Who is "Angie" by The Rolling Stones about?

[@johnfranchina84]

I had this song played at my dearest sister Angie’s funeral. It’s was a song we both loved and reflected her difficult life. RIP my 10:00 sister beloved Angie.

[@dawnjohnson8739]

😢

[@GreatbarrierislandtourismCoNz]

Too sad .....

[@barbarapalmer8224]

sorry for your sad loss

[@johnfranchina84]

Thank you

[@GLEX234]

Funny Rolling Stones story. A friend of my father’s flew a seaplane in NY’s Adirondacks serving camps, stocking fish for the state. Once he had a group to be flown to a camp-four guys with a British accents. At one point in the short flight, the pilot asked what they did. “Play guitars”. “Any money in that?” “Some” was the replay. He gets back to his base in Long Lake, NY. Son, wide-eyed, asks, “Dad, do you know who they were”. “Nope”. The Rolling Stones

[@martydavies7198]

I like it, trivia stories are great.

[@tracywick7632]

Awesome

[@LoudByNature02]

Play guitars 🎸 Awesome story

[@tpstrato2270]

Angie is surely one of the important Stones anthems. Its one of those songs you just can't stop running in your head.

[@dogsquadindia]

So depressing

[@deborahrohl7690]

@@dogsquadindia yep

[@donnaatienza8001]

Yes indeed

[@EternallyThankful-os6pz]

I'm an old school rocker , but never really loved the Stones...that said...I can honestly say I think that "Angie" is an absolutely and stunningly great timeless song !!

[@foesfly3047]

Same here. I LOVE Zeppelin and Aerosmith ranks high on my favorites. I don’t really like the Stones at all except for Angie and Beast of Burden- but I like these two songs a lot.

[@kierdel_494]

Me just the opposite. I love the Stones, I consider them as the greatest rock band ever, but I don't like Angie.

[@petejones879]

​@@kierdel_494 pretty much the same for me ive loved the stones since the 60s and I've seen them live many times but I've never been that keen on Angie or beast of burden.. But their one song I dislike The most is Emotional rescue.. I cannot stand that song.. Or Miss you don't like that either lol

[@malegrissusran8847]

Lousiest song of the Rolling Stones !! Brings the whole Album down ! Maybe for a backside of a single ! I dont like ths song since then !

[@johndillian1018]

Ditto!

[@evergreenimports]

Keith Richards said that it was about his daughter, Angela. He should know, he started the song. All the other speculation is just jabber.

[@tristancarver734]

Yes that's what l read to.

[@bolivingston1400]

I heard it was about Keith Richards daughter

[@evergreenimports]

@@bolivingston1400 Really? Wow.

[@bolivingston1400]

@@evergreenimports Yeah really wow. Lay off the crack pipe man

[@LoudByNature02]

Why would he say goodbye to his daughter like that😮

[@SoCali_Surfer]

Very few songs, by anyone, are sung with such raw emotion as Mick Jagger brought to it. Incredible song!

[@donnaatienza8001]

Yes indeed it sure is so beautiful.

[@dawnjohnson8739]

Agreed

[@SoCali_Surfer]

@saramill2097 what?

[@RobinHartJones]

@saramill2097 Wild is the wind?

[@mindykaur8139]

Thank you for sharing this. In 1972 I couldn't figure out what this song meant nor who it was meant for. Now I know. It's truly a beautiful song.

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thanks for watching!

[@timothygrace2627]

Your stories behind the classics are sublime. While I especially enjoy your features on my favorite tunes like this one, you always shine such a vivid light on the creative processes behind so many of the songs of our lives. Thank you, Janda!

[@behindthesongpodcast]

I’m so glad you get something out of these episodes! Thanks so much!

[@kayzstore5363]

Im just so very thankful it was written . . . Period ❤

[@cheneyrobert]

I was there on 17 October 1973 for both concerts at Vorst National in Brussels (Brussels Affair) Billy Preston on keyboards, Mick Taylor on lead and slide, Steve Madaio on trumpet, Trevor Lawrence on saxophone (Bobby Keys had been let go)…..the Stones at their peak…..the band was cooking and yes….Angie was outstanding live 😎🥂

[@LenQuerido]

I was there that year in the Netherlands and in Paris. I've seen them a few times later as well, but in my opinion in the years 1970-1973 they were on their best. I remember a good concert in the eighties though. I've seen them maybe some ten times. Some people have been following the The Stones all over the world. I can't understand that.

[@Tezza21000]

Great research, VERY cleverly enunciated:Bravo, Ms.Janda!

[@southpawtx]

This was my youth. I had the album. Played that vinyl over n over. Those were the days.

