-three seconds) was recorded during the spring of 1969 at London's Olympic Sound Studios and Trident Studios. Jagger performs vocals and harmonica, while Richards plays all the guitars on the track, using standard tuning for the main guitars and open E tuning for the slide. Bill Wyman plays bass and Charlie Watts drums, while multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones is credited with playing the congas.


RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Next up at #37 is another track from "Sticky Fingers."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TP9AvRIJsE

Song #37 is "Sister Morphine" from the "Sticky Fingers" album in 1971. The song was written by Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Faithfull released the original version of the song as the B-side to her Decca Records single "Something Better" on 21 February 1969.





The personnel for the Faithfull version are Marianne on vocals, Jagger on acoustic guitar, Ry Cooder on slide guitar and bass guitar, Jack Nitzsche on piano and organ, and Charlie Watts on drums. The original UK Decca single credited Faithfull as a co-writer, but when London Records issued the single in the United States, her name was omitted, as it was from the credit on Sticky Fingers. After a legal battle Faithfull retained her rights as a co-author, acknowledged by the 1994 Virgin Records reissue of the Stones' album catalogue from Sticky Fingers through Steel Wheels.

The Stones' version features Jagger on vocals, Richards on acoustic guitar and backing vocals, Cooder and Nitzsche again on slide guitar and piano respectively, Bill Wyman on bass, and Watts again on drums.

By the way, I just heard that Mick Jagger is going to have heart surgery. He needs a new valve. It seems like the band will go on forever, but once Mick or Keith is gone that would likely be the end. It's amazing that Keith is still around with all the shit he's done in his life.


RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
037 - Sister Morphine -------------------19--------786
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Next up at #36 is another track from "Exile On Main Street."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=the7gV99YRI

Song #36 is "Shine A Light" from 1972. It's another track from "Exile On Main Street." My reaction to this one is much like my girlfriend Diane's reaction that she sent me after hearing it:

"Really? A 4-minute track with a 1-minute snail's-pace intro? Goddamn, this is a boring record!!!!!"

Although credited to usual Stones writers Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Shine a Light" was largely a Mick Jagger-Leon Russell composition. He began writing the song in early 1968 when the Stones still had guitarist Brian Jones as a member. The song was originally titled "Get a Line on You" and dealt with Jones's ever-worsening addiction to drugs and his detachment from the rest of the band

A version of the song, under the title "(Can't Seem To) Get a Line on You," was made by Leon Russell at Olympic Studios in October 1969 with assistance from Jagger (lead vocals), Charlie Watts (drums), Leon Russell (piano), and probably also Bill Wyman (bass) and Mick Taylor (guitar). The recording was made during the recording sessions for the album Leon Russell (released 1970), where both Watts and Wyman contributed drums and bass to some of the tracks. However, the song was shelved until 1993, when it finally surfaced as a bonus track on the 24K gold re-release by DCC Compact Classics (DCC Compact Classics GZS 1049).





After Jones's death in 1969, the song resurfaced. Following revisions by Jagger, it was recorded again in July 1970 as "Shine a Light." A third recording at London's Olympic Sound Studios in December 1971 resulted in the final version of the song released on Exile on Main St.

This final version featured Jagger on vocals, Stones producer Jimmy Miller on drums instead of Watts, and Taylor on electric guitar and bass guitar.

"I liked Shine a Light. I played bass on that. There are quite a few things I played bass on. I used the band's Fender Jazz bass for these because Bill wasn't there; he was late, and nobody bothered to wait. That used to happen a lot, actually. I don't mean that Bill was late a lot; we didn't always get there at the same time. If we felt like playing, we would".

- Mick Taylor, 1979

According to Wyman, he played bass on the song and Taylor was erroneously credited with playing bass, having pointed out the error via an advance copy of the album. He also says that he played bass on more tracks than was specified in the album's credits and that Jagger had gotten the credits wrong. Also performing on the song are back-up singers Clydie King, Joe Greene, Venetta Fields and Jesse Kirkland. Billy Preston performs both piano and organ for the recording and had a distinct influence on Jagger and the song while mixing the album at Los Angeles' Sunset Sound Studios. Jagger claims visits to Preston's local church inspired the gospel influences apparent on the final recording while Richards was absent from these sessions. An alternative version without the backing singers and with a different guitar solo by Mick Taylor was released on bootlegs.


RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
036 - Shine A Light ---------------------18--------797
037 - Sister Morphine -------------------19--------786
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Song #35 is up now. It was the first Stones single to make the US charts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKfN3CuFXA

Song #35 is "Not Fade Away" from 1964. I have several friends who like this record better than the original Crickets version, but not me. It did not make my top 50 ballot.

The Rolling Stones' version of "Not Fade Away" was one of their first hits. Recorded in January 1964 and released by Decca Records on February 21, 1964, with "Little by Little" as the B-side, it was their first Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number three. In March 1964, it was also the band's first single released in the United States, on the London Records label with "I Wanna Be Your Man" as the B-side (It had been briefly preceded by "I Wanna Be Your Man" with "Stoned" as the B-side, but this was quickly withdrawn). The single reached number 48 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It also reached number 44 on the Cash Box pop singles chart in the U.S. and number 33 in Australia based on the Kent Music Report. "Not Fade Away" was not on the UK version of their debut album, The Rolling Stones, but was the opening track of the US version, released a month later as England's Newest Hitmakers. It was a mainstay of the band's concerts in their early years, usually opening the shows. It was revived as the opening song in the band's Voodoo Lounge Tour, in 1994 and 1995.




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
035 - Not Fade Away --------------------20--------799
036 - Shine A Light ---------------------18--------797
037 - Sister Morphine -------------------19--------786
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Moving down to song #34 now. From 1971:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq4Q69_mdZw

Song #34 is "Moonlight Mile" from the "Sticky Fingers" album in 1971. Recording took place during the end of October 1970 at Stargroves. The song was the product of an all-night session between Jagger and guitarist Mick Taylor. Taylor had taken a short guitar piece recorded by Richards (entitled "Japanese Thing") and reworked it for the session. Jagger performs the song's prominent acoustic guitar riff. Jagger felt it easier to extemporize with Taylor, as Richards was not present. It was Taylor's idea to add a string arrangement by Paul Buckmaster to the song. Jim Price—the Rolling Stones' usual trumpeter—plays piano. Taylor claims he was promised some songwriting credit, but found himself surprised that he did not when the song was released on Sticky Fingers. Richards and Jagger took credit for the song.


RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
034 - Moonlight Mile ------------------ --20--------913
035 - Not Fade Away --------------------20--------799
036 - Shine A Light ---------------------18--------797
037 - Sister Morphine -------------------19--------786
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Song #33 is next. It's from 1965:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQjE4ekAPQ

Song #33 is "As Tears Go By" from 1965. It was included on the "December's Children" album. The song was written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham. It was released as a single by Marianne Faithfull in 1964 and peaked at number 9 in the United Kingdom and number 22 in the USA.





"As Tears Go By" was one of the first original compositions by Jagger and Richards, as until that point The Rolling Stones had chiefly been performing blues standards. A story surrounding the song's genesis has it that Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham locked Jagger and Richards in a kitchen in order to force them to write a song together, even suggesting what type of song he wanted: "I want a song with brick walls all around it, high windows and no sex." The result was initially named "As Time Goes By", the title of the song Dooley Wilson sings in the film Casablanca. It was Oldham who replaced "Time" with "Tears".

We thought, what a terrible piece of tripe. We came out and played it to Andrew [Oldham], and he said 'It's a hit.' We actually sold this stuff, and it actually made money. Mick and I were thinking, this is money for old rope!

According to Jagger biographer Philip Norman, the song was mainly created by Jagger, in co-operation with session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan.

It's unclear if the song was written especially for Faithfull or an out-take from the Stones' repertoire. Author Mark Hodkinson writes in his biography "As Tears Go By" that she contradicts herself. "All that stuff about how Mick wrote it for me was awfully nice but untrue" she told Penthouse magazine in 1980, writes Hodkinson. "Ten years later, on the sleeve notes for the Blazing away-album Marianne contradicted herself by referring to the record as "the song that Mick Jagger and Keith Richard wrote for me", concludes Hodkinson.

