# Top 3 favorite Rolling Stones songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725 "2018-09-04T03:17:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/41 "2018-09-04T21:06:17Z")
Honky Tonk Women Paint it Black Those two were easy. Number 3 changed about half a dozen times as I was reading through the responses in this thread. For the moment, it’s: Mother’s Little Helper ---
**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:** [September 4, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/42 "2018-09-04T22:12:13Z")
> [@jerseymule](#): > > [Hide Your Love](https://youtu.be/uiEN4iGdHUA) > > [High and Dry](https://youtu.be/aTp0gUgISls) > > And as mentioned several times by others: Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’ High and Dry is a good’un. Also, from the same record, [Think.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZMc4fz7z5U) ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/43 "2018-09-05T03:54:44Z")
Angie Gimme Shelter Sister Morphine ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/44 "2018-09-05T05:08:13Z")
Damn, this is harder than it seems. 1. All Down the Line. And by this I mean any track off of ‘Exile on Main Street’. Any track. 2. Anybody Seen My Baby. Got a problem with this? Bite me. 3. Wild Horses. 4. Dead Flowers. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/45 "2018-09-05T06:33:52Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Damn, this is harder than it seems. > > 1. All Down the Line. And by this I mean any track off of ‘Exile on Main Street’. Any track. Damn, this IS harder than it seems. 1. I came in to say Happy. (Although by most accounts this was recorded in an hour or so, with Keith singing only because Mick and most of the others hadn’t shown up yet). Yet Turds on the Run is also on Exile 2. Gimme Shelter (Mick tells the story behind [Gimme Shelter](http://www.openculture.com/2013/06/mick_jagger_tells_the_story_behind_gimme_shelter.html)) 3. You Got To Move - cover from Sticky Fingers ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/46 "2018-09-05T08:06:07Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Interesting that folks are posting covers on here. (She Said Yeah, Time Is On My Side, Ain’t Too Proud To Beg). There are plenty of originals to choose from! What can I say? Their version of “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” is the iconic one to me. If I had to replace it on my list, I’d go with Mother’s Little Helper. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/47 "2018-09-05T08:53:53Z")
Sister Morphine Street Fighting Men Fool to Cry ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/48 "2018-09-05T10:06:38Z")
_Gimme Shelter Honky Tonk Women Brown Sugar_ Honorable mention: _The Last Time Can’t You Hear Me Knocking_ OK, so I cheated… ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/49 "2018-09-05T10:44:06Z")
\*[Satisfaction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU1t1PqASuQ) \*[Far Away Eyes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyK1bZZ7E-s) \*[She was Hot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQh8oh0rj3s) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/50 "2018-09-05T19:27:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > If I had to replace it on my list, I’d go with Mother’s Little Helper. Despite what I said earlier, I think this is true for me as well. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/51 "2018-09-05T20:09:10Z")
Too hard. I figured I’d be the only one to say _"Knockin’_". Surprised to see it mentioned so often. \*Far Away Eyes Little T & A\* Too many to pick. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/52 "2018-09-05T20:33:44Z")
Sympathy for the Devil Paint it Black Amanda Jones though there are lots of others mentioned here, especially Gimmie Shelter, which could easily be in the top 3. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/53 "2018-09-05T20:51:21Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Can’t You Hear Me Knocking > Monkey Man > Sympathy for the Devil Same here. The opening riff to _…Knocking_ is probably one of the best rock and roll riffs ever crafted. Just nasty and greasy. ---
**Author:** ![Itself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/54 "2018-09-07T03:48:04Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > ]Paint It Black > Sympathy For The Devil > Gimme Shelter Same three for me too. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/55 "2018-09-11T00:36:47Z")
1. Dead Flowers 2. Rocks Off 3. Rip this Joint ---
**Author:** ![Graymalkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@Graymalkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graymalkin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725/56 "2018-09-11T01:39:37Z")
only three? 1. Brown Sugar 2. Carol (Ya-Ya’s) 3. Lets Spend the Night Together [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-rolling-stones-songs/820725.md?page=2)