Angie (song)
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| Single by The Rolling Stones | ||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Goats Head Soup | ||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Silver Train" | |||||||||||||||||
| Released | 20 August 1973 | |||||||||||||||||
| Format | 7" | |||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | November–December 1972 | |||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:33 | |||||||||||||||||
| Label | Rolling Stones | |||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jagger/Richards | |||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Miller | |||||||||||||||||
| Certification | BPI (UK) Silver 1 October 1973[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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"Angie" is a song by the rock band The Rolling Stones, featured on their 1973 album Goats Head Soup.
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and recorded in November and December 1972, "Angie" is an acoustic-guitar-driven ballad which tells of the end of a romance. The song's distinctive piano accompaniment was played by Nicky Hopkins, a Rolling Stones recording-session regular. The strings on the piece (as well as on another song, "Winter") were arranged by Nicky Harrison.[2] An unusual feature of the original recording is that singer Mick Jagger's vocal guide track (made before the final vocals were performed) is faintly audible throughout the song (an effect sometimes called a "ghost vocal").[3]
Released as a single in August 1973, "Angie" went straight to the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 5 on the UK singles chart. The song was also a No. 1 hit in both Canada and Australia for five weeks each and topped the charts in many countries throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
Because of the song's length, some radio stations made edits to shorten it to 3 minutes, omitting the longer coda and the second instrumental section of the song.
There was a speculation that the song was about David Bowie's first wife Angela, or the actress Angie Dickinson, or Keith Richards' newborn daughter, Dandelion Angela.[4] Richards, who wrote almost all the music and lyrics for the song, claimed in his autobiography that the name Angie was a pseudonym for heroin, and that the song was about his attempt to quit using it while detoxing in Switzerland.[citation needed]
The Rolling Stones have frequently performed the song in concert; it was included in set lists on their 1973, 1975, and 1976 tours, and they have performed it on every tour since their 1982 European tour.[5] Concert renditions were released on the albums Stripped and Live Licks.
In the documentary Protagonist, the former German terrorist Hans-Joachim Klein remarks that the song inspired him to adopt "Angie" as the moniker he used during his militant activities in the 1970s.[6] In 2005, the German political party CDU used the song in its election campaign for Angela Merkel, although the Rolling Stones had not given them permission to do so.[7]
Music video
Two music videos were shot to promote the song.
Chart performance
| Chart (1972/1973) | Peak position |
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| Australian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 8 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 4 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 16 |
| French Singles Chart | 1 |
| German Single Chart | 2 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 9 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 1 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 5 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
References
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External links
| Preceded by
"Half-Breed" by Cher
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US Billboard Hot 100 number one single 20 October 1973 (one week) |
Succeeded by "Midnight Train to Georgia" by Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| Preceded by
"Half-Breed" by Cher
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Canadian RPM 100 number-one single 13 October 1973 (five weeks) |
Succeeded by "Could You Ever Love Me Again" by Gary and Dave |
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- Use British English from November 2011
- Articles with unsourced statements from May 2012
- 1973 singles
- The Rolling Stones songs
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Australia
- Number-one singles in Switzerland
- Number-one singles in Norway
- Songs written by Jagger/Richards
- Rock ballads
- Tori Amos songs
- Song recordings produced by Jimmy Miller
- Music videos directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
- Soft rock songs
- 1973 songs