However, in her own autobiography "Faithfull" (1994) written together with David Dalton, she says ""As Tears Go By was not, contrary to popular folklore, written for me, but it fitted me so perfectly it might as well had been". Originally, the A-side of her first record should have been a song written by Lionel Bart, "I Don'T Know (How To Tell You)". But that song was "awful", she writes. "It was one of those showbiz songs that needed the proper register. My voice was just plain wrong! We did take after agonizing take...but I could not simply do it. In desperation Andrew got me to try the song that originally had been planned for the B-side, As Tears Go By".

Andrew played a demo for her with Mick Jagger singing and Big Jim Sullivan on acoustic guitar. "He handed me a scrawled lyric sheet and I went back into the studio and did it. As soon as I heard the cor anglais playing the opening bars I knew it was going to work. After a couples of takes it was done. Andrew came and gave be a big hug. Congratulations darling. You've got yourself a number six, he said"

She admits that she "was never that crazy about As Tears Go By". "God knows how Mick and Keith wrote it or where it came from...In any case, it is an absolutely astonishing thing for a boy of 20 to have written a song about a woman looking back nostalgically on her life."

Oldham subsequently gave the ballad (a format that the Stones were not yet known for) to Faithfull, then 17, for her to record as a B-side. The success of the recording caused the record company, Decca, to switch the song to an A-side, where it became a very popular single. The melody features a distinctive oboe line. The demo had Mick Jagger singing and Big Jim Sullivan playing 12-string guitar. It reached no. 9 in the British charts and launched Faithfull's career as a major singer. The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 in America the week ending 28 November 1964, where it stayed for nine weeks peaking at no. 22. In Canada, the song peaked at no. 2 on the RPM charts. Faithfull also performed the song on the television show Hullabaloo, in the segment presented by Beatles manager Brian Epstein from London.

It is sometimes said that the song was written as an answer to the Beatles' "Yesterday", a strings-driven ballad that became one of the band's biggest hits in 1965. However, this is false: "As Tears Go By" was written at least one year before "Yesterday"'s parent album, Help!, was even released. However, the Rolling Stones may have been influenced by "Yesterday'"s particular arrangement. The Rolling Stones changed the arrangement from Faithful's 1964 version to one that more closely resembled the arrangement of "Yesterday", which may have been intentional given that the new arrangement was recorded while the Beatles' song was topping charts all over the world, including the US Billboard Hot 100. Marianne Faithful's 1964 version of "As Tears Go By" features percussion and strings throughout; the Rolling Stones' version completely lacks percussion and opens with acoustic guitar followed by strings entering in the second verse, just as in "Yesterday."

The Rolling Stones recorded their own version of "As Tears Go By" in 1965. This recording is notable for its heavy string arrangement by Mike Leander. It was one of the three songs (including "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "19th Nervous Breakdown") that the band performed live during their third appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was released as a single in December 1965 by their North American record label, London Records, due to popular demand after radio DJs across the country started playing it from the band's recently released album December's Children (And Everybody's). It peaked at #6 on the American Billboard Charts, and at #10 on the Billboard Easy Listening charts, years before the seemingly more wholesome Beatles would see their first entry. The song was later released in the UK in 1966 as the B-side to the single, "19th Nervous Breakdown".

The Stones released a version with Italian lyrics as a single in Italy, under the title "Con Le Mie Lacrime" with the lyrics written by Danpa.





RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
033 - As Tears Go By --------------------24--------925
034 - Moonlight Mile ------------------ --20--------913
035 - Not Fade Away --------------------20--------799
036 - Shine A Light ---------------------18--------797
037 - Sister Morphine -------------------19--------786
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Song #32 is up now. It's the most famous Rolling Stones song with Keith on the lead vocal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBcFjNUzFJ0

Song #32 is "Happy" from "Exile On Main Street" in 1972. There are 2 more songs to come from that album. Credited to Jagger/Richards, "Happy" was written primarily by Keith Richards during the summer of 1971, at the villa Nellcôte in southern France, over the course of a single afternoon. According to Richards, "We did that in an afternoon, in only four hours, cut and done. At noon it had never existed. At four o'clock it was on tape." The basic tracks were recorded in the Nellcôte basement, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, with Richards on bass, guitar and vocals, producer Jimmy Miller on drums, and saxophonist Bobby Keys on maracas. Piano by Nicky Hopkins was added later, as were Jim Price's trumpet, Keys' saxophone, Mick Taylor's guitar and the final vocal tracks, including Mick Jagger's backing vocals.

