The Rolling Stones’ Spotify statistics are impressive. We take a look at which of their songs are being streamed the most.
On October 20, 2023, the Rolling Stones will add a new long player to their extensive back catalog with “Hackney Diamonds”. It remains to be seen whether a song from this will crack the band’s Spotify top 10 in the near future. Reason enough to take a look at the ten most popular songs by the legendary rock’n’roll band on Spotify.
The Rolling Stones’ top 10 songs on Spotify (as of September 7th, 2023):
1. “Paint It, Black” 972,231,265 streams
2. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” 623,118,707 streams
3. “Start Me Up” 541,459,227 streams
4. “Gimme Shelter” 527,166,302 streams
5. “Sympathy For The Devil” 513,804,934 streams
6. “Beast Of Burden” 358,483,885 streams
7. “Angie” 314,693,912 streams
8. “Wild Horses” 241,942,656 streams
9. “Miss You” 179,233,230 streams
10. “Honkey Tonk Women” 162,925,520 streams
Big success with new single “Angry”
There are currently no official Spotify figures available for her new single “Angry”. However, the video for the new single reached over 6.7 million views on YouTube within just under a day.
As announced, the Rolling Stones presented their new album “Hackney Diamonds” on Wednesday (September 6th, 2023). Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood revealed all the details at the Hackney Theater in London.
Keith on the title: “We’re a London band and wanted to honor that”. Mick: “If you get your windshield shattered on a Saturday night, typical in Hackney…”
Mick and Ronnie on the duration of the recording: “23 songs, recorded around Christmas, mixed in January and due in February”. Twelve come on the record.”
On the loss of Charlie Watts, Keith says, “He remains our fourth band member and he’s looking down on us right now. We miss him terribly. Steve Jordan now replaces him. Charlie gave us the blessing before he died.”
Mick: “Two songs were recorded with Charlie in 2019”. Bill Wyman plays bass on one of the two Watts songs. This means that the Rolling Stones have been reunited for at least one piece since 1975.
Keith: “We also talked about ‘Hit and Run’, ‘Smash and Grab’ as possible album titles”.
Keith: “The riff to ‘Angry’ is very funky.” Mick: ‘Bite my Head off’ is about girlfriends who can be very angry at you”. Ronnie: “Dreamy Skies’ is about lying on the beach and listening to Hank Williams.” Keith: “Tell me straight’? I can tell you straight up that I have no idea what the song is about.”
Mick: “In the studio you first play for yourself. Only then do you ask yourself – if we like it, will others like it too?”
Mick: “I don’t have a favorite Stones song, sorry.” Keith: “‘Gimme Shelter’ and ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash'”.
Mick: The secret of a happy marriage? Don’t talk to each other too often.”
After that, the Stones made it exciting. The video premiere of “Angry” was supposed to take place at 4 p.m. – instead there was music on hold on the band’s YouTube channel.