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Jagger/Richards is a songwriting team that consists of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. They have written together for more than 40 years. The partnership between the two is often considered second only to John Lennon and Paul McCartney (Lennon/McCartney) of The Beatles^{[citation needed]}.

Contents 1 History 2 Co-credits 3 Jagger/Richards compositions given away 4 List of songs 5 See also 6 Notes 7 External links

Jagger and Richards' first song written as a team was "As Tears Go By". Keith Richards about the beginning of this partnership:

“

So what Andrew Oldham did was lock us up in the kitchen for a night and say, "Don't come out without a song." We sat around and came up with "As Tears Go By". It was unlike most Rolling Stones material, but that's what happens when you write songs, you immediately fly to some other realm. The weird thing is that Andrew found Marianne Faithfull at the same time, bunged it to her and it was a fuckin' hit for her - we were songwriters already! But it took the rest of that year to dare to write anything for the Stones.[1]

”

Despite claims to the contrary, the first original Jagger/Richards song to be released as a single by the Stones was "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)" from the album England's Newest Hitmakers. It peaked at number 24 on the US charts. The earlier "Good Times, Bad Times" was released as the b-side to their cover of Bobby and Shirley Womack's "It's All Over Now".

Notable is the fact that though most of the "Jagger/Richards" compositions were written while co-operating, some of the songs credited to the famous partnership are originally basically solo songwriting from either Jagger (say "Brown Sugar") or Richards ("Happy"), equally comparable with the Lennon/McCartney partnership, in which the case was the same.

Jagger and Richards have shared credits with very few others. Among them are:

• Andrew Loog Oldham: "As Tears Go By"
• Marianne Faithfull: "Sister Morphine"
• Mick Taylor, former Stones guitarist: "Ventilator Blues"
• Ron Wood, Stones guitarist: "Dance (Pt. 1)", "If I Was A Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)", "Everything Is Turning to Gold", "Black Limousine", "No Use in Crying", "Pretty Beat Up", "One Hit (to the Body)", "Fight", "Dirty Work", "Had It With You". He is credited as "Inspiration by Ron Wood" on "Hey Negrita"
• Billy Preston is credited as "Inspiration by Billy Preston" on "Melody"
• Chuck Leavell, keyboardist : "Back to Zero"
• Steve Jordan: "Almost Hear You Sigh"
• k.d. lang and Ben Mink: "Anybody Seen My Baby?"
  • Lang and Mink did not co-write; they were credited retrospectively before release when Richards' daughter informed him that there was a strong similarity between "Constant Craving", a hit from the 1992 Ingénue album.
• Pierre de Beauport: "Thief in the Night"

It is known Taylor left the band for the lack of credits he received while working with the band. Of note are the songs "Winter", from the 1973 album Goats Head Soup, and both "Sway" and "Moonlight Mile", from 1971's Sticky Fingers, both of which are thought to be Jagger/Taylor compositions.

The Verve's 1997 hit single “Bitter Sweet Symphony” uses a small five-note sample from an orchestral version of The Rolling Stones’ “The Last Time.” After the song became a hit, The Verve was sued by Allen Klein, who owns the copyrights to The Rolling Stones' pre-1970 songs. Klein claimed The Verve broke their licence agreement when they used a larger portion than was covered in the license. The band handed over 100 percent of their songwriting royalties. They were then sued by Oldham, who claimed to possess the copyright on the sampled sound recording.^[2] “Bittersweet Symphony” was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Song category, which honours songwriters. Because the unfavourable settlement transferred the Verve’s copyright and songwriting credit to Klein and The Rolling Stones, the Grammy nomination went to “Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.”^[3]

There are very few Jagger/Richards compositions that were given away to other musicians to record, and not released by The Rolling Stones.

