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Angie (song)

April 10, 2024

For the Davey Graham song, see Anji (instrumental).

"Angie" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, featured on their 1973 album Goats Head Soup. It also served as the lead single on the album, released on 20 August 1973.

"Angie"
Single by The Rolling Stones
from the album Goats Head Soup
B-side"Silver Train"
Released20 August 1973 (1973-08-20)
Recorded
Genre
Length4:33
LabelRolling Stones
Songwriter(s)Jagger–Richards
Producer(s)Jimmy Miller
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"Happy"
(1972) 		"Angie"
(1973) 		"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)"
(1973)
Alternative cover
German picture sleeve
Goats Head Soup track listing
10 tracks
Side one
  1. "Dancing with Mr. D"
  2. "100 Years Ago"
  3. "Coming Down Again"
  4. "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)"
  5. "Angie"
Side two
  2. "Silver Train"
  3. "Hide Your Love"
  4. "Winter"
  5. "Can You Hear the Music?"
  6. "Star Star"

Background edit

The song is credited, as most Rolling Stones songs are, to both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. "Angie" was recorded in November and December 1972 and is an acoustic guitar-driven ballad characterizing the end of a romance. The song's distinctive piano accompaniment, written by Richards, was played on the album by Nicky Hopkins, a Rolling Stones recording-session regular. The strings on the piece (as well as on another song, "Winter") were arranged by Nicky Harrison.[3] An unusual feature of the original recording is that singer Mick Jagger's vocal guide track (made before the final vocals were performed) is faintly audible throughout the song (an effect sometimes called a "ghost vocal").[3]Cash Box said that "Jagger is at his best—slurring words by the dozens to ring out the feeling of every important line."[4] Record World called it a "tender ballad" on which "Mick Jagger's vocal is moving and sensuous."[5]

Released as a single in August 1973, "Angie" went straight to the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 5 on the UK singles chart. The song was also a No. 1 hit in both Canada and Australia for five weeks each and topped the charts in many countries throughout Europe and the rest of the world.

Because of the song's length, some radio stations made edits to shorten it to 3 minutes, omitting the longer coda and the second instrumental section of the song.

There was speculation that the song was about David Bowie's first wife Angela,[5][6][7][8] Keith Richards' newborn daughter Dandelion Angela,[9][10] the actress Angie Dickinson,[9] and others. In 1993, in an interview for the liner notes to the Rolling Stones' compilation album Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones, Richards said that the title was inspired by his baby daughter.[11] However, in his 2010 memoir Life, Richards said that he had chosen the name at random when writing the song—before he knew that his baby would be named Angela or even knew that his baby would be a girl—and that the song "was not about any particular person."[12] According to NME, Jagger's contributions to the lyrics referred to his breakup with Marianne Faithfull.[7]

The Rolling Stones have frequently performed the song in concert; it's included in set lists on their 1973, 1975 and 1976 tours; it's available on two of their "Vault" recorded concerts including 1973 Brussels Affair (using electric guitars with Mick Taylor soloing) and Live at the L.A. Forum 1975 (played by Keith Richards and Ron Wood acoustically). It has been a touring staple since their 1982 European Tour.[13] Concert renditions were released on the albums Stripped, Live Licks and The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon.

"Angie" was covered by Welsh rock band Stereophonics in 1999, as the B-side to the single "Hurry Up and Wait".[14] The song was also included on the 2010 deluxe re-issue of their 1999 second studio album Performance and Cocktails.[15]

Personnel edit

According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon:[16]

The Rolling Stones

Additional personnel

Music video edit

Two music videos were shot to promote the song.[17]