[@earlgreco8636]

As a high school, Sophmore Angie was my favorite. Every time I managed to sneak out of study hall I would head over to this cafe and drop my quarter in the jukebox to hear Angie play until one day they changed the song. Interesting lady doing the pod cast. She's got the cool gene.

[@jordanfraser4438]

Janda you are so very comforting to listen to

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thank you!

[@DavidSmith-qs4je]

Thanks Janda from australia

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thanks for watching!

[@Zebracat5]

Thank you for clarifying this about Angie.

[@excstasymode]

Hello! Loved it!! Pleaseeee do a video for the song Gloria,from the Doors!!! Thank you!❤

[@sabinianomaia4844]

Me and many other friends in my city loves The Rolling Stones, and ANGIE is one of the favourits songs.

[@johnr1348]

Beautiful Song!

[@davidgoss9967]

You did a fantastic job,really enjoyed this

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thanks so much!

[@klausrain111]

Thank you for this fascinating video! I love the song Angie, but I still think Moonlight Mile, another ballad, is one of the best songs ever recorded by any band in the world.

[@Caperhere]

Really. Have to check it out. Thanks.😊

[@t-maree301]

Moonlight Mile and Winter

[@klausrain111]

@@t-maree301 yes, that's so true! I love Winter.

[@klausrain111]

@@Caperhere Just shows the amazing range of the Stones.

[@michaeldrysch5177]

Awesome as always Janda...Thank you again!!!

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thanks as always for watching!

[@carllawler2837]

One of my favorites...

[@libertyann439]

So who is "Lady Jane?" That's one of my favorites of their's. I was 10 when the Flowers album was released.

[@dianakidd4219]

It’s about Jane Ormsby-Gore, a woman Mick was dating.

[@larryboles629]

Outstanding video!

[@jamesparlane9289]

This video was so good I had to subscribe and clicked the bell. Thanks Janda, you da bomb.

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thanks so much and welcome aboard!

[@edhernz1583]

Than you for clarifying

[@juliemcintyre1]

Keith and Anita had stared into the jaws of death together due to long term heroin use. He went to rehab and got clean she didn't. He wrote the song in rehab to tell her that although he loved her still it was obvious they could no longer be together

[@sundance9042]

This feels like the sorrow of Angie.

[@proveritate9312]

Mick sang the song for Angie Bowie. After that, David replied with Sorrow. Inside information with subtle nuances. A sweet secret !

[@Ash-fd6lw]

Sorrow was a cover of an old song.

[@joejones9520]

how wrong can you be?

[@Thesaurcery4U2C]

@@joejones9520 It was about him and his love affair with heroin during a time when he believed he had to let her go. There truly is not a woman that comes close to her. Ask someone who has made that a part of their life. It's not like all the rest

[@joejones9520]

@@Thesaurcery4U2C sorrow dude

[@angiebervinkle1575]

I was named after this song and through I've had so many ppl sing this song to me

[@katk8582]

I had no idea. Great job revealing this. And I read "Life".

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Much appreciated, glad you enjoyed this one!

[@baerster]

Wonderfully written and spoken essay

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thank you!

[@ToastSoon4808]

There was an Angie in our school in South Africa....1974....she went through some real bad emotional episiodes, smoking and drinking to much etc but I was really in love with her and to this day wonder what happened to her. She was beautiful.

[@eugenestyles7845]

I throughly enjoyed this is episode Thank U Janda, U Totally Rock N Roll

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thank you!

[@angiedues8813]

This has always been my favorite Stones songs 😉

[@nancymoore8363]

Fine presentation.👍

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thank you 👍

[@angiedance8903]

I'm just going to ignore all the other answers and keep believing that it was written for me. Lol. I was born in February of 74

[@damonbennett3160]

This is great 👍 keep them coming.

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Will do, thanks so much!

[@tanisetremblay4386]

Wow love your content

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@janemullins3147]

Thanks Janda You Rock

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thanks Jane! You do too.

[@64MAGA24]

I recently found your channel and am newly subscribed. Your 'song meaning' critiques are incredible and I'm astonished I've never seen your channel. I'm a song meaning gal always searching for well researched info. as well as intelligent interpretation. Can't wait to catch up and hope you keep up the great work.

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Wow, thank you so much! Welcome aboard!

[@RobinHartJones]

Jeez! it is bad enough that Facebook obviously listens in on my verbal conversations and send me related ads but now it is reading my mind! I was only pondering this question 24 hours ago!

[@klmullins65]

The Hollies' song "Hey Carrie Ann" was also written for Marianne Faithful

[@darlenegallegos5653]

My favorite girl name song is "Sweet Melissa" by Greg Allman.❤️

[@onusgumboot5565]

Greg said he was looking for a name that fit the rhythm of the melody, and sounded right phonetically. He was struggling to find one that fit. Then he was in a grocery store and a woman was calling to her daughter "Melissa, get over here". He thought "That'll do".

