In honor of The Rolling Stones’ 50th anniversary, All Things Considered has been talking to the members of the band about standout songs from their catalog. Earlier this week, Keith Richards discussed what gives “Street Fighting Man” its distinctive guitar sound, while Charlie Watts gave context to his drum part in “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”
For his pick, guitarist Ron Wood skipped ahead in the band’s history, settling on the funky, disco-inflected “Dance (Pt. 1)” from the 1980 album Emotional Rescue. The choice, he tells NPR’s Melissa Block, was personal.
“I stuck up for myself, ’cause I picked a song that I wrote,” Wood says. “I thought, ‘No one’s gonna mention that.’ But I think people, when they hear that song, they love it — because it’s really up, and it gets everyone dancing.”
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