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Angie ( song ) - wikipedia Angie ( song ) Jump to : navigation , search For the Davey Graham song , see Anji ( instrumental ) . <Th_colspan="2"> `` Angie '' <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by The Rolling Stones <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Goats Head Soup B - side `` Silver Train '' Released 20 August 1973 ( 1973 - 08 - 20 ) Format 7 - inch single Recorded November -- December 1972 , Dynamic Sound Studio ( Kingston , Jamaica ) Genre Soft rock Length 4 : 33 Label Rolling Stones Songwriter ( s ) Jagger / Richards Producer ( s ) Jimmy Miller <Th_colspan="2"> The Rolling Stones singles chronology <Td_colspan="2"> `` Happy '' ( 1972 ) `` Angie '' ( 1973 ) `` Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) '' ( 1973 ) <Td_colspan="2"> `` Happy '' ( 1972 ) `` Angie '' ( 1973 ) `` Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) '' ( 1973 ) <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Alternative cover <Td_colspan="2"> <Td_colspan="2"> German picture sleeve <Td_colspan="2"> <Td_colspan="2"> <Th_colspan="2"> Goats Head Soup track listing <Td_colspan="2"> 10 tracks Side one `` Dancing with Mr. D '' `` 100 Years Ago '' `` Coming Down Again '' `` Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) '' `` Angie '' Side two `` Silver Train '' `` Hide Your Love '' `` Winter '' `` Can You Hear the Music ? '' `` Star Star '' <Td_colspan="2"> `` Angie '' is a song by the rock band The Rolling Stones , featured on their 1973 album Goats Head Soup . Contents ( hide ) 1 Background 2 Music video 3 Chart performance 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 3.3 Certifications 4 References 5 External links Background ( edit ) The song is credited , as most Rolling Stones songs are , to both Mick Jagger and Keith Richards , but it is acknowledged to be almost completely written by Richards . `` Angie '' was recorded in November and December 1972 and is an acoustic - guitar - driven ballad characterizing the end of a romance . The song 's distinctive piano accompaniment , written by Richards , was played on the album by Nicky Hopkins , a Rolling Stones recording - session regular . The strings on the piece ( as well as on another song , `` Winter '' ) were arranged by Nicky Harrison . An unusual feature of the original recording is that singer Mick Jagger 's vocal guide track ( made before the final vocals were performed ) is faintly audible throughout the song ( an effect sometimes called a `` ghost vocal '' ) . Released as a single in August 1973 , `` Angie '' went straight to the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 5 on the UK singles chart . The song was also a No. 1 hit in both Canada and Australia for five weeks each and topped the charts in many countries throughout Europe and the rest of the world . Because of the song 's length , some radio stations made edits to shorten it to 3 minutes , omitting the longer coda and the second instrumental section of the song . There was speculation that the song was about David Bowie 's first wife Angela , Keith Richards ' newborn daughter Dandelion Angela , the actress Angie Dickinson , and others . In 1993 , in an interview for the liner notes to the Rolling Stones ' compilation album Jump Back : The Best of The Rolling Stones , Richards said that the title was inspired by his baby daughter . However , in his 2010 memoir Life , Richards said that he had chosen the name at random when writing the song -- before he knew that his baby would be named Angela or even knew that his baby would be a girl -- and that the song `` was not about any particular person . '' According to NME , Jagger 's contributions to the lyrics referred to his breakup with Marianne Faithfull . The Rolling Stones have frequently performed the song in concert ; it was included in set lists on their 1973 , 1975 , and 1976 tours , and they have performed it on every tour since their 1982 European tour . Concert renditions were released on the albums Stripped , Live Licks and The Rolling Stones : Havana Moon . In the documentary Protagonist , the former German extremist Hans - Joachim Klein remarks that the song inspired him to adopt `` Angie '' as the moniker he used during his militant activities in the 1970s . In 2005 , the German political party CDU used the song in its election campaign for Angela Merkel , although the Rolling Stones had not given them permission to do so . Music video ( edit ) Two music videos were shot to promote the song . Chart performance ( edit ) Weekly charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1972 -- 73 ) Peak position Australia ( KMR ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 8 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canada ( RPM ) Denmark ( Tracklisten ) Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) 16 France ( SNEP ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) Ireland ( IRMA ) 9 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Norway ( VG - lista ) South Africa ( Springbok_Radio ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 5 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 38 US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts ( edit ) Chart ( 1973 ) Rank Australia 19 Canada 6 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) Switzerland US Billboard 85 US Cash Box 69 Certifications ( edit ) Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) Gold 1,000,000 <Td_colspan="3"> sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone References ( edit ) Jump up ^ David Malvinni ( 25 February 2016 ) . Experiencing the Rolling Stones : A Listener 's Companion . Rowman & Littlefield Publishers . p. 196 . ISBN 978 - 0 - 8108 - 8920 - 0 . Jump up ^ `` Welcome to the site of Nick Harrison '' . Nickthefiddle.com . Retrieved 8 October 2016 . Jump up ^ Janovitz , Bill . `` Angie '' . Retrieved 1 September 2009 . Jump up ^ Schragis , Steven ( August 1987 ) . `` Love Was a Many - Splendored Thing '' . Spy . New York City : Thomas L. Phillips , Jr. p. 20 . Retrieved 26 January 2016 . Jagger , it was rumored , had earlier written ' Angie ' ( Goats Head Soup , 1973 ) for David Bowie 's wife , Angela . ^ Jump up to : `` Revealed - The Stories Behind The Rolling Stones ' Classic Songs : ' Angie ' '' . NME . London . 12 October 2010 . Retrieved 26 January 2016 . Rumored to be inspired by Angie Bowie , it was actually inspired by Marianne Faithful after her relationship with Jagger collapsed . Jump up ^ Brown , Adam Tod ( 26 June 2008 ) . `` 6 Famous Songs That Do n't Mean What You Think '' . Cracked.com . Demand Media . Retrieved 26 January 2016 . ^ Jump up to : Fornatale , Pete ( 2013 ) . 50 Licks : Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones . New York City : Bloomsbury Publishing . pp. 167 -- 168 . ISBN 978 - 1408833827 . Jump up ^ McPherson , Ian . `` Track Talk : Angie '' . timeisonourside.com . Archived from the original on 9 February 2009 . Retrieved 26 January 2016 . Jump up ^ Richards , Keith ; Sandall , Robert ( 1993 ) . Interview , Jump Back : The Best of The Rolling Stones ( Liner notes ) . Hollywood , California : Virgin Records . 72438 - 64682 - 2 - 2 . `` The basic melody and the title were mine ... I 'd recently had my daughter born , whose name was Angela , and the name was starting to ring around the house . But I 'm into writing about my babies . Angie just fitted . I mean , you could n't sing ' Maureen ' ... Jump up ^ Richards , Keith ; Fox , James ( 2010 ) . Life . New York City : Back Bay . p. 323 . ISBN 978 - 0316034418 . While I was in the ( Vevey drug ) clinic , Anita was down the road having our daughter , Angela . Once I came out of the usual trauma , I had a guitar with me and I wrote Angie in an afternoon , sitting in bed , because I could finally move my fingers and put them in the right place again ... I just went , ' Angie , Angie ' . It was not about any particular person ; it was a name , like ' ohhh , Diana ' . I did n't know Angela was going to be called Angela when I wrote ' Angie ' . In those days you did n't know what sex the thing was going to be until it popped out . Jump up ^ Zentgraf , Nico . `` The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones 1962 -- 2008 '' . Archived from the original on 5 January 2009 . Retrieved 1 January 2009 . Jump up ^ Protagonist , 2007 Jump up ^ `` Stones ' `` Angie '' in German poll row -- 22 August 2005 `` . BBC.co.uk . Retrieved 14 January 2012 . Jump up ^ The Rolling Stones - Angie - official promo on YouTube , director Michael Lindsay - Hogg Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- The Rolling Stones -- Angie '' ( in German ) . Ö3 Austria Top 40 . Retrieved 19 June 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- The Rolling Stones -- Angie '' ( in Dutch ) . Ultratop 50 . Retrieved 19 June 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Offiziellecharts.de -- The Rolling Stones -- Angie '' . GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved 19 June 2016 . Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Angie '' . Irish Singles Chart . Retrieved 19 June 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- The Rolling Stones -- Angie '' ( in Dutch ) . Single Top 100 . Retrieved 19 June 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- The Rolling Stones -- Angie '' . Top 40 Singles . Retrieved October 4 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Norwegiancharts.com -- The Rolling Stones -- Angie '' . VG - lista . Retrieved 19 June 2016 . Jump up ^ http://www.rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(A-B).html Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- The Rolling Stones -- Angie '' . Swiss Singles Chart . Retrieved 19 June 2016 . Jump up ^ `` The Rolling Stones : Artist Chart History '' . Official Charts Company . Retrieved 19 June 2016 . Jump up ^ `` The Rolling Stones Chart History ( Hot 100 ) '' . Billboard . Retrieved 19 June 2016 . Jump up ^ Whitburn , Joel ( 1993 ) . Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 1993 . Record Research . p. 204 . Jump up ^ `` CASH BOX Top 100 Singles -- Week ending October 27 , 1973 '' . Archived from the original on 21 October 2016 . Retrieved 21 October 2016 ... Cash Box magazine . Retrieved 5 September 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Australian Chart Book '' . Austchartbook.com.au . Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 8 October 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada '' . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . Retrieved 8 October 2016 . Jump up ^ `` Jaaroverzichten -- Single 1971 '' ( in Dutch ) . Single Top 100 . Hung Medien . Retrieved March 2 , 2018 . Jump up ^ Swiss Year - End Charts , 1973 Jump up ^ `` Top Pop Singles '' Billboard December 29 , 1973 : TA - 28 Jump up ^ `` Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1973 '' . Tropicalglen.com. 29 December 1973 . Retrieved 8 October 2016 . Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- The Rolling Stones -- ( I Ca n't Get No ) Satisfaction '' . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 12 January 2015 . If necessary , click Advanced , then click Format , then select Single , then click SEARCH External links ( edit ) Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Half - Breed '' by Cher US Billboard Hot 100 number one single 20 October 1973 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Midnight Train to Georgia '' by Gladys Knight & the Pips Preceded by `` Half - Breed '' by Cher Canadian RPM 100 number - one single 13 October 1973 ( five weeks ) Succeeded by `` Could You Ever Love Me Again '' by Gary and Dave <Th_colspan="2"> The Rolling Stones <Td_colspan="2"> Mick Jagger Keith Richards Charlie Watts Ronnie Wood Brian Jones Ian Stewart Mick Taylor Bill Wyman Tony Chapman Ricky Fenson Colin Golding Carlo Little Dick Taylor Video releases Let 's Spend the Night Together ( 1983 ) Stones at the Max ( 1992 ) The Rolling Stones : Voodoo Lounge Live ( 1995 ) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus ( 1996 ) Bridges to Babylon Tour ' 97 -- 98 ( 1998 ) Four Flicks ( 2003 ) The Biggest Bang ( 2007 ) Ladies and Gentlemen : The Rolling Stones ( 2010 ) Some Girls : Live in Texas ' 78 ( 2011 ) Sweet Summer Sun : Live in Hyde Park ( 2013 ) The Rolling Stones : Havana Moon ( 2016 ) Documentaries The Stones in the Park ( 1969 ) Gimme Shelter ( 1970 ) Cocksucker Blues ( 1972 ) Video Rewind ( 1984 ) 25 × 5 : the Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones ( 1989 ) Shine a Light ( 2008 ) Stones in Exile ( 2010 ) Crossfire Hurricane ( 2012 ) Olé Olé Olé ! : A Trip Across Latin America ( 2017 ) Tours British Tour 1963 1964 tours 1965 tours 1966 tours European Tour 1967 American Tour 1969 European Tour 1970 UK Tour 1971 American Tour 1972 Pacific Tour 1973 European Tour 1973 Tour of the Americas ' 75 Tour of Europe ' 76 US Tour 1978 American Tour 1981 European Tour 1982 Steel Wheels / Urban Jungle Tour Voodoo Lounge Tour Bridges to Babylon Tour No Security Tour Licks Tour A Bigger Bang 50 & Counting 14 On Fire Zip Code Tour América Latina Olé Tour 2016 Fall 2016 US Tour No Filter Tour Associated places Redlands Stargroves Nellcôte The Wick Downe House The Mick Jagger Centre Related Discography Songs The Rolling Stones concerts Jagger / Richards Nanker Phelge Rolling Stones Records Promotone The Stones in the Park Altamont Free Concert Rolling Stones Mobile Studio The Rolling Stones : An Illustrated Record The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus Andrew Loog Oldham Allen Klein Peter Meaden John Pasche Instruments played <Td_colspan="2"> Book Portal <Th_colspan="2"> The Rolling Stones singles discography Decca ( UK ) and London ( US ) singles `` Come