[@chuckaruta6773]

True that! I heard him say that. He was a great lyricist!

[@someguy7993]

I think every female named Melissa likes that song.

[@timotheusn.h.nakashona1001]

After this excellent explanation, Angie is a metaphor for Keith's drug addiction.

[@deneencorcoran5917]

Your upinion?

[@kathylarson8876]

Did they tell you that, lol

[@eargasm1072]

Nope...it's based on Angela Bowie, his then-wife.

[@Methilde]

I love this song musically but the lyrics are quite confused and conventionnal.

[@rubytuesday5412]

@@eargasm1072 ~ Mick was never married to Angela Bowie.

[@unomunoz7893]

I'm new to your channel but have totally enjoyed each episode. Understanding the contexts of some of my favorite songs and hearing it in the manner you present them is incredibly enjoyable. Thank you so much for the history, the meaning of these songs and their authors as well as exposing the richness of the music of my youth to the world at large.

[@johnvarricchio6856]

Brilliant Really interesting Thank you 🙏🏻

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thank you!

[@jospehkohan2637]

Thank very much for explaining and clairifing this 😘

[@behindthesongpodcast]

You’re welcome!

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

I heard from a person that knew the band very well that Angie was a girl from Camden town who shared leisure time with .She resembled Bianca.

[@ScottA140]

All that makes sense. But also listen very carefully as Mick uses a clever, yet subtle, phonetic trick when he says "Andy" about 7 times throughout the song, Referencing his relationship with Andy Warhol. "Angie, Andy, I still love you..." "Andy, you're beautiful."..... "Angie, Andy ain't it time we said goodbye" Andy, I still love you baby, everywhere I look, I see your eyes, there ain't a woman that comes close to you" ' But Angie, Andy aint' it good to be alive" "Angie, Andy, you can't say we never tried"

[@jananderson672]

You nailed the Andy reference. I think it could have in addition to a Angie,Mick brought in a reference to Andrew Loog Oldham. I'm always surprised that people don't hear the Andys.

[@pamc3338]

What about when Mick sings Angie, Aaandy?

[@Anthony-fz7uf]

Angie my first into song to the Rolling Stones!

[@uhop2jane]

I think the song is about a German girl, named Angela. I knew her in 1975 when she lived in Frankfurt. I went to her apartment where she showed me a photo album of the Rolling Stones and other rock stars of the day. Billy Preston is one who comes to mind and it seems like Bowie and others as well.. She also had a glass display case that was filled with items that had been given to her by Jagger and the Rolling Stones. I remember a derby hat and a gold cane but there were many other tings, clothes, etc. They were all stage props from shows. I have also read somewhere that before performing the song "Angie" at a concert in Berlin, Jagger stated that the song was about a German girl. The girl I knew had been their drug supplier and had been to prison over it. The lyrics fit very much with the Angie that I knew. She was a very attractive diminutive German girl with short black hair. I have a picture of her somewhere.

[@johnrandle8365]

I loved this song totally steeped in self pity being ill didn't help to clear your mind you could loose yourself its just buetiful.

[@khalidboujida1544]

Fabulous You make us travel back to our best years It is priceless, many thanks Keep going

[@seantoomay7926]

Good stuff janda...

[@paulc80]

Keith is a genius

[@waynefredricson6584]

Thank you :) xx

[@valerivendetti7157]

That was awesome ❤

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thank you!

[@jackbarnard1781]

I'm a big fan of goat heads soup. Not because it was a super great aalbum per se but it reminds me of people places & things

[@jerrydrouillard]

This song always makes think of a girl I dated in the 80s in my high school days and shortly after. Her name is Angelita.

[@carolinebusi697]

Well done

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thank you.

[@clpettit3098]

Isn't it possible they just grabbed a name out of people around? The song is exquisite.

[@escapefelicity2913]

Happy B'day Mick

[@robertsilva4]

It's timeless.

[@keithplucienik9376]

Once again, a great explanation for a song we all know and love. Thank you Janda keep it up.

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thank you for watching, Keith!

[@francie2915]

My brother believed the song was for Andy Warhol. Sometimes Mick sang “Andy” in the song, like in “Andy…there’s not a woman who comes close to you”. Jagger and Warhol had known each other and Mick might well have loved Andy and called him “Angie” . Anyway it made sense to me.

[@davidBarrel]

nice one.

[@gull3002]

Absolute bullshit!

[@ieattofu68]

Interesting...thanks...

