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The Rolling Stones

You Can'T Always Get What You Want

Rock
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  • Blues
  • Space
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1969
  • 1973
  • 1969
  • 1975
  • 1964
  • 1972

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This article is about the song by the Rolling Stones. For the Grounded for Life episode, see You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Grounded for Life episode). “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” is a song by the Rolling Stones released on their 1969 album Let It Bleed. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was named as the 100th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone in its 2004 list of “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.“ Read on...

Song lines: ♪ You can't always get what you want ... You get what you need ... But if you try sometimes you just might find ♫

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This song is listed #100 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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