Charts edit

Certifications and sales edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[39] 2× Platinum 140,000‡
France (SNEP)[41] Gold 700,000[40]
Italy (FIMI)[42]
sales since 2009 		Gold 25,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[43] Gold 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[44] Silver 250,000^
United States (RIAA)[45] Gold 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ Malvinni, David (25 February 2016). Experiencing the Rolling Stones: A Listener's Companion. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8108-8920-0.
  2. ^ Pepinster, Catherine (16 August 1998). "Gold Dust: Glam rock's top 10 singles". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Janovitz, Bill. "Angie". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 8 September 1973. p. 16. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 8 September 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  6. ^ Schragis, Steven (August 1987). "Love Was a Many-Splendored Thing". Spy. New York City: Thomas L. Phillips, Jr. p. 20. Retrieved 26 January 2016. Jagger, it was rumored, had earlier written 'Angie' (Goats Head Soup, 1973) for David Bowie's wife, Angela.
  7. ^ a b "Revealed - The Stories Behind The Rolling Stones' Classic Songs: 'Angie'". NME. London. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2016. Rumored to be inspired by Angie Bowie, it was actually inspired by Marianne Faithful after her relationship with Jagger collapsed.
  8. ^ Brown, Adam Tod (26 June 2008). "6 Famous Songs That Don't Mean What You Think". Cracked.com. Demand Media. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  9. ^ a b Fornatale, Pete (2013). 50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones. New York City: Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 167–168. ISBN 978-1408833827.
  10. ^ McPherson, Ian. . timeisonourside.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  11. ^ Richards, Keith; Sandall, Robert (1993). Interview, Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (Liner notes). Hollywood, California: Virgin Records. 72438-64682-2-2. "The basic melody and the title were mine...I'd recently had my daughter born, whose name was Angela, and the name was starting to ring around the house. But I'm into writing about my babies. Angie just fitted. I mean, you couldn't sing 'Maureen'...
  12. ^ Richards, Keith; Fox, James (2010). Life. New York City: Back Bay. p. 323. ISBN 978-0316034418. While I was in the [Vevey drug] clinic, Anita was down the road having our daughter, Angela. Once I came out of the usual trauma, I had a guitar with me and I wrote Angie in an afternoon, sitting in bed, because I could finally move my fingers and put them in the right place again...I just went, 'Angie, Angie'. It was not about any particular person; it was a name, like 'ohhh, Diana'. I didn't know Angela was going to be called Angela when I wrote 'Angie'. In those days you didn't know what sex the thing was going to be until it popped out.
  13. ^ Zentgraf, Nico. "The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones 1962–2008". from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  14. ^ "Stereophonics - Hurry up and Wait".
  15. ^ "Stereophonics - Performance and Cocktails Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  16. ^ Margotin, Philippe; Guesdon, Jean-Michel (2016). The Rolling Stones All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. pp. 407–408. ISBN 978-0-316-31774-0.
  17. ^ The Rolling Stones - Angie - official promo on YouTube, director Michael Lindsay-Hogg
  18. ^ "The Rolling Stones – Angie" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  19. ^ "The Rolling Stones – Angie" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  20. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 24 November 1973. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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  22. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Angie". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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  25. ^ "The Rolling Stones – Angie". VG-lista. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  26. ^ Currin, Brian. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Songs (A-B)". www.rock.co.za.
  27. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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  31. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 204.
  32. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending October 27, 1973". Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.. Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  33. ^ . Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  34. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  35. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1971" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  36. ^ Swiss Year-End Charts, 1973
  37. ^ "Top Pop Singles" Billboard 29 December 1973: TA-28
  38. ^ . Tropicalglen.com. 29 December 1973. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  39. ^ "Oct 2023 Single Accreds" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  40. ^ "WEA Filipacchi: A Sleeper That Came Alive & Well". Billboard. 25 May 1974. p. 58. Retrieved 25 December 2021 – via Google Books.
  41. ^ "French single certifications – The Rolling Stones – Angie" (in French). InfoDisc. Select THE ROLLING STONES and click OK. 
  42. ^ "Italian single certifications – The Rolling Stones – Angie" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 8 October 2018. Select "2018" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Angie" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
  43. ^ "The Rolling Stones - Angie". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  44. ^ "British single certifications – The Rolling Stones – Angie". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  45. ^ "American single certifications – The Rolling Stones – Angie". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