On '' `` I Wanna Be Your Man '' / `` Stoned '' `` Not Fade Away '' / `` Little by Little '' `` It 's All Over Now '' `` Tell Me '' / `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' `` Time Is on My Side '' `` Little Red Rooster '' `` Heart of Stone '' `` The Last Time '' / `` Play with Fire '' `` ( I Ca n't Get No ) Satisfaction '' / `` The Spider and the Fly '' `` Get Off of My Cloud '' / `` I 'm Free '' `` As Tears Go By '' `` 19th Nervous Breakdown '' / `` As Tears Go By '' `` Paint It Black '' / `` Stupid Girl '' `` Mother 's Little Helper '' / `` Lady Jane '' `` Have You Seen Your Mother , Baby , Standing in the Shadow ? '' `` Let 's Spend the Night Together '' / `` Ruby Tuesday '' `` We Love You '' / `` Dandelion '' `` In Another Land '' `` She 's a Rainbow '' / `` 2000 Light Years from Home '' `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' `` Street Fighting Man '' / `` No Expectations '' `` Honky Tonk Women '' / `` You Ca n't Always Get What You Want '' Rolling Stones / Atlantic singles `` Brown Sugar '' / `` Bitch '' / `` Let It Rock '' `` Wild Horses '' / `` Sway '' `` Tumbling Dice '' / `` Sweet Black Angel '' `` Happy '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` Angie '' / `` Silver Train '' `` Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) '' / `` Dancing with Mr. D '' `` It 's Only Rock ' n Roll ( But I Like It ) '' `` Ai n't Too Proud to Beg '' / `` Dance Little Sister '' `` Fool to Cry '' `` Hot Stuff '' Rolling Stones `` Miss You '' / `` Far Away Eyes '' `` Beast of Burden '' / `` When the Whip Comes Down '' `` Respectable '' / `` When the Whip Comes Down '' `` Shattered '' `` Emotional Rescue '' `` She 's So Cold '' / `` Send It to Me '' `` Start Me Up '' `` Waiting on a Friend '' / `` Little T&A '' `` Hang Fire '' / `` Neighbours '' `` Going to a Go - Go '' ( live ) / `` Beast of Burden '' ( live ) `` Time Is on My Side '' ( live ) / `` Twenty Flight Rock '' ( live ) `` Undercover of the Night '' `` She Was Hot '' `` Too Much Blood '' `` Harlem Shuffle '' `` One Hit ( To the Body ) '' `` Mixed Emotions '' `` Rock and a Hard Place '' `` Almost Hear You Sigh '' `` Highwire '' / `` 2000 Light Years from Home '' ( live ) `` Ruby Tuesday '' ( live ) / `` Play with Fire '' ( live ) `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' ( live ) / `` Tumbling Dice '' ( live ) Virgin singles `` Love Is Strong '' `` You Got Me Rocking '' `` Out of Tears '' `` I Go Wild '' `` Like a Rolling Stone '' ( live ) / `` Black Limousine '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` Wild Horses '' ( live ) / `` Live with Me '' ( live ) / `` Tumbling Dice '' ( live ) `` Anybody Seen My Baby ? '' `` Saint of Me '' / `` Gimme Shelter '' ( live ) `` Out of Control '' `` Do n't Stop '' / `` Miss You '' ( remix ) `` Streets of Love '' / `` Rough Justice '' `` Rain Fall Down '' `` Biggest Mistake '' / `` Before They Make Me Run '' ( live ) Universal singles `` Plundered My Soul '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` No Spare Parts '' / `` Before They Make Me Run '' `` Doom and Gloom '' `` One More Shot '' Other countries `` Let It Bleed '' / `` You Got the Silver '' ( London Japan ) `` Rocks Off '' / `` Sweet Virginia '' ( Japan ) `` Star Star '' / `` Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) '' ( France , Germany ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angie_(song)&oldid=828661834 '' Categories : 1970s ballads 1973 singles The Rolling Stones songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Number - one singles in Australia Number - one singles in Switzerland Number - one singles in Norway RPM Top Singles number - one singles Songs written by Jagger / Richards Rock ballads Tori Amos songs Song recordings produced by Jimmy Miller Music videos directed by Michael Lindsay - Hogg British soft rock songs 1973 songs Hidden categories : CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) Use dmy dates from November 2011 Use British English from November 2011 Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart usages for Germany2 Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Norway Singlechart usages for Switzerland Singlechart usages for UKsinglesbyname Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Euskara فارسی Français 한국어 Hrvatski Italiano עברית ქართული Македонски Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk nynorsk Русский Slovenčina Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska 13 more Edit links This page was last edited on 3 March 2018 , at 23 : 48 . 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