You Can't Always Get What You Want
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| ""You Can't Always Get What You Want"" | ||
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| Song by The Rolling Stones | ||
| from the album Let It Bleed | ||
| Released | December 5, 1969 | |
| Recorded | November 16-17, 1968 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 7:31 | |
| Label | Decca Records/ABKCO | |
| Writer(s) | Jagger-Richards | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Miller | |
| Let It Bleed track listing | ||
| Monkey Man (8) |
""You Can't Always Get What You Want"" (9) |
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- This article is about the song by the Rolling Stones. See You Can't Always Get What You Want (Grounded for Life episode) for the Grounded for Life episode.
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a song by the Rolling Stones released on their 1969 album Let It Bleed. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was named as the 100th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone in its 2004 list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."
The song was recorded on 16th and 17th November 1968. It features the London Bach Choir powerfully opening the song, highlighting throughout, and bringing it to an uproarious conclusion. Jimmy Miller, the Rolling Stones' producer at the time, plays drums on this song instead of Charlie Watts. Al Kooper plays piano, organ and French horn while Rocky Dijon plays congas and maracas.
The song became very popular during the waning days of the 1960s. An edited version was released as the B-Side to "Honky Tonk Women".
An instrumental version of this song is used at Alex's funeral scene in the 1983 Academy Award Nominated motion picture The Big Chill, where it is noted as his favorite song. In 1990, UK recording artist George Michael used the song title in his hit Waiting For That Day and because of such duly gave Jagger and Richards a shared songwriting credit. More recently, the track has been featured in at least three episodes of the Fox television medical drama series House (Dr. Gregory House, the show's protagonist, also refers to the song in the pilot episode, quoting "the philosopher Jagger."). Additionally, the song is featured in an episode of the FX Network television medical drama Nip/Tuck, as well as being prominently showcased in the Coca-Cola C2 commercials of 2004.
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" is very popular at Stones shows due to the sing-along chorus, and is played at almost every show (where it is custom for Jagger to change the lyrics from "my favourite flavour, cherry red" to the question "What's your favourite flavour?" to which the audience replies "Cherry red"). Live recordings appear on the albums Love You Live, Flashpoint, and Live Licks.
A cover version of the song appeared on Track 12 of the Jam Band Rusted Root's Self Titled Album in 1998.
