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“Shine A Light” by The Rolling Stones
From the album Exile on Main St. (1972)
“Shine A Light” by The Rolling Stones appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2014 and 2022. It was first released in 1972 on the album Exile on Main St.. Its best result is #558 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,748 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Shine a Light" surfaced on Exile on Main St. in 1972, but Mick Jagger had his earliest versions going in 1968, while Brian Jones was still a Rolling Stone. The song is about Jones, the founding member pushed out because he couldn't tour, and it was reworked after his death in 1969. The label reads Jagger and Richards, but the writing is all Mick's; Jimmy Miller produced.
It took a strange detour on the way. In October 1969, at Olympic Studios, Leon Russell cut a version called "(Can't Seem To) Get a Line on You" during the sessions for his own album, with Jagger singing lead, Russell on piano and Charlie Watts on drums. That take sat in the can until 1993, when it slipped out as a bonus track on a 24K gold reissue from DCC Compact Classics.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 796 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2022 | 558 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
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