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“Time is On My Side” by The Rolling Stones
From the album 12 × 5 (1964)
“Time is On My Side” by The Rolling Stones appears on 8 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1991 and 2021. It was first released in 1964 on the album 12 × 5. Its best result is #258 on the WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,524 indie & aaa song of all time.
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The Rolling Stones put "Time Is on My Side" on 12 × 5 in 1964, taking on a Jerry Ragovoy song (he'd signed it "Norman Meade") in the version with extra lyrics by Jimmy Norman, the same one soul singer Irma Thomas cut that year. It's the band bowing deep to R&B and still making the song their own.
Mick Jagger sings lead and shakes the tambourine, Brian Jones and Keith Richards play electric guitar and join Bill Wyman on the backing vocals, Wyman holds down the bass and Charlie Watts the drums, and Ian Stewart lays organ underneath it all. Andrew Loog Oldham produced, with Bill Farley at the desk.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 258 | WNEW-FM | WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 2002 | 806 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2002 | 321 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2004 | 762 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
| 2014 | 307 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2019 | 531 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 | 1025 |
| 2020 | 1431 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2021 | 298 | 102.5 WDVE | DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) | 500 |
Also listed as: Time Is On My Side; Time Is on My Side.
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