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Honky Tonk Women is a 1969 hit song by The Rolling Stones. Released as a single on 4 July 1969 in the UK and a week later in the US, it topped the charts in both nations.
Two versions of the song were recorded by the band: the familiar hit which appeared on the 45 single and their collection of late 1960s singles, Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2); and a honky-tonk version entitled “Country Honk” with slightly different lyrics, which appeared on Let it Bleed. The concert rendition of the song featured on Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out differs from both the hit version and the country version, with a markedly different guitar introduction and an entirely different second verse.
The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards while on vacation in Brazil from late December 1968 to early January 1969. Inspired by Brazilian gauchos at the ranch where Jagger and Richards were staying, the song was originally conceived as an acoustic country song. Richards has said: ” was originally written as a real Hank Williams/Jimmie Rogers/1930s country song.”
Thematically, a “honky tonk woman” refers to a dancing girl in a western bar who may work as a prostitute; the setting for the narrative in the first verse of the blues version is Memphis, while “Country Honk” sets the first verse in Jackson.
Recorded in London in early February 1969 without Brian Jones, the band initially recorded the track called “Country Honk”. The song was transformed into the familiar electric, riff-based hit single “Honky Tonk Women” sometime in the spring of 1969, prior to Mick Taylor’s joining the group.
Two versions of the song were recorded by the band: the familiar hit which appeared on the 45 single and their collection of late 1960s singles, Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2); and a honky-tonk version entitled “Country Honk” with slightly different lyrics, which appeared on Let it Bleed. The concert rendition of the song featured on Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out differs from both the hit version and the country version, with a markedly different guitar introduction and an entirely different second verse.
The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards while on vacation in Brazil from late December 1968 to early January 1969. Inspired by Brazilian gauchos at the ranch where Jagger and Richards were staying, the song was originally conceived as an acoustic country song. Richards has said: ” was originally written as a real Hank Williams/Jimmie Rogers/1930s country song.”
Thematically, a “honky tonk woman” refers to a dancing girl in a western bar who may work as a prostitute; the setting for the narrative in the first verse of the blues version is Memphis, while “Country Honk” sets the first verse in Jackson.
Recorded in London in early February 1969 without Brian Jones, the band initially recorded the track called “Country Honk”. The song was transformed into the familiar electric, riff-based hit single “Honky Tonk Women” sometime in the spring of 1969, prior to Mick Taylor’s joining the group.
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"Honky Tonk Women" is a 1969 hit song by The Rolling Stones. Released as a single on July 4, 1969 in the United Kingdom, and the next day in the United States, it topped the charts in both nations.
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traubster wrote:
Man, it's the stones... Classic rock as you can get.
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Beatclub53 wrote:
1969 Schlager der Woche Platz 1
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corky64 wrote:
Great track....<3
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JohnBFontaine wrote:
IMHO, Honky Tonk Women is the Greatest Rock song ever. Period.
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vjsupersaint wrote:
Brilliant song. Again one of their very best.
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Great Ry Cooder Riff
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*-*!!
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Druid66 wrote:
The perfect rock and roll single. Filthy and yet pure. Classic, timeless, unforgettable. I could go on for hours, you know.(-;
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100PunkClub wrote:
One of my least fave Rolling Stones songs.
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blue_kid wrote:
splendid!!!
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loriborealis wrote:
One of their best! ♥
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rodbar60 wrote:
the stones ...enough said
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hiho59 wrote:
can't remember where my mind went...........
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rockman_71 wrote:
Great song :D
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tallpaul1 wrote:
Got this on 7" vinyl, the first Stones song i bought!
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gytonuncut wrote:
she blew my nose indeed
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Nun bin ich für kurze Zeit wieder Jung.
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Yonder wrote:
Possibly my favorite song of theirs.
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PittiE-Gitar wrote:
Honky Tonk oohhhh yeahh ^^
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ibanez1 wrote:
Klasse. :-)
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