Angie

The Rolling Stones

Score: 33
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Played: 502

Album:

Goats Head Soup

Released: 31 Aug 2009

Wiki:

"Angie" is a song by rock and roll band The Rolling Stones, featured on their 1973 album Goats Head Soup. Recorded in November and December 1972, "Angie" was written primarily by Keith Richards. The song is an acoustic guitar driven ballad which tells of the end of a romance. The song is noted for its poignant lyrics concerning lost love and the grieving involved. Singer Mick Jagger gives a wrenching performance for the recording, while Stones-recording regular Nicky Hopkins plays the song's distinctive piano chords. The strings on the piece (as well as "Winter") were arranged by Nicky Harrison. Released as a single in August 1973, "Angie" went straight to the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and reached number five on the UK singles chart. Questions about the song's origins have never ceased. Despite wide-ranging rumors that "Angie" was written by Jagger about a relationship he had with David Bowie's wife Angela, Jagger denies this. Richards claims to have come up with the title and chord sequence a year before production on the album began. In the liner notes to the compilation disc Jump Back, Richards says, "I'd recently had my daughter born, whose name was Angela, and the name was starting to ring around the house. 'Angie' just fitted." The Rolling Stones have frequently performed the song in concert; it was included in set lists on their 1973, 1975 and 1976 tours, and on every tour since their 1982 European tour. Concert renditions have been released on the albums Stripped and Live Licks. Two music videos were shot to promote the song. In 2005 the German party CDU used the song for its election campaign for Angela Merkel; the Rolling Stones had not given Merkel permission to use the song.

Lyrics:

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[Verse 1] Angie, Angie When will those clouds all disappear? Angie, Angie Where will it lead us from here? With no loving in our souls And no money in our coats You can't say we're satisfied But Angie, Angie You can't say we never tried Angie, you're beautiful, yeah But ain't it time we said goodbye? Angie, I still love you Remember all those nights we cried? All the dreams we held so close Seemed to all go up in smoke Let me whisper in your ear Angie, Angie Where will it lead us from here? [Verse 2] Oh, Angie, don't you weep All your kisses still taste sweet I hate that sadness in your eyes But Angie, Angie Ain't it time we said goodbye? Yeah [Verse 3] With no loving in our souls And no money in our coats You can't say were satisfied But Angie, I still love you, baby Everywhere I look, I see your eyes There ain't a woman that comes close to you Come on, baby, dry your eyes But Angie, Angie Ain't it good to be alive? Angie, Angie They can't say we never tried