Beast Of Burden (track)
by The Rolling Stones

Beast Of Burden by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1978
From the album Some Girls (track #9)
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87/100 (from 352 votes)
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87/100 (from 352 votes)
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From 09/04/2016 12:51 | #174250
A true Rolling Stones classic. One of the best tracks on the album, it's also one of their best singles. A melodicly beautiful song but with enough grit to keep it on the right side of cool. Brilliant song.
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From 04/04/2017 16:37 | #188657
The Stones at their finest. Cool riff, emotive vocal, and tons of attitude.
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From 03/23/2013 19:19 | #69653
One of the last of the truly great Stones songs.
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From 05/27/2019 02:47 | #236766
I'll never pee, if your feets were burning !
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