"Happy" was the only single by the band to chart on the Hot 100 on which Richards sang lead.




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
032 - Happy -----------------------------23--------997
033 - As Tears Go By --------------------24--------925
034 - Moonlight Mile ------------------ --20--------913
035 - Not Fade Away --------------------20--------799
036 - Shine A Light ---------------------18--------797
037 - Sister Morphine -------------------19--------786
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Song #31 is next. Another one from "Sticky Fingers."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVOATjpjQNs

Song #31 is "Dead Flowers" from the "Sticky Fingers" album in 1971. Recording of "Dead Flowers" took place in April 1970 at the Olympic Studios in London. The lyrics to the song are notably dark, and feature the line, "I'll be in my basement room, with a needle and a spoon", a reference to injecting heroin.

"Dead Flowers" was written during the period when the Stones were stepping into country territory, when Richards's friendship with Gram Parsons was influencing his songwriting. Jagger commented in 2003:

The 'Country' songs we recorded later, like "Dead Flowers" on Sticky Fingers or "Far Away Eyes" on Some Girls, are slightly different (than our earlier ones). The actual music is played completely straight, but it's me who's not going legit with the whole thing, because I think I'm a blues singer not a country singer – I think it's more suited to Keith's voice than mine.

Both Richards and Mick Taylor contribute the 'honky-tonk' style lead guitar lines throughout the album version. Richards's choppier fills act primarily as a response to Jagger's vocal lines during the verses, while Taylor's more fluid licks counteract with the vocals of the chorus. It is Taylor who performs the guitar solo in place of a third verse.


RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
031 - Dead Flowers ------------------ ---24-------1012
032 - Happy -----------------------------23--------997
033 - As Tears Go By --------------------24--------925
034 - Moonlight Mile ------------------ --20--------913
035 - Not Fade Away --------------------20--------799
036 - Shine A Light ---------------------18--------797
037 - Sister Morphine -------------------19--------786
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Song #30 is next. It's from 1974. I hope you like it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGL8PsdKCVE

Song #30 is "It's Only Rock And Roll" from the album of the same name in 1974. Writing is credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the single reached the top ten in the UK charts and top 20 in the United States. The song is anti music critic.

Recorded in late 1973 and completed in the spring of 1974, "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" is credited to the Rolling Stones songwriting team Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, although future Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood collaborated with Jagger on it. The song was originally recorded one night in a studio at Wood's house, "The Wick" in Richmond, London. David Bowie was backing singer to Jagger's lead, and Willie Weeks played bass with Kenney Jones on drums. The song on the album is similar to that original recording, with the Stones keeping the original rhythm track.

The meaning of the lyrics was summed up by Jagger in the liner notes to the 1993 compilation Jump Back; "The idea of the song has to do with our public persona at the time. I was getting a bit tired of people having a go, all that, 'oh, it's not as good as their last one' business. The single sleeve had a picture of me with a pen digging into me as if it were a sword. It was a lighthearted, anti-journalistic sort of thing."

If I could stick my pen in my heart, And spill it all over the stage;
Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya, Would you think the boy is strange? Ain't he strange?

If I could win ya, if I could sing ya, a love song so divine,
Would it be enough for your cheatin' heart, If I broke down and cried? If I cried?

I said I know it's only rock 'n roll but I like it

Jagger also has said that as soon as he wrote it, he knew it was going to be a single. He said it was his answer to everyone who took seriously what he or the band did. According to Richards there was opposition to it being a single but they persisted, saying it had to be the next single. He said that to him "that song is a classic. The title alone is a classic and that's the whole thing about it."




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
030 - It's Only Rock And Roll -----------30-------1012
031 - Dead Flowers ------------------ ---24-------1012
032 - Happy -----------------------------23--------997
033 - As Tears Go By --------------------24--------925
034 - Moonlight Mile ------------------ --20--------913
035 - Not Fade Away --------------------20--------799
036 - Shine A Light ---------------------18--------797
037 - Sister Morphine -------------------19--------786
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Moving down to song #29 now. This one was on the UK version of "Aftermath."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXP1MSFwMnc

Song #29 is "Out of Time" from the UK version of "Aftermath" in 1966. It was not on a single, but a version by Chris Farlowe was, and that got to number one in the UK. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Mick Jagger produced the hit single version by Chris Farlowe.





