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“Parachute Woman” by The Rolling Stones
From the album Beggars Banquet (1968)
“Parachute Woman” by The Rolling Stones appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1968 on the album Beggars Banquet. Its best result is #1165 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,662 alternative song of all time.
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Tucked into Beggars Banquet, the Rolling Stones' 1968 album, "Parachute Woman" finds the band going straight back to the blues and coming out covered in mud. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote it, and it's one of the album's cuts that started life on a cassette recorder before being double-tracked, which gives it a cramped, fuzzy, boxed-in sound, like a blues record heard through a wall.
Jagger mumbles his way through a string of barely disguised come-ons, more wink than leer, while Richards plays the lead on electric guitar. Brian Jones blows harmonica through the verses and Jagger takes over the harp at the end, with Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts keeping it low and dirty. Jimmy Miller produced and Glyn Johns recorded it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1177 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1179 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1181 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1180 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1165 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1165 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1165 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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