The iconic rock band has released over 30 albums and more than 400 songs
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NEED TO KNOW
- Mick Jagger says Sticky Fingers and Beggars Banquet are among his favorite Rolling Stones albums
- The band has released more than 30 albums and hundreds of songs since the ’60s
- The Rolling Stones’ new album, Foreign Tongues, will be released July 10 and features collaborations with Paul McCartney and Robert Smith
It can be hard for a Rolling Stones fan to name their favorite song, so it's even harder for the band's frontman, Mick Jagger, to choose his favorite track.
The Grammy winner, 82, recently sat down with NBC's Willie Geist for an interview on TODAY, where he reflected on the Stones' decades-long tenure.
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When asked if he had a favorite Rolling Stones album, Jagger shared that he "thinks Sticky Fingers is really good.”
“I think Beggars Banquet is really good. I think Hackney Diamonds is pretty good, too," he said.
"There's some Rolling Stones albums that have eight tracks. I mean, you only have eight tracks, and you were like 30 years old? Come on, what were you doing?” he added, seemingly referencing their 1978 studio album, Some Girls.
When Geist asked if there was one song that was his favorite, he noted that it was hard since “there are hundreds of songs.”
“I mean, there's so many different styles. I mean, you're running the gamut of ‘Sympathy for the Devil.' You know, ‘Start Me Up,' ‘Angie,' ‘Honkey Tonk Women.' "
While the English rock group has released over 30 albums, they aren't done making music. The Rolling Stones will release their new album, Foreign Tongues, on July 10.
In an interview with the Associated Press during an album launch event in May, Jagger shared what keeps him going.
"Well, that's just being fit," he explained. "You have to work at that, whatever age you are, and if you're my age, you have to really work at it. You don't get around as good. You have to really work at it."
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"It's just discipline and a lot of hard work — otherwise you can't do that," Jagger continued. "And of course, I can't do the things I did when I was 21, but I can do other things."
Longtime bandmate Keith Richards shared a quicker answer to the same question, telling the outlet, "You just do it as long as you can."
Their new album features collaborations with The Beatles' Paul McCartney, Robert Smith of The Cure and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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