I Got The Blues (track)
by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1971
From the album Sticky Fingers (track #7)
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I Got The Blues appears on the following album(s) by The Rolling Stones:
- Sticky Fingers (track #7) (this album) (1971)
- The Marquee Club (Live In 1971) (track #3) (2015)
- Sticky Fingers Live (track #8) (2015)
- No Security. San Jose '99 (track #6) (2018)
- From The Vault: Sticky Fingers Live At The Fonda Theatre 2015 (track #11) (2017)
- Welcome To Shepherd's Bush (track #7) (2024)
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| ! | 07/04/2026 11:45 | Siromynian | 18,087 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 00:05 |  serpico | 3,685 | 90/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2026 13:16 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/29/2026 08:57 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,024 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2026 15:33 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
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Slow-paced and bluesy and harks back to the bands’ early influences with solid blues and gospel influences running through the track. I love the organ at about 2 /3 of the way through and Mick's vocals are top draw
Really great track
AAL2014 11/14/2023 04:53 | #299972
The organ solo definitely wakes this track up a little bit. Still a welcome part of Sticky Fingers for me, but as mentioned in previous comments, a lesser moment.
It gets better after a few repeats.
Medelsvensson 10/28/2019 21:08 | #244219
Very powerful track. This is how they should have approached all their slower tracks instead of some of the goofy blues tracks they liked to slice into their sandwiches.
Wow, I was NOT expecting that organ solo out of nowhere!
Fischman 01/13/2017 23:09 | #182621
A nice slower break here. Not the best song, but nicely placed on the album.
The album slows up again for this downbeat track. Some nice organ from Billy Preston but there's no denying that this is one of the album's lesser tracks. It just seems a little forced and knowing to me. Still pretty good though.
tgarritsen 04/30/2014 15:59 | #110420
One of those great blues Rolling Stone songs with a little rock edge that makes it very interesting.
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