The Rolling Stones released three versions of "Out of Time". The first, recorded by the band in Los Angeles in March 1966, appeared on the UK version of 1966's Aftermath and featured a marimba part played by Brian Jones. In this format "Out of Time" was 5:37 long. A shorter version of this recording appeared in the US on 1967’s Flowers, and later on 1972’s More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) and 2012’s GRRR! super deluxe edition.

The song also appeared on the Stones' 1975 ABKCO album Metamorphosis, which was created under the direction of former Stones manager Allen Klein and released on his ABKCO Records label. (Klein owned the rights to the pre-1971 Rolling Stones catalog). This version was, in fact, the backing track from Chris Farlowe's version, but with a Mick Jagger lead vocal, recorded in London in April 1966 as a demo for Farlowe. The demo version was also released as a single in 1975, reaching #45 in the UK, and was later included on 1989's Singles Collection: The London Years.


RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
029 - Out of Time -----------------------25-------1034
030 - It's Only Rock And Roll -----------30-------1012
031 - Dead Flowers ------------------ ---24-------1012
032 - Happy -----------------------------23--------997
033 - As Tears Go By --------------------24--------925
034 - Moonlight Mile ------------------ --20--------913
035 - Not Fade Away --------------------20--------799
036 - Shine A Light ---------------------18--------797
037 - Sister Morphine -------------------19--------786
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Song #28 is next. It's from 1965:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhzCnZ1vAvw

We just heard the #28 song, "Play With Fire" from 1965. It was the flip side of "The Last Time" and It was later included on the American "Out of Our Heads" album. There's an interesting story on this one.

"Play with Fire" is credited to Nanker Phelge, a pseudonym used when tracks were composed by the entire band, even though lead singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards are the only Rolling Stones to appear on the track. The song was recorded late one night in January 1965 while the Stones were in Los Angeles recording with Phil Spector at the RCA Studios. Richards performed the song's acoustic guitar opening while Jagger handled vocals and tambourine (enhanced using an echo chamber). Spector played bass (actually a tuned-down electric guitar), and Jack Nitzsche provided the song's distinctive harpsichord arrangement and tamtams. The Stones left for a tour of Australia the following day.

The song's lyrics talk of the singer's relationship with a high society girl, disparaging the lifestyle much in the same way that "19th Nervous Breakdown" would in a more up-tempo feel. The title refers to the idiom "If you play with fire, you will get burned."

In July 2008, "Play with Fire" became the subject of a lawsuit when ABKCO Music, which owns the rights to the Rolling Stones' early catalogue, filed a suit against Lil Wayne, asserting that the rapper's song "Playing with Fire" is based on the Rolling Stones' song.




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
028 - Play With Fire ---------------------28-------1088
029 - Out of Time -----------------------25-------1034
030 - It's Only Rock And Roll -----------30-------1012
031 - Dead Flowers ------------------ ---24-------1012
032 - Happy -----------------------------23--------997
033 - As Tears Go By --------------------24--------925
034 - Moonlight Mile ------------------ --20--------913
035 - Not Fade Away --------------------20--------799
036 - Shine A Light ---------------------18--------797
037 - Sister Morphine -------------------19--------786
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


We are now up among the heavyweights. Song #27 is up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8YtBK7V8ck

Song #27 is "Time Is On My Side" from 1964. It was the band's first top 10 hit in the USA. Most hits packages do not contain the original single version with that organ opening. They instead have the version with the guitar opening. I think most people know that the Stones were aping the great Irma Thomas version of the song, but hers is not the original version. It was done first in 1963 by Kai Winding of all people, with a vocal group that is made up of Dionne Warwick, Cissy Houston and Dee Dee Warwick. There are no verses sung in this version, just the chorus.





Here's what Wikipedia has to say about the song:

"Time Is on My Side" is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy (using the pseudonym "Norman Meade"). First recorded by jazz trombonist Kai Winding and his Orchestra in 1963, it was recorded (with additional lyrics by Jimmy Norman) by both soul singer Irma Thomas and the Rolling Stones in 1964.

