2000 Light Years From Home (track)
by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1967
From the album Their Satanic Majesties Request (track #9)
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2000 Light Years From Home appears on the following album(s) by The Rolling Stones:
- Their Satanic Majesties Request (track #9) (this album) (1967)
- Rolled Gold+: The Very Best Of The Rolling Stones (track #29) (compilation) (2007)
- Singles Collection: The London Years (track #41) (compilation) (1989)
- More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (track #14) (compilation) (1972)
- Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (track #9) (compilation) (1969)
- Get Stoned (track #23) (compilation) (1977)
- Live At The Tokyo Dome (track #17) (2012)
- Singles 1965-1967 (track #23) (compilation) (2004)
- The Rolling Stones In Mono (track #142) (compilation) (2016)
- Steel Wheels Live Atlantic City New Jersey (track #22) (2020)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 03/25/2026 22:48 | wizardalien | 9,122 | 64/100 | |
| 12/20/2025 01:09 | Exist-en-ciel | 90,581 | 71/100 | |
| 06/23/2025 02:33 | brent13 | 11,041 | 85/100 | |
| 06/09/2025 01:04 | Garyf1972 | 8,055 | 62/100 | |
| 04/19/2025 19:38 | SD100852 | 11,568 | 77/100 |
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Jboy56 01/07/2022 15:02 | #278798
One of the best songs on this album, It has structure and it eventually goes somewhere.
turbottski 08/27/2021 14:12 | #272917
Side Two of this album has two proper 10/10 classics for me. We have heard 'Rainbow' and now we have this absolute gem. 'Rainbow' is a pure chunk of charming 60's pop but this is something coming from another tangent. The basis of a pop song is there but the instumentation and production techniques, take this into the statosphere. Did space-rock exist before this, maybe? This is a swirling, tuneful piece that was still played live decades after it's release. The amount of 'light years from home' increase in each chorus too. Marvellous. I love this album and '2000 Light Years From Home' is a big reason why I do.
One of the best tracks on the album and one of the best Rolling Stones songs of the era. This strange and eerie piece of music was originally written, or at least the lyrics anyway, while Jagger was held in prison on drug charges after the Redlands incident and it brilliantly evokes a growing sense of paranoia and isolation. Brian Jones' brooding keyboard superbly captures the unsettling atmosphere. A great track.
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