Moonlight Mile (track)
by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1971
From the album Sticky Fingers (track #10)
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Moonlight Mile appears on the following album(s) by The Rolling Stones:
- Sticky Fingers (track #10) (this album) (1971)
- Sticky Fingers Live (track #9) (2015)
- From The Vault: Sticky Fingers Live At The Fonda Theatre 2015 (track #12) (2017)
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| ! | 07/04/2026 11:47 | Siromynian | 18,081 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2026 19:13 | blueandthemoon | 1,169 | 91/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 00:05 |  serpico | 3,652 | 90/100 |
| ! | 05/24/2026 13:49 | ChrisM75633 | 119 | 68/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 00:32 | Spartakist | 2,116 | 80/100 |
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Great track to finish off a wonderful album.
A rather under-appreciated track IMO. It’s also the track with, some consider, was the start of the breakup of the best Stones line up as Mick T was not given credit for co-writing the song with Jagger. Quite justifiably, Mick T got a little p***ed about this and the split started
Great orchestration on this ballad and a lovely, laid back, almost surreal feel to it. A pretty epic track IMO
Damn Perfect. Love the strings by Paul Buckmaster. " made a ragpile of my shiny clothes gonna warm my bones, gonna warm my bones." Great line.
A great closer for a great album. Very beautiful and melancholic. Mick's vocals and lyrics are my favourite aspect of the track.
Medelsvensson 10/28/2019 21:36 | #244223
So goddamn goooooodie wooodie
This is the most under-rated song on the entire album. Just an absolutely beautiful and powerful song.
Fischman 01/13/2017 23:12 | #182624
A very pleasant tune that makes an apt closer to this excellent album.
Probably their best song.
A kind of companion song to, sister morphine, this track goes for more of an epic feel and has a lovely stoned ambience about it. Keith didn't manage to make an appearance on this track(nor did he on, you gotta move) and so has refused to play it live ever since. Still, a superb way to end the album.
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