The 1981 Rolling Stones Song that Took a 10 Years to Finish

The 1981 Rolling Stones song that took a 10 years to finish

Keith Richards is an expert when it comes to songwriting these days, but it wasn’t always like that. One of the first songs he wrote for The Rolling Stones was ‘As Tears Go By’, and he only wound up being able to put that together because his manager locked him in a kitchen and said he wouldn’t be let out until he’d written something. He wasn’t necessarily happy with the tune, going so far as to call it “anti Rolling Stones”, but it was a start,…

The Rolling Stones' Longest-Charting Single Debuted In 1981 – But It Never Went To No. 1

One of the Rolling Stones' best '80s singles never topped the charts, but it stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for 24 weeks -- a career best for the Stones.

10 Controversial Rolling Stones Songs

The Rolling Stones were controversial from their inception, as was evident in 1964 when they first came to America during the initial wave of the British Invasion, following the Beatles. They performed covers of Chicago blues standards in a belligerent rock and roll style and had a scruffy appearance compared to the Beatles’ well-groomed image and family-friendly songs. When they began writing their own original compositions, the songs explored …