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The Rolling Stones – Shake Your Hips
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One of two songs on Exile on Main Street that was a cover version, “Shake Your Hips” was originally written by blues harmonica player Slim Harpo, so named because of his mastery of
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Slim Harpo – Shake Your Hips
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[Verse 1] / I wanna tell you 'bout a dance / That's goin' around / Everybody doin' it / From the grown ups, down / [Chorus] / Don't have to move yo' head / Don't have to move yo
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Slim Harpo – Shake Your Hips Covers
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See all of “Shake Your Hips” by Slim Harpo’s covers
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The Rolling Stones – Stop Breaking Down
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“Stop Breaking Down” is the second of two cover songs on Exile on Main Street originally recorded by Robert Johnson in 1937, the other being Shake Your Hips.
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The Rolling Stones – I'm a King Bee
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A cover of Slim Harpo’s classic Electric Louisiana Blues song. The Rolling Stones would cover another Slim Harpo song on Exile on Main Street – Shake Your Hips.
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The Rolling Stones – I'm Going Down
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[Verse 1] / Hey babe, what more can you tell? / The good Lord ring your front door bell / Though our love goin' down, don't cry / Thought I saw a man, yes I fell in the ground
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The Rolling Stones – Ventilator Blues
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The only song in the Rolling Stones' backcatallogue on which Mick Taylor had a writing credit; the rest of the Exile on Main St. was credited to solely Jagger/Richards.
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The Go! Team – Voice Yr Choice
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It's the rock star sound / Miss unique / I'm the bouncing bomb / Here to step it down / Finger snapping / Like a thunder clapping / Here comes the whack so we can bring it back
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The Rolling Stones – Sweet Virginia
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“Sweet Virginia”, is a sweetly clamoring acoustic number reflects both the country music influence Gram Parson imparted upon Keith at the time and the drug-induced atmosphere at
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The Last Band (Band) – Pretty Boys
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See how they walk and shake their hips, all dressed up like Nikki Sixx / Painted lips and bloodshot eyes, Stockholm syndrome never dies / How they look so fucking cool, Guns n
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Keith Richards – Bodytalks
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I'm waitin' baby, between the lines / Believin' is deceivin' / To watch you move, brand new walk / Body talks in a word / Body talks, baby, yeah / You make me shiver, just a quiver
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Ohio Express – Simon Says
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(Put your hands in the air) / Put your hands in the air (Simple Simon says) / Shake them all about (Simple Simon says) / Do it when Simon says (Simple Simon says) / And you will
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Sean Paul – Get Busy
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“Get Busy” was released as Sean Paul’s second single from his album Dutty Rock. The song was one of the many hits from the Diwali Riddim and has also been released in 2002 on the
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The Rolling Stones – Rocks Off
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“Rocks Off” is the opening track from Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stone’s seminal 1972 album.
The song has diverse lyrics, including allusions to heroin use and inability
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The Rolling Stones – I Just Want to See His Face
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“I Just Want To See His Face” is unusual in that it has a fade-in and fade-out, leaving the listener wondering what was left out, in the recording.
As it has never been played
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The Rolling Stones – Turd on the Run
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[Verse 1] / Grabbed hold of your coat tail but it come off in my hand / I reached for your lapel but it weren't sewn on so grand / Begged, promised anything if only you would stay
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Ariana Grande & The Weeknd – Love Me Harder
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“Love Me Harder” was released on August 20th as a part of a promotional stream hosted by MTV. This highly anticipated collaboration with The Weeknd is much less a feature and much
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The Rolling Stones – Sweet Black Angel
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This song from The Stones' iconic 1972 album, Exile on Main Street, is about Angela Davis, a political activist, scholar and author from Alabama. Jagger and Richards' lyrics, in a
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The Rolling Stones – Casino Boogie
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With seemingly abstract lyrics, “Casino Boogie” is a difficult song to interpret, however in an interview with Uncut Magazine in April 2010, Jagger gave some insight:
That song
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The Rolling Stones – Let It Loose
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“Let it Loose” is Exile on Main St.’s longest song, at 5:18. A gospel blues ballad that has never been played live by the band, some of the lyrics were ‘lifted’ from A Man of
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The Rolling Stones – Shine a Light
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“Shine a Light” is featured on The Rolling Stones' tenth British and 13th American studio album, Exile on Main St., released in May of 1972.
Lead singer, Mick Jagger, began
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The Rolling Stones – Rip This Joint
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The most fast-paced song in the Stones' repertoire, “Rip This Joint” rocks along a list of southern U.S. cities where the band had previously performed while describing the zeal of
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