Great Rolling Stones Songs That You’re Probably Not Sick Of

"The Last Time" (Out of Our Heads)

Out of Our Heads was the Stones' often awkward growing pains albums. They began to resemble the great band they would eventually turn into, but it still contained a few too many covers, though their "That's How Strong My Love Is" is pretty great. (Then again, a dying rhino and/or Nickelback couldn't make that song not sound great.) There's nothing awkward about "The Last Time," though, unlike that segue -- it's confident, soulful, and made all the better by the Verve, obviously.

"Stupid Girl" (Aftermath)

"Under My Thumb" is generally considered the Rolling Stones greatest bitter song, and although that might be true, don't overlook "Stupid Girl." It's a bit obvious and more overtly hateful (I mean, it's called "Stupid Girl"), but it's venomous in a fun way, and a reminder that the Stones are more punk than we give them credit for.

"Starf*cker" (Goats Head Soap)

The beginning of the end of the Stones' greatness, 1973's Goats Head Soap was excessive and, at times, an unintentional parody of itself. But it ends with a great Chuck Berry rip-off, "Starfucker," which seems to wink at the band's worldwide fame. "Your tricks with fruit was kind a cute/I bet you keep your p*ssy clean/Honey, I miss your two tone kisses/Legs wrapped around me tight/If I ever get back to New York, girl/Gonna make you scream all night" is boastful to an extreme that you have to respect.

"Fool to Cry" (Black and Blue)

In 1974, Mick Taylor left the band, leaving the Stones without a second guitar player. That's why Black and Blue "rocked" less than their previous albums (and apes other genres in a way the band hadn't done before), so it's not surprising that the album's two big highlights were its pair of ballads. There's "Memory Motel, but also "Fool to Cry," which, once you get past its corny, of-its-time intro, turns into an mournful, meta moment of Jagger acknowledging that the Stones aren't as great as they used to be, but they're still better than most. What's the point in self-pity if you can record something as affecting as "Fool to Cry"?

"Sad Sad Sad" (Steal Wheels)

We're skipping past Emotional Rescue, Tattoo You, Undercover, and Dirty Work not because those albums are terrible (in fact, Tattoo You is fantastic), but because Steal Wheels was the Stones record that brought Jagger and Richards back together after some patchy years in the late 1980s. It's not a classic by any means, but it does have "Sad Sad Sad," one of the late-era's Stones best self-assured, c*ck-strutting songs. If only the rest of the album was good as its first track.