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For the Davey Graham song see Anji instrumental Angie is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones featured on their 1973 album Goats Head Soup It also served as the lead single on the album released on 20 August 1973 Angie Single by The Rolling Stonesfrom the album Goats Head SoupB side Silver Train Released20 August 1973 1973 08 20 RecordedNovember December 1972 Dynamic Sounds StudioKingston JamaicaGenreSoft rock 1 glam rock 2 Length4 33LabelRolling StonesSongwriter s Jagger RichardsProducer s Jimmy MillerThe Rolling Stones singles chronology Happy 1972 Angie 1973 Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker 1973 Alternative coverGerman picture sleeveGoats Head Soup track listing10 tracksSide one Dancing with Mr D 100 Years Ago Coming Down Again Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker Angie Side two Silver Train Hide Your Love Winter Can You Hear the Music Star Star Contents 1 Background 2 Personnel 3 Music video 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Certifications and sales 6 ReferencesBackground editThe song is credited as most Rolling Stones songs are to both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Angie was recorded in November and December 1972 and is an acoustic guitar driven ballad characterizing the end of a romance The song s distinctive piano accompaniment written by Richards was played on the album by Nicky Hopkins a Rolling Stones recording session regular The strings on the piece as well as on another song Winter were arranged by Nicky Harrison 3 An unusual feature of the original recording is that singer Mick Jagger s vocal guide track made before the final vocals were performed is faintly audible throughout the song an effect sometimes called a ghost vocal 3 Cash Box said that Jagger is at his best slurring words by the dozens to ring out the feeling of every important line 4 Record World called it a tender ballad on which Mick Jagger s vocal is moving and sensuous 5 Released as a single in August 1973 Angie went straight to the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached No 5 on the UK singles chart The song was also a No 1 hit in both Canada and Australia for five weeks each and topped the charts in many countries throughout Europe and the rest of the world Because of the song s length some radio stations made edits to shorten it to 3 minutes omitting the longer coda and the second instrumental section of the song There was speculation that the song was about David Bowie s first wife Angela 5 6 7 8 Keith Richards newborn daughter Dandelion Angela 9 10 the actress Angie Dickinson 9 and others In 1993 in an interview for the liner notes to the Rolling Stones compilation album Jump Back The Best of The Rolling Stones Richards said that the title was inspired by his baby daughter 11 However in his 2010 memoir Life Richards said that he had chosen the name at random when writing the song before he knew that his baby would be named Angela or even knew that his baby would be a girl and that the song was not about any particular person 12 According to NME Jagger s contributions to the lyrics referred to his breakup with Marianne Faithfull 7 The Rolling Stones have frequently performed the song in concert it s included in set lists on their 1973 1975 and 1976 tours it s available on two of their Vault recorded concerts including 1973 Brussels Affair using electric guitars with Mick Taylor soloing and Live at the L A Forum 1975 played by Keith Richards and Ron Wood acoustically It has been a touring staple since their 1982 European Tour 13 Concert renditions were released on the albums Stripped Live Licks and The Rolling Stones Havana Moon Angie was covered by Welsh rock band Stereophonics in 1999 as the B side to the single Hurry Up and Wait 14 The song was also included on the 2010 deluxe re issue of their 1999 second studio album Performance and Cocktails 15 Personnel editAccording to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean Michel Guesdon 16 The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger vocals Keith Richards acoustic guitar Mick Taylor acoustic guitar Bill Wyman bass Charlie Watts drumsAdditional personnel Nicky Hopkins piano Nicky Harrison string arrangementMusic video editTwo music videos were shot to promote the song 17 Charts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1973 1974 PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report 1Austria O3 Austria Top 40 18 8Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 19 1Canada RPM Top Singles 1Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 20 39Denmark Tracklisten 4Finland Suomen virallinen lista 16France SNEP 1Germany Official German Charts 21 2Ireland IRMA 22 9Italy Hit Parade 1Netherlands Single Top 100 23 1New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 24 2Norway VG lista 25 1South Africa Springbok 26 2Spain AFE 27 4Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 28 1UK Singles OCC 29 5US Billboard Hot 100 30 1US Billboard Adult Contemporary 31 38US Cash Box Top 100 32 1 Year end charts edit Chart 1973 RankAustralia 33 19Canada 34 6Netherlands Single Top 100 35 2Switzerland 36 2US Billboard 37 85US Cash Box 38 69Certifications and sales editRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 39 2 Platinum 140 000 France SNEP 41 Gold 700 000 40 Italy FIMI 42 sales since 2009 Gold 25 000 Spain PROMUSICAE 43 Gold 30 000 United Kingdom BPI 44 Silver 250 000 United States RIAA 45 Gold 1 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References edit Malvinni David 25 February 2016 Experiencing the Rolling Stones A Listener s