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“Ain't Too Proud To Beg” by The Rolling Stones

From the album It’s Only Rock ’n Roll (1974)

“Ain't Too Proud To Beg” by The Rolling Stones appears on 25 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1994 and 2024. It was first released in 1974 on the album It’s Only Rock ’n Roll. Its best result is #156 on the BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012).

25countdowns
13stations
#156best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1994–2024years charted

The Rolling Stones reached back to Motown for "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", the Norman Whitfield and Eddie Holland song the Temptations cut in 1966, and dropped it onto It's Only Rock 'n Roll in October 1974. The Glimmer Twins produced it and Keith Harwood mixed it.

Mick Jagger does the begging, Charlie Watts keeps the beat honest, and Billy Preston greases the whole thing with clavinet and piano, while one Ed Leach gets his moment in the sun on cowbell. It's a rock and roll band paying its dues to soul, loose-limbed and grinning.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 630 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 636 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 751 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 466 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 300 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 629 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 682 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 710 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 639 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 642 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2011 245 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 356 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 357 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 156 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 785 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 925 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 491 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 791 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2020 875 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 386 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2022 815 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 427 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 908 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 438 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 482 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850

Also listed as: Ain't Too Proud to Beg; Ain't to Proud to Beg.

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