[@rmp7400]

"Angie" is only about Marianne Faithful...and the ending not only of Nick's relationship with her, but also the ending of his romantic sentiments in music. Many with the name Angie were in or around his life (e.g. Angie Bowie) but the lyrics were about his failure to make it real with Marianne.

[@rmp7400]

*Mick's Let him say he debunks it. Lyrics are about Marianne and Mick's vanished kinder, gentler side.

[@dianakidd4219]

They said it wasn’t about anyone they knew. Keith just had a daughter named Dandelion Angela. They said it could’ve been any name, they picked Angie.

[@theofroon9490]

Greatest song ever ❤

[@Kirk_Hammett_Bit_Me]

"Angie" exemplifies what separates artistry from mere entertainment imo: openness for interpretation. I enjoy light-hearted tunes. I cherish music that stirs raw emotion.

[@jjm8502]

Thank you 😊...

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thank you for watching!

[@ijahtom]

Interesting 👍🏻

[@michaelbradford4444]

What about Lola ?

[@robertweingartner2055]

Ruby Tuesday also went to # 1 in 1967. Angie was their second ballad to go to # 1.

[@howwwwwyyyyy]

Please do Dead Flowers!

[@jonilabaqui8579]

Brilliant piano by Nicky Hopkins!

[@Reba24u]

It was written for Anita

[@davidpfaff9879]

I recognize there may be copyright issues, however this tube presentation would have been highly improved with including pictures of the people mentioned!

[@johnblackstock4092]

I'd like to hear your break down of "Lady Jane".

[@mrnick5515]

Janda you can’t say we never tried …That fits too 😊

[@behindthesongpodcast]

I like what you did there! :)

[@bigDbigDbigD]

You deserve way more followers.

[@behindthesongpodcast]

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[@khalidboujida1544]

Millions and millions I am telling all the world about behind the song channel

[@behindthesongpodcast]

@@khalidboujida1544 Thank you!

[@jen_alanfromchicago53]

I always link her episodes to all the music reaction channels that have done one of he songs👍👍spread the word🤘

[@behindthesongpodcast]

@@jen_alanfromchicago53 Thank you!!

[@AY-uf4oz]

I think Wild Horses was the song specifically written for Marianne Faithful.

[@ragman069]

Who's Hannah in Memory Motel ?

[@kcash6359]

Some chick from Montauk. At night, she hung out near the lighthouse.

[@glitter-lk5dz]

Possibly Annie Leibovitz, who photographed them then. Or Carly Simon.

[@escapefelicity2913]

well done

[@Empathiclistener]

Our daughter was named after this song.

[@marybrinn5434]

My daughter was named for this song as well.

[@johnbond5653]

Well there you did it again found a song that I didn't know what it was about but I do not you and Chris are doing a great job hope all is well the Way you are

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thank you John!

[@dottiehinkle]

Another rumor: In her book, Bebe Buell said Mick told her the song was about David Bowie.

[@someguy7993]

Mick probably said that, but that doesn't mean he was telling the truth.

[@geraldcharette2481]

Angie was the ultimate slow at last call and the decider who was leaving with who ❤

[@anthonymichaelhalloates2902]

You know, I like you! Ya ever want an experienced voice, let me know 60 yrs of listening

[@seanhayes1965]

Nice job Janda!

[@behindthesongpodcast]

Thank you Sean!

[@benmorgan4021]

I heard it was a take on Anita, along the the lines of 'Anita I need ya' which became Angie

[@tyrssonsilverwolf7576]

Eor me, it will ALWAYS be very personal. It came out just after I broke up with My Angie (Angela W. when I was stationed at Ft. Hood. Often wondered what happened to her

[@mattthomas4570]

Cool!

[@behindthesongpodcast]

😁

[@dalequale9365]

Summer of 1973 I knew an Angie, an unobtainable Hellenic Goddess. Hardwired longing, coincidence or missed opportunity?!😮

[@davidbennett8933]

I THINK YOU EXPLAINED IT BEST IT MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE DRUGS ✌️😎 YOUR A SMART COOKIE 🍪 💋🕶️

[@jacquelyn4709]

Nick named Angie ...can not count how many times in the 70s I got this song by the rolling stones sung into my face. So much so that it turned over the years from sentimental to almost haltered towards this song ..any other Angie's out there feel the same?

[@angelabluebird609]

Well, for me, as an Angie, it is difficult to hear because Mick sounds like he is in so much pain. I understand this is how the song was written to be. Love the Stones.

[@andreabell9573]

Since a child, my mother claimed this song for me and yeah my name is Angie. But, I have the opposite feelings about the song.

[@arteson6093]

Like her clear voice and diction …

[@JamesCanady-bg8st]

That song was my life with Angie

[@rosesprog1722]

Well, that blew my bubble alright, darn...