Winding session arranger Garry Sherman contacted friend and colleague Ragovoy after Kai had expressed an interest in going in a more commercial and rhythmic direction (in gratitude for the gig Ragovoy granted Sherman 50% of the publishing rights, which he kept until an expensive divorce in 1983), But Ragovoy had thought of no lyrics for the song other than "time is on my side". Produced by Creed Taylor and engineered by Phil Ramone, and including background vocals by Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, the recording was released on the Verve Records label in October 1963.

In early 1964, Irma Thomas recorded a R&B cover of the song as the B-side for her single "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)", released on Imperial Records. Songwriter Jimmy Norman was enlisted by the arranger H. B. Barnum to create some more lyrics for the song, which at that time consisted only of the words "Time is on my side" and "You'll come runnin' back." He managed to finish moments before Thomas entered the studio to record it. Produced by Eddie Ray, Thomas' version of "Time Is on My Side" provided the inspiration for the title of her 1996 greatest hits release Time Is on My Side.





The Rolling Stones recorded two versions of the song in 1964. The first version (a looser arrangement featuring a briefer, organ-only intro), recorded in London in June 1964, was released as a single in the US, on September 25, 1964, and was included the following month on their US album 12 X 5. The second version (more tightly arranged and featuring guitar in the intro), recorded in Chicago on November 8, 1964, was released in the UK on January 15, 1965, on The Rolling Stones No. 2. Both versions incorporate elements of Irma Thomas's recording, including spoken-word interjections in the chorus, a monologue in the middle of the song, and distinctive lead guitar.




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
027 - Time Is On My Side ---------------31-------1166
028 - Play With Fire ---------------------28-------1088
029 - Out of Time -----------------------25-------1034
030 - It's Only Rock And Roll -----------30-------1012
031 - Dead Flowers ------------------ ---24-------1012
032 - Happy -----------------------------23--------997
033 - As Tears Go By --------------------24--------925
034 - Moonlight Mile ------------------ --20--------913
035 - Not Fade Away --------------------20--------799
036 - Shine A Light ---------------------18--------797
037 - Sister Morphine -------------------19--------786
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


Next up at #26 is the Stones covering an R&B hit from earlier in that year. It was number 2 on my ballot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMMxrFQKEV8

We just heard song #26, "It's All Over Now" from 1964. It was included on the American "12 X 5" album. The song written by Bobby Womack and Shirley Womack. It was first released by The Valentinos featuring Bobby Womack (Produced by Sam Cooke). The Valentinos version entered the Billboard Hot 100 on June 27, 1964, where it stayed on the chart for two weeks, peaking at number 94. It reached #21 on the Cash Box R&B Chart. Billboard did not have an R&B chart at that time.





The Rolling Stones had their first UK number-one hit with this song in July 1964. The song reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Valentinos' original version of the song was played to the Rolling Stones during their first North American tour in June 1964 by New York radio DJ Murray the K. Murray the K had an extended series of interviews with the Stones on his WINS Swinging Soiree hit radio show following his similar success as the first radio DJ in the USA to have the Beatles with him on the air (February 1964). He played the Valentinos' song to the Stones, who "raved on it" and said "it was their kind of song". He also played the Stones' "King Bee" the same night and remarked on their ability to achieve an authentic blues sound. After hearing "It's All Over Now" by the Womack Brothers (aka the Valentinos) on the WINS show, the band recorded their version nine days later at Chess Studios in Chicago. Years later, Bobby Womack said in an interview that he had told Sam Cooke he did not want the Rolling Stones to record their version of the song, and that he had told Mick Jagger to get his own song. Cooke convinced him to let the Rolling Stones record the song. Six months later on, after receiving the royalty check for the song, Womack told Cooke that Mick Jagger could have any song he wanted.

In his 2010 autobiography, Life, Keith Richards says that John Lennon criticized his guitar solo on this song and Richards agreed that it was not one of his best, though Bruce Springsteen and many other guitar fans rank it as one of the most inspired guitar breaks ever recorded and one that is still hard to mimic.




