Can't You Hear Me Knocking
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| "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" | ||
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| Song by The Rolling Stones | ||
| from the album Sticky Fingers | ||
| Released | April 23, 1971 | |
| Recorded | March & May, 1970 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 7m:15s | |
| Label | Rolling Stones/Virgin | |
| Writer(s) | Jagger-Richards | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Miller | |
| Sticky Fingers track listing | ||
| "Wild Horses" (3) |
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" (4) |
"You Gotta Move" (5) |
'"Can't You Hear Me Knocking"' is a song by British rock and roll band the Rolling Stones from the band's 1971 album Sticky Fingers. The song features an unmistakable opening riff and one of the band's finest displays of musicianship, though it oddly holds an "underrated" tag most likely due to its length.
Running seven minutes and fifteen seconds, the first two minutes and forty-two seconds features a raucous vocal performance by singer Mick Jagger, intoning such lyrics as, "Y'all got cocaine eyes. Yeah, you got speed freak jive", set to the knocking beat of Charlie Watts and that sharp riff. At two minutes and forty-three seconds, the song suddenly diverges into an instrumental jam of sorts. Led in by Rocky Dijon on congas and a "sliding" rhythm riff by Keith Richards, saxophonist Bobby Keys takes over for an extended solo over the layered strums of Richards and Mick Taylor. Using a volume control pedal, Taylor takes over from Keys and proceeds to carry the song to its finish with what has been described as a "Carlos Santana"-esque solo.
One of the most frequent requests of fans since its introduction to the Stones' catalogue, the band finally included it during their Licks Tour in 2002. The performance is notable as Jagger introduced a harmonica solo inbetween the song's sax and guitar solos. A live recording was captured and released on the 2004 live album Live Licks.
This song is playable in Guitar Hero II. It has also been featured on the soundtrack for the movies Blow and Casino.