Companion Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers p 196 ISBN 978 0 8108 8920 0 Pepinster Catherine 16 August 1998 Gold Dust Glam rock s top 10 singles The Independent Archived from the original on 7 May 2022 Retrieved 8 August 2019 a b Janovitz Bill Angie AllMusic Retrieved 25 September 2021 CashBox Record Reviews PDF Cash Box 8 September 1973 p 16 Retrieved 11 December 2021 a b Hits of the Week PDF Record World 8 September 1973 p 1 Retrieved 22 March 2023 Schragis Steven August 1987 Love Was a Many Splendored Thing Spy New York City Thomas L Phillips Jr p 20 Retrieved 26 January 2016 Jagger it was rumored had earlier written Angie Goats Head Soup 1973 for David Bowie s wife Angela a b Revealed The Stories Behind The Rolling Stones Classic Songs Angie NME London 12 October 2010 Retrieved 26 January 2016 Rumored to be inspired by Angie Bowie it was actually inspired by Marianne Faithful after her relationship with Jagger collapsed Brown Adam Tod 26 June 2008 6 Famous Songs That Don t Mean What You Think Cracked com Demand Media Retrieved 26 January 2016 a b Fornatale Pete 2013 50 Licks Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones New York City Bloomsbury Publishing pp 167 168 ISBN 978 1408833827 McPherson Ian Track Talk Angie timeisonourside com Archived from the original on 9 February 2009 Retrieved 26 January 2016 Richards Keith Sandall Robert 1993 Interview Jump Back The Best of The Rolling Stones Liner notes Hollywood California Virgin Records 72438 64682 2 2 The basic melody and the title were mine I d recently had my daughter born whose name was Angela and the name was starting to ring around the house But I m into writing about my babies Angie just fitted I mean you couldn t sing Maureen Richards Keith Fox James 2010 Life New York City Back Bay p 323 ISBN 978 0316034418 While I was in the Vevey drug clinic Anita was down the road having our daughter Angela Once I came out of the usual trauma I had a guitar with me and I wrote Angie in an afternoon sitting in bed because I could finally move my fingers and put them in the right place again I just went Angie Angie It was not about any particular person it was a name like ohhh Diana I didn t know Angela was going to be called Angela when I wrote Angie In those days you didn t know what sex the thing was going to be until it popped out Zentgraf Nico The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones 1962 2008 Archived from the original on 5 January 2009 Retrieved 1 January 2009 Stereophonics Hurry up and Wait Stereophonics Performance and Cocktails Album Reviews Songs amp More AllMusic AllMusic Margotin Philippe Guesdon Jean Michel 2016 The Rolling Stones All the Songs The Story Behind Every Track New York Black Dog amp Leventhal Publishers pp 407 408 ISBN 978 0 316 31774 0 The Rolling Stones Angie official promo on YouTube director Michael Lindsay Hogg The Rolling Stones Angie in German O3 Austria Top 40 Retrieved 19 June 2016 The Rolling Stones Angie in Dutch Ultratop 50 Retrieved 19 June 2016 Item Display RPM Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada gc ca 24 November 1973 Retrieved 25 February 2019 The Rolling Stones Angie in German GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved 19 June 2016 The Irish Charts Search Results Angie Irish Singles Chart Retrieved 19 June 2016 The Rolling Stones Angie in Dutch Single Top 100 Retrieved 19 June 2016 The Rolling Stones Angie Top 40 Singles Retrieved 4 October 2017 The Rolling Stones Angie VG lista Retrieved 19 June 2016 Currin Brian South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1965 1989 Songs A B www rock co za Salaverri Fernando September 2005 Solo exitos ano a ano 1959 2002 in Spanish 1st ed Spain Fundacion Autor SGAE ISBN 84 8048 639 2 The Rolling Stones Angie Swiss Singles Chart Retrieved 19 June 2016 The Rolling Stones Artist Chart History Official Charts Company Retrieved 19 June 2016 The Rolling Stones Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved 19 June 2016 Whitburn Joel 1993 Top Adult Contemporary 1961 1993 Record Research p 204 CASH BOX Top 100 Singles Week ending October 27 1973 Archived from the original on 21 October 2016 Retrieved 21 October 2016 Cash Box magazine Retrieved 5 September 2016 Australian Chart Book Austchartbook com au Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 Retrieved 8 October 2016 Item Display RPM Library and Archives Canada Collectionscanada gc ca Retrieved 8 October 2016 Jaaroverzichten Single 1971 in Dutch Single Top 100 Hung Medien Retrieved 2 March 2018 Swiss Year End Charts 1973 Top Pop Singles Billboard 29 December 1973 TA 28 Cash Box YE Pop Singles 1973 Tropicalglen com 29 December 1973 Archived from the original on 15 July 2014 Retrieved 8 October 2016 Oct 2023 Single Accreds PDF Australian Recording Industry Association Retrieved 30 November 2023 WEA Filipacchi A Sleeper That Came Alive amp Well Billboard 25 May 1974 p 58 Retrieved 25 December 2021 via Google Books French single certifications The Rolling Stones Angie in French InfoDisc SelectTHE ROLLING STONESand clickOK Italian single certifications The Rolling Stones Angie in Italian Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana Retrieved 8 October 2018 Select 2018 in the Anno drop down menu Select Angie in the Filtra field Select Singoli under Sezione The Rolling Stones Angie El portal de Musica Productores de Musica de Espana Retrieved 13 February 2024 British single certifications The Rolling Stones Angie British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 28 November 2021 American single certifications The Rolling Stones Angie Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved 12 January 2015 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