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The 10 best Rolling Stones songs of all time, ranked

To celebrate

This acoustic ballad appeared on the band’s 1973 album Goats Head Soup. The featured piano and string arrangements take a step away from the Stones’ usual hustle and bustle, positioning Mick Jagger as a soulful ex-lover seeking closure through song. Jagger’s performance conjures the sentiment of love lost, but not without a tiring fight: “Angie, you’re beautiful, yeah/But ain’t it time we said goodbye?”

In Keith Richards’ 2010 autobiography, the guitarist/songwriter said he wrote “Angie” while recovering at a rehabilitation center. Though fans have speculated that the name of the song had a connection to his daughter, Angela, Richards says the song is unrelated — and that the name “Angie” was actually just a temporary lyric that ended up sticking.

‘s father to rent equipment for the debut gig, where the young men played blues classics and had something to prove. Later on, the band formalized its name by adding a proper “g” to the Muddy Waters-inspired moniker, cementing The Rolling Stones as one of the most universally recognized names in music. However, in the early ’60s, the blues-obsessed group was only in its embryonic stage, performing covers of American icons like Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley while scrambling to find their next meal.

Six decades later, the band returned to the road during the summer of 2022, weaving across Europe in celebration of the unprecedented milestone. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood played for the first time since the loss of beloved drummer Charlie Watts, who died in August 2021. To celebrate the band’s longevity and insatiable desire to bring live music to the masses, EW has ranked the top 10 Rolling Stones songs of all time.

This acoustic ballad appeared on the band’s 1973 album Goats Head Soup. The featured piano and string arrangements take a step away from the Stones’ usual hustle and bustle, positioning Mick Jagger as a soulful ex-lover seeking closure through song. Jagger’s performance conjures the sentiment of love lost, but not without a tiring fight: “Angie, you’re beautiful, yeah/But ain’t it time we said goodbye?”

In Keith Richards’ 2010 autobiography, the guitarist/songwriter said he wrote “Angie” while recovering at a rehabilitation center. Though fans have speculated that the name of the song had a connection to his daughter, Angela, Richards says the song is unrelated — and that the name “Angie” was actually just a temporary lyric that ended up sticking.