RANK - SONG TITLE -------- TOTAL BALLOTS - POINTS
026 - It's All Over Now ------------------28-------1187
027 - Time Is On My Side ---------------31-------1166
028 - Play With Fire ---------------------28-------1088
029 - Out of Time -----------------------25-------1034
030 - It's Only Rock And Roll -----------30-------1012
031 - Dead Flowers ------------------ ---24-------1012
032 - Happy -----------------------------23--------997
033 - As Tears Go By --------------------24--------925
034 - Moonlight Mile ------------------ --20--------913
035 - Not Fade Away --------------------20--------799
036 - Shine A Light ---------------------18--------797
037 - Sister Morphine -------------------19--------786
038 - Midnight Rambler -----------------20--------781
039 - Monkey Man -----------------------19--------781
040 - Let It Bleed ------------------------20--------773
041 - No Expectations -------------------18--------688
042 - Heart of Stone ---------------------18--------646
043 - Stray Cat Blues --------------------17--------645
044 - Waiting On A Friend ---------------19--------641
045 - 2000 Light Years From Home -----19--------613
046 - Shattered --------------------------17--------592
047 - Salt of the Earth -------------------14--------565
048 - Tell Me (You're Coming Back) -----14--------532
049 - Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 15--- 527
050 - Bitch -------------------------------14--------512
051 - Sweet Virginia ---------------------13--------489
052 - Emotional Rescue ------------------12--------479
053 - Jigsaw Puzzle ----------------------12--------464
054 - Little Red Rooster ------------------11--------452
055 - Have You Seen Your Mother...------14--------444
056 - Lady Jane --------------------------11--------437
057 - Fool To Cry -------------------------12--------432
058 - I'm Free ----------------------------16--------427
059 - Loving Cup -------------------------12--------426
060 - Sway -------------------------------11--------409
061 - Time Waits For No One --------------9--------356
062 - Let It Loose --------------------------9--------352
063 - Route 66 ----------------------------10--------343
064 - Dandelion ---------------------------11--------328
065 - Back Street Girl ----------------------8--------300
066 - Memory Motel -----------------------10--------299
067 - Shake Your Hips ----------------------9--------299
068 - We Love You --------------------------9--------285
069 - Stupid Girl ----------------------------7--------284
070 - Torn And Frayed ----------------------9--------279
071 - Anybody Seen My Baby? -------------6--------260
072 - Around And Around -------------------7--------255
073 - She's So Cold -------------------------7--------254
074 - Harlem Shuffle ------------------------7--------240
075 - Off The Hook --------------------------5--------239
076 - Love In Vain ---------------------------9--------230
077 - Connection ----------------------------5--------226
078 - Far Away Eyes -------------------------7--------225
079 - Rip This Joint --------------------------7--------223
080 - Parachute Woman ---------------------6--------223
081 - The Spider And The Fly ----------------4--------221
082 - I Got The Blues ------------------------7--------219
083 - Mixed Emotions ------------------------7--------217
084 - I'm A King Bee -------------------------7--------213
085 - Carol ------------------------------------6--------201
086 - Ventilator Blues ------------------------5--------183
087 - Doom And Gloom ----------------------4--------183
088 - Undercover of the Night ---------------6--------182
089 - Goin' Home ----------------------------5--------178
090 - Winter ----------------------------------4--------177
091 - Sweet Black Angel ---------------------5--------175
092 - All Down The Line ----------------------6--------174
093 - Stop Breaking Down -------------------5--------174
094 - Confessin' The Blues -------------------6--------169
095 - Love Is Strong --------------------------6--------164
096 - Hang Fire -------------------------------6--------162
097 - Prodigal Son ----------------------------4--------161
098 - Citadel ----------------------------------5--------159
099 - Soul Survivor ---------------------------4--------155
100 - You Better Move On --------------------4--------148
101 - That's How Strong My Love Is ---------4--------146
102 - Heaven ---------------------------------4--------145
103 - She Smiled Sweetly --------------------4--------144
104 - Come On --------------------------------3--------141
105 - Yesterday's Papers ----------------------4--------140
106 - Country Honk ---------------------------3--------138
107 - I Don't Know Why ----------------------3--------137
108 - I Wanna Be Your Man -------------------3--------135
109 - Down Home Girl ------------------------3--------134
110 - Little T & A ------------------------------5--------125
111 - I Just Want To Make Love To You -------5 -------125
===============================================


We break into the top 25 now with a classic album track from 1971. This is #25.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz5mI6tqm_Q