The Most and Least-Performed Music Reside Off 15 Rolling Stone Albums

At this level, it appears as if the Rolling Stones might need to be dragged off the stage – they have been performing dwell for therefore lengthy audiences have virtually watched them develop up from younger, formidable rock stars to seasoned touring musicians.

“While you exit in entrance of all these folks you get an infinite rush of chemical substances in your physique — your individual chemical substances, not chemical substances you’ve got put in,” Mick Jagger joked in 2018. “Let’s face it, it’s a big buzz. Have to be like enjoying soccer or one thing.”

With over 400 songs to their identify, there’s loads to select from today when the Stones craft their set lists. In fact, some tracks do not see the sunshine of day fairly often, and a few have by no means been performed in any respect. (Although for the needs of this record, we’re writing about songs which have, at one level or one other, made the set record.)

Utilizing knowledge from setlist.fm, we have pulled essentially the most and least-played music dwell off of 15 albums by the Rolling Stones, listed in chronological order. Every of those albums, with their respective songs, have collected 300 performs or extra.

Album: Aftermath (1966)Most-played: “Paint It Black”Least-played: “Doncha Hassle Me”

This record goes to start with 1966’s Aftermath, which is an important turning level within the Stones’ profession given it was their first album to consist solely of authentic songs. Over 50 years later, “Paint It Black,” which appeared on the U.S. version of the album however not the U.Ok. one, has stood the check of time with over 450 dwell performances. Fairly a couple of songs from Aftermath have by no means made a set record — tracks like “Flight 505,” “Excessive and Dry” and “It is Not Straightforward” from facet two of the U.Ok. model — however “Doncha Hassle Me” did handle to squeeze in two performances in 1966 when the band toured the U.S.

Album: Between the Buttons (1967)Most-played: “Let’s Spend the Evening Collectively”Least-played: “She Smiled Sweetly”

Here is the factor about having been within the music enterprise for mainly your total life: the fact is that there is a whole lot of early materials you most likely will not contact, as is the case for lots of the songs on 1967’s Between the Buttons. “She Smiled Sweetly” obtained precisely one dwell efficiency on Sept. 30, 2002 on the now defunct Roseland Ballroom in New York Metropolis, which fortuitously somebody recorded. On the opposite facet of the spectrum, the upbeat “Let’s Spend the Evening Collectively” has logged over 300 performances.

Album: Beggars Banquet (1968)Most-played: “Sympathy for the Satan”Least-played: “Parachute Girl”

It does make sense that “Sympathy for the Satan” could be the most-played music from Beggars Banquet – there’s one thing awfully enjoyable about a complete stadium of followers singing the backing “woo! woo!” vocal half. There are three songs from this album which have by no means been performed dwell: “Pricey Physician,” “Jigsaw Puzzle” and “Prodigal Son.” In the meantime, “Parachute Girl” has gotten two performs — as soon as for 1968’s The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus live performance movie, and as soon as extra in Boston in 2002.

Album: Let It Bleed (1969)Most-played: “You Cannot At all times Get What You Need”Least-played: “Let It Bleed”

Here is the place issues get barely complicated. Technically talking, the Rolling Stones haven’t performed “Nation Honk” from Let It Bleed dwell. They’ve, nevertheless, performed the non-country model of the music, titled “Honky Tonk Girls,” over one thousand occasions. The subsequent least-played music then is the album’s title monitor with a bit over 100 performs. Probably the most-played, as you may need guessed, is the seven-minute, choir and french horn solo-including “You Cannot At all times Get What You Need.”

Album: Sticky Fingers (1971)Most-played: “Brown Sugar”Least-played: “I Bought the Blues”

The final time the Rolling Stones performed “Brown Sugar” dwell was in 2019. The band determined to omit the music on their 2021 tour on account of lyrics that have not aged very properly, to place it politely, and since then it has not been heard. There’s nonetheless loads of different nice songs from 1971’s Sticky Fingers, although, all of which have been performed dwell in some unspecified time in the future or one other. “I Bought the Blues” solely has eight performs to its identify although, maybe as a result of it is a bit too languid. That is the blues for you.

Album: Exile on Most important St. (1972)Most-played: “Tumbling Cube”Least-played: Tie Between “Ventilator Blues” and “Candy Black Angel”

A medal of some sort ought to be awarded to the one that recorded the one and solely time the Stones carried out “Ventilator Blues,” which happened in June of 1972 in Vancouver, Canada. In accordance with Charlie Watts, the band all the time struggled to get the music proper in dwell settings: “It is a fantastic monitor, however we by no means play it in addition to the unique. One thing is not going to be fairly proper; both Keith [Richards] will play it a bit in another way or I will do it flawed. It is a fabulous quantity, however a little bit of a tough one.” The opposite music from Exile on Most important St. that is gotten one play is “Candy Black Angel,” which additionally occurred in June of 1972. On the prime of the record is “Tumbling Cube,” which has persistently been included on set lists because it was launched.

Album: Goats Head Soup (1973)Most-played: “Angie”Least-played: “100 Years In the past”

“Angie” served because the lead single to 1973’s Goats Head Soup, and since then it has been a well-liked slower quantity at Stones concert events. And no, there is no such thing as a actual life Angie — it was merely a reputation that match the temper and melody of the music. Almost half of the songs from Goats Head Soup have by no means been performed dwell: “Coming Down Once more,” “Disguise Your Love,” “Winter” and “Can You Hear the Music.” At simply two logged performances is “100 Years In the past,” which Jagger had written two yeas prior and hadn’t gotten round to utilizing.

