Solved: Rolling Stones song, circa 1974-1975, distorted singing

Rolling Stones fans will probably recognize this song by description, but I'm having a surprisingly hard time finding the name or finding an online recording of it.

I first heard it from a guy at church in either late 1974 or early 1975, who sang it to mock Mick Jagger's singing. I believe it wasn't long after that that I heard the song he was mimicking, which was played on the radio. It had unusually distorted singing for Mick Jagger, like growling, I believe on the chorus, and it sounded something like "Don't come hangin' around my door", but those can't be the lyrics because I've searched on various fragments of that line with absolutely no luck. I was surprised that the mimicry I heard was surprisingly accurate for that song. It was a rock song with typical Stones style guitar distortion, in 4/4 time, and with a moderately lively pace, about the same pace and sound of "Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqUiWpGGCmI), but less memorable and with less distinct lyrics.

Since it was played on the radio, I'm guessing it was either a single or an album cut of a recently released Rolling Stones album around 1974-1975. It's definitely one of their more obscure songs, at any rate: I've heard it only about 2-5 times since then, I estimate.

I've listened to online samples from all songs on all these albums...

not on "Exile on Main St." (1972)
not on "Goats Head Soup" (1973)
not on "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" (1974)
not on "Metamorphosis" (1975)

but I haven't yet heard everything on "Made in the Shade" album (1975), and it's possible but unlikely the part I remember was toward the end of one of the songs to which I didn't listen completely. Any ideas?

P.S.--Of course it's not "Hangin' Around" by Fuel, which is way out of this time range.

Are you sure it was The Stones?

Guess Who - American Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkqfpkTTy2w

Originally Posted by Mixalopoulos

Are you sure it was The Stones?

Guess Who - American Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkqfpkTTy2w

I'm almost sure it was the Stones, but there's always a 1% chance or so that I could somehow have been mistaken. Or another unlikely possibility is that I heard it much later than I remember, so that it could be on a later album that I mistakenly thought was an earlier album. I'm quite familiar with songs in the 1967-1972 era, so it won't be anything well-known like by the Guess Who.

Could the artist be 'The Remains'?

Here's one of their songs...

The Remains - Don't Look Back {1966}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8bG6o0VKDc




Dan

Originally Posted by Claybricks

Could the artist be 'The Remains'?

Here's one of their songs...

The Remains - Don't Look Back {1966}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8bG6o0VKDc




Dan

I had to laugh because that was such a darned good guess: it sounds like the Stones in every way and the song is similar to what I remember, but no, that's not the one, sorry. Thanks, anyway.

The fact that the guy at church started singing it when I asked him if he knew any Rolling Stones songs (we were playing guitar together) makes me pretty certain it was the Stones. I'm now leaning toward the possibilities that either it was a few years later when I first heard it, say 1976-1977, or else it was an earlier Stones song, say 1965-1969, that was suddenly getting more airplay in the mid-'70s for some reason (maybe it was in a film, or maybe there was a remake by some other artist, for example).

Since you have seemingly exhausted all possibilities that it was actually a Rolling Stones song, my wild guess is a Bob Dylan song, "It Ain't Me, Babe" (1964).

Go 'way from my window.
Leave at your own chosen speed.
I'm not the one you want, babe.
I'm not the one you need.

Originally Posted by atmaster

Since you have seemingly exhausted all possibilities that it was actually a Rolling Stones song, my wild guess is a Bob Dylan song, "It Ain't Me, Babe" (1964).

No, sorry. But I'm still looking. Lately I've gone through all of...

not on "Made in the Shade" album (1975)
not on "Black and Blue" album (1976)
not on "Some Girls" album (1978)

...but still no luck, though "Hand of Fate" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKH9enYiFIU) and "Respectable" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNVyu6M89p8) have a similar sound to what I remember. I think the chorus of this mystery song also had the chord progression bVII IV I, for the musically inclined.

Speaking of Dylan, there's also a Dylan song I want to find, which is probably easy to find, though I haven't yet searched for it. I heard it on the radio in early 1974, and it was a boogie, uncharacteristically fast and rockish for Bob Dylan. I don't remember anything else about it, but since it was so unique for that artist, it can probably be found relatively easy. I'll post a thread for it later if I can't find it after a reasonable search, though if you want to get a head start on identifying that one, please feel free... I heard that mystery Dylan song only once in my life, by the way.

Could it have been a B side of a 45 that didn't appear on any album? It wasn't until perhaps the late 80's that Sad Day, the flip side of the 1966 19th Nervious Breakdown made it to CD. Come to think of it some A sides didn't either... like Jumpin Jack Flash. I forget the name of the CD collection of these 45s. It had about 3-4 disks.

Could it be Rolling Stones - Stray Cat Blues?


If you're still looking for the Bob Dylan track, try Step It Up And Go

Mumbles nailed the Stones song!

The distorted lyrics I couldn't discern are: "But it's no hanging matter...", not "Don't come hangin' around my door" as I'd believed.
So it was an *older* song and album (1968), not newer. Well, I would've found it eventually, but this certainly saved a lot of search, which is what I was trying to do. Thanks, Mumbles! Great work!

I'm still trying to decide if that Dylan song "Step It Up and Go" is the one I heard long ago that one time. I thought it was more rockish and had a bouncier beat, sort of like "Helen Wheels" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvSNtDQOk7U) or "Woodstock Boogie" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyAWMoa6Lqo) but I could be mistaken. As I said, I need to think about that one. Thanks again, though, for all your insightful work.

P.S.--Chronos, that's a very good point, just like "Jumpin' Jack Flash" was never on any non-compilation Stones album. I was about to start searching Stones singles as a result of your suggestion, when Mumbles identified the song before I could start.