# Favorite Rolling Stones song **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2000, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458 "2000-08-31T05:28:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/1 "2000-08-31T05:28:07Z")
Of course, Elvis is still my favorite. But, by far, my favorite song is “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Stones. It’s just so damn catchy. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Teach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@Teach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/2 "2000-08-31T05:56:00Z")
A really tough call, but for the moment my favorite is the Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out version of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” If you like “Sympathy For the Devil” you’ve got to love the live version of that one on the same album, too. By the way, does anybody know why they stuck an apostrophe on “ya-yas”? That’s always bothered me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/3 "2000-08-31T07:38:48Z")
I’ve never been a huge Stones fan, but I do like “Paint It Black”. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/4 "2000-08-31T07:57:38Z")
“Paint It Black” rules. The only reason I watched the old CBS Vietnam show “Tour of Duty” was because it used “Paint It Black” as the theme song. ---
**Author:** ![flikker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@flikker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flikker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/5 "2000-08-31T08:04:23Z")
My fav is “Angie” ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/6 "2000-08-31T08:55:32Z")
I’m with **flikker** –definitely _Angie._ ---
**Author:** ![Gomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/7 "2000-08-31T09:49:36Z")
I have to agree with paint it black. Although I can’t stand the stones Paint it Black is a true classic. ---
**Author:** ![Silvio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Silvio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvio)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/8 "2000-08-31T11:25:17Z")
I can narrow it down to 10: (1)“Paint it Black”, (2)“Sympathy for the Devil”, (3)“Wild Horses”, (4)“Moonlight Mile”, (5)“Happy”, (6)“Soul Survivor”, (7)“Tumblin’ Dice”, (8)“Rocks Off”, (9)“Beast of Burden”, (10)“Waiting on a Friend” ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/9 "2000-08-31T12:20:04Z")
Gotta go with Sympathy for the Devil “Just as every cop is a criminal And all the sinners saints!” That’s perfect. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/10 "2000-08-31T12:22:44Z")
Memory Motel I can almost hear you sigh Before they make me run The whole Some Girls album Rocks off ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/11 "2000-08-31T12:38:45Z")
Angel in My Heart. I had never heard it before until a friend sent me the mp3. What a great song. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/12 "2000-08-31T12:40:01Z")
Sympathy for the Devil is the only one I can stand. ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/13 "2000-08-31T13:01:07Z")
I like “Sympathy for the Devil” as well, but my favorite is “Street Fighting Man”. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/14 "2000-08-31T13:32:29Z")
They have so many great songs. I think the moment I realized how much I like the stones was when Jumpin’ Jack Flash played during the closing credits of Fear and Loathing. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/15 "2000-08-31T13:53:36Z")
Well known: “Let’s Spend the Night Together” Not well known “My Obsession” Not by them: “You’ve got to Move” Anybody know who did the original? ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/16 "2000-08-31T13:59:17Z")
How’s about Satisfaction? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/17 "2000-08-31T14:02:06Z")
Wild Horses. Definitely. ---
**Author:** ![ReservoirDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@ReservoirDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReservoirDog)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/18 "2000-08-31T14:58:57Z")
Honky Tonk Women give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/19 "2000-08-31T15:03:11Z")
You Can’t Always Get What You Want Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’? Fingerprint File Memo from Turner Miss You Black Limousine Sweet Virginia ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458/20 "2000-08-31T15:15:27Z")
I liked “Honkey Tonk Women” because of the line: “She blew my nose and then she blew my mind”. Must have taken The Stones years to come up with that one! (yeah right). But “Wild Horses” is their best song, in my opinion. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-rolling-stones-song/31458.md?page=2)