Album: It is Solely Rock ‘n Roll (1974)Most-played: “It is Solely Rock ‘n Roll (However I Like It)”Least-played: “Dance Little Sister”

Just like the earlier album, It is Solely Rock ‘n Roll holds 4 songs that audiences have by no means been handled to: “Until the Subsequent Goodbye,” “Time Waits for No One,” “If You Actually Need to Be My Good friend” and “Quick and Curlies.” Possibly in the future. “Dance Little Sister” solely obtained three performs, however a kind of obtained immortalized on the comparatively current 2022 dwell launch El Mocambo 1977. In the meantime, the album’s title monitor, “It is Solely Rock ‘n’ Roll (however I Like It),” has racked up over 800 performs, starting in 1975 all the way in which up till the Stones’ most up-to-date tour in 2024.

Album: Some Women (1978)Most-played: “Miss You”Least-played: “Lies”

“Miss You” is one other excellent instance of a Stones music that you just simply can not help “woo” alongside to. “Do ya really feel like singing a bit bit?” Jagger says within the clip under, and the viewers’s reply is clearly sure. That is the most-played music from Some Women, an album on which each and every single music has been performed dwell at one level within the Stones’ tenure. “Lies” is the least-played with 20 performances, and in reality, it didn’t seem on any set lists after 1978, the yr Some Women was launched.

Album: Emotional Rescue (1980)Most-played: “She’s So Chilly”Least-played: “Dance Pt.1”

Just one half of 1980’s Emotional Rescue has been performed dwell, which is not to say there is not nonetheless time…so in case you are a fan of the next songs, we apologize: “Summer time Romance,” “Ship It to Me,” “Indian Woman,” “The place the Boys Go” and “Down within the Gap.” “Dance Pt. 1” holds the title then for least-played music at seven performances. Even the most-played quantity, “She’s So Chilly,” solely had 154 performances, which is small potatoes in comparison with different album tracks. However this makes some sense when one considers that the Stones didn’t tour in 1980 in any respect.

Album: Tattoo You (1981)Most-played: “Begin Me Up”Least-played: “Tops”

Is there a extra becoming selection than “Begin Me Up” for a set opener? Debatable however most likely not, which is especially lucky for the reason that music was tossed apart throughout classes for Emotional Rescue and almost forgotten about. It certain could be onerous to overlook about it now that it is claimed over 900 performances. Solely three songs from Tattoo You have not been performed dwell: “Slave,” “Heaven” and “No Use in Crying.” “Tops” solely managed three performs, all in 1981, possibly as a result of Mick Taylor, whose guitar work is featured in it, was not within the band by then.

Album: Metal Wheels (1989)Most-played: “Slipping Away”Least-played: “Blinded by Love”

The ’80s have been considerably difficult for the Rolling Stones, however by the point the top of the last decade arrived, Jagger and Richards had patched issues up sufficient to concentrate on songwriting and launching one other tour. And after we say tour, we ought to be extra particular and say the longest tour the band had ever been on up till that time. No strain. On that Metal Wheels/City Jungle Tour, the Stones solely overlooked 4 songs from the album: “Maintain on to Your Hat,” “Hearts for Sale,” “Continental Drift” and “Break the Spell.” The subsequent least-played is “Blinded by Love,” which was carried out twice in Spain and as soon as in Portugal. On the prime of the record is “Slipping Away,” a music that might proceed to discover a place on subsequent tour set lists.

Album: Voodoo Lounge (1994)Most-played: “You Bought Me Rocking”Least-played: “Moon Is Up”

Solely 9 out of Voodoo Lounge’s 15 songs have been performed dwell. The album itself offered properly, however failed to provide a Prime 40 hit in America. “You Bought Me Rocking,” the most-played music from it, did make it to No. 23 within the U.Ok. although, and it even managed to stay round on set lists for the Stones’ 2005–2006 A Greater Bang Tour. In the meantime on the low finish, “Moon Is Up” obtained precisely one play in London in 1999 and has not been touched once more.

Album: Bridges to Babylon (1997)Most-played: “Out of Management”Least-played: Tie Between “How Can I Cease,” “Low Down” and “May as Nicely Get Juiced”

Three songs from Bridges to Babylon have but to see a set record: “Gunface,” “At all times Struggling” and “Too Tight.” The three least-played songs have not fared significantly better — “How Can I Cease,” “Low Down” and “May as Nicely Get Juiced” every obtained only one efficiency. In 1997, the Stones launched into an infinite tour in assist of the album, however weirdly solely included 4 of its songs into the set. A type of was “Out of Management,” which has logged simply over 200 performances.

Album: A Greater Bang (2005)Most-played: “Tough Justice”Least-played: “It Will not Take Lengthy”

Contemplating that A Greater Bang boasts 16 tracks to its identify, it is comprehensible that solely half of these have made set lists. On the prime is “Tough Justice,” the LP’s opening monitor and one which Richards stated got here to him in a dream, or at the very least the guitar riff did. Then again, “It Will not Take Lengthy” obtained two performs, which is not so much however continues to be greater than zero.