• "Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind", single by Vashti

These are the Jagger/Richards songs that have been released as a Rolling Stones single, either as an A-side or a B-side

"2000 Light Years from Home" "19th Nervous Breakdown" "All Down the Line" "All the Way Down" "Angie" "Beast of Burden" "Bitch" "Break the Spell" "Brown Sugar" "Child of the Moon" "Congradulations" "Cook Cook Blues" "Crazy Mama" "Dance Little Sister" "Dancing With Mr. D" "Dandelion " "Don't Stop" "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" "Down in the Hole" "Emotional Rescue" "Fancy Man Blues" "Far Away Eyes" "Fool to Cry" "Gimme Shelter" "Good Times, Bad Times" "Get Off of My Cloud" "Gotta Get Away" "Hang Fire" "Highwire" "Honky Tonk Women" "Happy"

"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" "Heart of Stone" "Hot Stuff" "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" "I Go Wild" "I Think I'm Going Mad" "I'm Free" "I'm Gonna Drive" "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)"[4] "Jiving Sister Fanny" "Jump On Top of Me" "Jumpin' Jack Flash" "Lady Jane" "The Lantern" "The Last Time" "Let's Spend the Night Together" "Love Is Strong" "Miss You" "Mixed Emotions" "Mother's Little Helper" "No Expectations" "Off the Hook" "Out of Control" "Out of Tears" "Out Of Time" "Paint It, Black" "Play With Fire" "Respectable" "Rock and a Hard Place" "Rough Justice" "Ruby Tuesday"[5]

"Sad Day" "Saint of Me" "Send It to Me" "Shattered" "She's a Rainbow" "She's So Cold" "She Was Hot" "Silver Train" "Start Me Up" "The Storm" "Street Fighting Man" "Streets of Love" "Stupid Girl" "Surprise, Surprise" "Sway" "Sweet Black Angel" "Sympathy for the Devil" "Tell Me (You're Coming Back)" "Terrifying" "Through the Lonely Nights" "Try A Little Harder" "Tumbling Dice" "Undercover of the Night" "Waiting On A Friend" "We Love You" "What a Shame" "When the Whip Comes Down" "Wish I'd Never Met You" "Who's Driving Your Plane?" "Wild Horses" "You Can't Always Get What You Want" "You Got Me Rocking"

• The Glimmer Twins
• Nanker Phelge

1. ^ McPherson, Ian. Time Is On Our Side (website). Keith Richards 1989 quote.
2. ^ "The Verve Sued Again over "Bitter Sweet Symphony"VH1, 11 January 1999
3. ^ "Songwriters: Careful with those music samples!"Blogging Muses, August 11, 2006
4. ^ actually Wood/Jagger, but attributed to Jagger/Richards
5. ^ actually Jones/Richards, but attributed to Jagger/Richards

• Rolling Stones Complete Official Discography
• http://www.timeisonourside.com/songwriting.html
• http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/the_rolling_stones/special_features/8652

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Members	Mick Jagger • Keith Richards • Charlie Watts • Ron Wood Brian Jones • Bill Wyman • Mick Taylor • Ian Stewart
See also	Chuck Leavell • Darryl Jones • Dick Taylor • Andrew Loog Oldham • Allen Klein • Nicky Hopkins • Bobby Keys • Jimmy Miller • Jim Price • Billy Preston
UK studio albums 1964-1967	The Rolling Stones • The Rolling Stones No. 2 • Out of Our Heads • Aftermath • Between the Buttons
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Studio albums 1967-present	Their Satanic Majesties Request • Beggars Banquet • Let It Bleed • Sticky Fingers • Exile on Main St. • Goats Head Soup • It's Only Rock'n Roll • Black and Blue • Some Girls • Emotional Rescue • Tattoo You • Undercover • Dirty Work • Steel Wheels • Voodoo Lounge • Bridges to Babylon • A Bigger Bang
UK EPs	The Rolling Stones • Five by Five • got LIVE if you want it!
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Compilations	Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) • Flowers (US) • Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) • Made in the Shade • Sucking in the Seventies • Rewind (1971-1984) • Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones • Forty Licks • Rarities 1971-2003 • Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones
Post-contract ABKCO albums	Hot Rocks 1964-1971 • More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) • Metamorphosis • Singles Collection: The London Years • The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus • Singles 1963-1965 • Singles 1965-1967 • Singles 1968-1971
Miscellaneous albums	Jamming with Edward • Brussels Affair
Tours	American Tour 1969 • European Tour '70 • UK Tour '71 • American Tour '72 • Pacific Tour '73 • European Tour '73 • Tour of the Americas '75 • Tour of Europe '76 • US Tour '78 •American Tour '81 • European Tour '82 • Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour • Voodoo Lounge Tour • Bridges to Babylon Tour • No Security Tour • Licks Tour • A Bigger Bang Tour
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