Can you name the Rolling Stones songs Mick Jagger DOESN'T sing?

26 January 2026, 12:28

What would The Rolling Stones be without Mick Jagger?

Mick Jagger is simply one of the greatest frontmen in the history of rock 'n' roll.

So many of the clichés about rock singers originated in the swaggering style of the Rolling Stones frontman. He's absolutely one of a kind.

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While Jagger himself dubbed The Beatles the "four-headed monster", the Stones always had Sir Mick out front and centre.

That's not to diminish the work of the other Stones over the years, not least Mick's partner in crime and fellow Glimmer Twin Keith Richards, but it's hard to imagine The Rolling Stones without Jagger leading the line.

Except... thanks to a few flashes in Stones history, we haven't had to imagine.

The Rolling Stones - Happy (Official Lyric Video)

The Rolling Stones have released over 420 songs during their 60-plus year history.

Jagger has sung the vast, vast majority, usually all by himself. On a few occasions he's been given a helping hand, either by a backing singer (Merry Clayton on 'Gimme Shelter'), special guest (Lady Gaga on 'Sweet Sounds of Heaven'), or just one of his bandmates (Keith Richards on a healthy sprinkle, including 'Connection' 'Memory Motel' and 'Salt of the Earth').

But there are also a not insignificant number of Rolling Stones songs that don't feature Mick singing at all.

You Got The Silver (Remastered 2019)

We're not talking about their instrumentals ('2120 South Michigan Avenue', 'Key to the Highway') or live-only non-studio tracks (Billy Preston on his self-penned 'Nothing from Nothing', Keith Richards on 'The Nearness of You').

We're not even talking about outtakes, offcuts and demos that surfaced after the fact on one of the Stones' many, many reissues and deluxe editions (like the Keith sung 'We Had It All' on the 2011 version of Some Girls).

We're talking about proper, released-at-the-time Rolling Stones songs that Mick decided sit out and let one of the other lads take the microphone for.

How many can you name before you check the list below?

The Rolling Stones - In Another Land (Official Lyric Video)

Nearly all the non-Mick sung tracks are fronted by Keith Richards, starting from the Stones' eight studio album Let It Bleed, with Keith being represented on most records between then and 2023's Hackney Diamonds.

• You Got the Silver from Let It Bleed (1969)
• Happy from Exile on Main Street (1972)
• Coming Down Again from Goats Head Soup (1973)
• Before They Make Me Run from Some Girls (1978)
• All About You From Emotional Rescue (1980)
• Little T&A from Tattoo You (1981)
• Wanna Hold You from Undercover (1983)
• Too Rude from Dirty Work (1986)
• Sleep Tonight from Dirty Work (1986)
• Can't Be Seen from Steel Wheels (1989)
• Slipping Away from Steel Wheels (1989)
• Thru and Thru from Voodoo Lounge (1994)
• The Worst from Voodoo Lounge (1994)
• How Can I Stop from Bridges to Babylon (1996)
• Thief in the Night from Bridges to Babylon (1996)
• You Don't Have To Mean It from Bridges to Babylon (1996)
• Losing My Touch from Forty Licks (2002)
• Infamy from A Bigger Bang (2005)
• This Place Is Empty from A Bigger Bang (2005)
• Tell Me Straight from Hackney Diamonds (2023)

And before then, you had Bill Wyman's sole singing effort for the band.

• In Another Land from Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)