# Favorite Stones song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830 "2017-08-16T22:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/1 "2017-08-16T22:22:53Z")
As a parallel to the current fave Beatles song thread… I’ll start with She Smiled Sweetly, from Between the Buttons. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/2 "2017-08-16T22:40:28Z")
I always liked the one that says if you can’t get what you want you get rice and beans. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/3 "2017-08-16T22:45:33Z")
Tough call, but I’m going to go with _Can’t you hear me knocking?_ Just squeaks by _Rocks Off._ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/4 "2017-08-16T22:50:32Z")
I’ll go with _If You Can’t Rock Me/Get Off Of My Cloud_ from Love You Live. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/5 "2017-08-16T22:56:40Z")
sympathy with the devil ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/6 "2017-08-16T22:57:44Z")
_Satisfaction_, with _Gimme Shelter_ a close second. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/7 "2017-08-16T23:00:00Z")
I guess for me it is “Sympathy for the Devil”. All my favorite Stones songs are from 1973 or before. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/8 "2017-08-16T23:08:19Z")
_Gimme Shelter_, hands-down. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/9 "2017-08-16T23:11:57Z")
yes, Gimme Shelter ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/10 "2017-08-16T23:15:53Z")
_Gimme Shelter_, no question. I’d argue it’s the best rock song by any band, ever! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/11 "2017-08-16T23:17:16Z")
These two have been tied for my first-place favorite since around 1980: **It’s All Over Now** and **Beast Of Burden** ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/12 "2017-08-16T23:28:40Z")
Either _Angie_ or\* Ruby Tuesday\*… ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/13 "2017-08-16T23:35:09Z")
Ruby Tuesday Paint it Black Moonlight Mile ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/14 "2017-08-17T00:00:56Z")
Memory Motel ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/15 "2017-08-17T00:13:32Z")
“Dead Flowers” and “Before They Make Me Run.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/16 "2017-08-17T00:14:59Z")
She’s a Rainbow. ---
**Author:** ![SacFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SacFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SacFly)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/17 "2017-08-17T00:22:12Z")
Another vote for _Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’_. Honorable mention for _Torn and Frayed_. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/18 "2017-08-17T01:22:06Z")
Here’s one you don’t hear too often - [Jump On Top Of Me Baby.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWoqv8_JgiM) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/19 "2017-08-17T01:24:36Z")
According to the world-famous **Ponch8 Music Rating System** , it is a very tight contest between #1 “She’s a Rainbow,” #2 “Paint It Black,” and #3 “Gimme Shelter.” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-stones-song/793830/20 "2017-08-17T01:34:14Z")
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