You Gotta Move (track)
by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1971
From the album Sticky Fingers (track #5)
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You Gotta Move appears on the following album(s) by The Rolling Stones:
- Sticky Fingers (track #5) (this album) (1971)
- Love You Live (track #9) (1977)
- From The Vault: L.A. Forum (Live In 1975) (track #7) (2014)
- Sticky Fingers Live (track #5) (2015)
- L.A. Friday (Live 1975) (track #7) (2014)
- From The Vault: Sticky Fingers Live At The Fonda Theatre 2015 (track #8) (2017)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/12/2026 15:37 | Fritz | 4,452 | 84/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 00:05 |  serpico | 3,784 | 90/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2026 23:26 | Spartakist | 2,185 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 14:02 | Johnnyo | 45,270 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2026 13:16 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 |
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I’m not sure how many people were familiar with this Fred McDowell song, but I don’t think that the songs covering it did it any harm.
At the end of the day, the Stones are a blues band and I really like this rendition of a blues staple. I know that I mention Mick Taylor a lot but his slide guitar playing here is fantastic. I’ve heard this track referred to as a filler. That’s simply bo***cks. It’s a great track, performed well and fits the album perfectly. (Edited)
Lousy. An annoying throwaway. (Edited)
To get why this song is here you have to understand Delta Blues and how much it influenced the Stones, especially on their next album (Edited)
Medelsvensson 10/28/2019 20:50 | #244217
Works better than country honk, which is similarly disruptive, but this one is less of a “low-effort goof”. Still should objectively not be here to follow one of the grooviest songs ever written.
Fischman 01/13/2017 23:08 | #182619
If this album has a low point, this would be it. Still a good song though.
After four stunning masterpieces in a row this comes as a slight disappointment. It's decent enough and has a gritty authenticity about it but it just halts the energy of the album after the preceding four tracks. Still, it's very good, but it just seems a little out of place on side one.
Amazing slide work.
If you like country blues (wich I do) this could arguably be one the best tracks on the record.
Worst on the album by far (Edited)
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