Start Me Up (track)
by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1981
From the album Tattoo You (track #1)
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Start Me Up appears on the following album(s) by The Rolling Stones:
- Forty Licks (track #21) (compilation) (2002)
- Jump Back: The Best Of The Rolling Stones (track #1) (compilation) (1993)
- Tattoo You (track #1) (this album) (1981)
- Flashpoint (track #2) (1991)
- Shine A Light (track #18) (2008)
- Live Licks (track #5) (2004)
- Still Life (American Concert 1981) (track #10) (1982)
- Grrr! (track #38) (compilation) (2012)
- Rewind (1971-1984) (track #3) (compilation) (1984)
- From The Vault: Hampton Coliseum (Live In 1981) (track #22) (2012)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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95/100  | 10/09/2025 10:52 | mash | | 92/100 |
90/100 | 08/25/2025 20:20 |  ExTeaSea | | 86/100 |
80/100 | 07/03/2025 20:46 | culwin | | 75/100 |
85/100 | 06/23/2025 14:47 |  AAL2014 | | 76/100 |
85/100 | 12/16/2024 23:30 | dougcummings | | 69/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.6/100, a mean average of 86.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.6.
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flamingyesdept 01/03/2020 09:47
Heavily borrowed from Jay Ferguson's Thunder Island - still a solid rocker
Sandrof1969 02/11/2018 15:47
The definitive riff
Fischman 04/04/2017 16:39
Excellent Stones opener. Sadly, this was the last time they would rock like this.
One of, if not the last truly iconic Rolling Stones track(although personally I would go for Undercover of the night). Either way, it has the classic Stones sound and would be the band's last truly big hit. Great track.
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