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I Wanna Be Your Man
The Beatles Lyrics

I wanna be your lover, baby
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover, baby
I wanna be your man
Love you like no other, baby
Like no other can
Love you like no other, baby
Like no other can

I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man

I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man

Tell me that you love me, baby
Let me understand
Tell me that you love me, baby
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover, baby
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover, baby
I wanna be your man

I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man (whoa)

I wanna be your lover, baby
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover, baby
I wanna be your man
Love you like no other, baby
Like no other can
Love you like no other, baby
Like no other can

I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Written by: John Lennon, Paul McCartney

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"I Wanna Be Your Man" was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon and released as the 11th track on the UK album With The Beatles on 22 November, 1963. Lead vocals for the song are performed by Ringo Starr.

The song was first recorded by The Rolling Stones, who released it as a single a couple of weeks prior to the release of With the Beatles. The song is driven by a heavily tremoloed, open E-chord on a guitar played through a Vox AC30 amplifier. Read Full Bio"I Wanna Be Your Man" was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon and released as the 11th track on the UK album With The Beatles on 22 November, 1963. Lead vocals for the song are performed by Ringo Starr.

The song was first recorded by The Rolling Stones, who released it as a single a couple of weeks prior to the release of With the Beatles. The song is driven by a heavily tremoloed, open E-chord on a guitar played through a Vox AC30 amplifier. Doubletracking is used for the lead vocals, and the hammond organ backing is performed by producer George Martin.

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01It Won't Be Long2:11

02All I've Got to Do2:05

03All My Loving2:04

04Don't Bother Me2:28

05Little Child1:46

06Till There Was You2:14

07Please Mister Postman2:34

08Roll over Beethoven2:44

09Hold Me Tight2:30

10You Really Got a Hold on Me2:58

11I Wanna Be Your Man1:59

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12Devil in Her Heart2:23

13Not a Second Time2:03

14Money (That's What I Want)2:47

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Paul McCartney

3y↑274

I wanna be your lover baby
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover baby
I wanna be your man
Love you like no other baby
Like no other can
Love you like no other baby
Like no other can

I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man

Tell me that you love me baby
Let me understand
Tell me that you love me baby
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover baby
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover baby
I wanna be your man

I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man

I wanna be your lover baby
I wanna be your man
I wanna be your lover baby
I wanna be your man
Love you like no other baby
Like no other can
Love you like no other baby
Like no other can

I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man
I wanna be your man, I wanna be your man

All comments from YouTube:

TOX THE WOLVERINE

3y↑1.3K

People always make fun of Ringo

When he's the one singing this

Robert J. Williamson

12w

@john shaw - Not true. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-lennon-ringo-best-drummer/

Robert J. Williamson

12w

@x x - This is a false story. Google it. I believed it for years and repeated it as it was a funny story to tell and so people retold it. But if you Google it you can find out John never actually said it.
Actually, there were quite a few things I knew about The Beatles from books and articles as I've been a fan since the 70s but if you check these facts online you can actually find out they were just stories made up by some journalist.
This story about John was actually from a BBC comedy radio show, not John Lennon.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/john-lennon-ringo-best-drummer/

Mike Gardner

15w

@Kunisake Ringo is a horrible singer but one of the best and most creative drummers ever. Ringo gave The Beatles a lot of their sound.

Pixelpop

17w

@Unpluged Unpluged You are correct about John never having said that about Ringo. However, the instances of Paul playing drums in Ringo's absence is still factual.

Unpluged Unpluged

17w

@Pixelpop nope that never happen, in this video the investigation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDXaq6c_UWY

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ci ci

2y↑836

All I can imagine is that part in A Hard Days Night when Ringo is just boppin like a mf queen with those girls

Nina Kunštátská

34w↑2

Same 🤣♥️

Rilian Kenneth Saunders

41w↑3

yep, love it.

Michel

42w↑5

Great moment. Ringo is a master.

Tobisawa Kowalski

47w↑1

lmfaoJKHFASHFLASFDKASFASLFS

Lety 04

48w↑1

Same😂

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Joe Gazvazul

1y↑273

I don't care what anyone says, Ringo is my favorite Beatle. He's not only the sweetest and (arguably) the funniest of the four, he's also one of the greatest drummers of all time as well as a brutally underappreciated singer. I'm being 100% serious, his voice is so pleasent, charming and warm, the one song on each album that he sings (2 on the White Album) is always a big highlight of the album for me. Yellow Submarine was the first Beatles song I ever heard and Octopus's Garden is soooo underrated, it's totally in my top 3 on Abbey Road (which is saying Something (no George pun intended), cause Abbey Road is my favorite album by them (happy 50th)), and there's also With a Little Help from My Friends which is probably the only Ringo-sang song people don't make fun of and it pisses me off that they make. This song, Boys, Don't Pass Me By and all the others are all phenomenal in my opinion. They seriously should have let him sing more. I really really love A Hard Day's Night, Magical Mystery Tour and Let It Be (all 3 are brutally underrated imo), but the only reason neither of them make it into my top 3 is that....I don't have to explain, you all know it already. But at least there's Ringo's great solo career where he really sings, which is amazing. I'm excited for his new album. And lastly, no, I'm not joking, he's 100% my favorite of the 4. But I really love all of them equally, it's just that Ringo is very slightly closer to me than the other three. God bless you, Sir Ringo and Sir Paul, I'm praying that both of you will stay with us for a long, long time. And rest in peace dear John and George, we'll never forget you.
Wow, after writing this long essay, you would think that the Beatles are really my favorite band, but actually they're just my second after AC/DC (don't attack me, AC/DC always was and always will be my main kind of music. There's literally no song by them that I don't like. But I think there's only one Beatles song that I don't like (numbah nine, numbah nine....).
P.S. Sorry for my bad English, I'm Hungarian.
Peace and Love.

James Bush

13w

Best singer of 4 notes inside of one octave the world has ever known - Exception being "A Little Help from my Friends" where Ringo hit that closing high note. -- What I like about Ringo is he keeps his yap shut about politics -- Best drummer? -- No other drummer in the world could have done for the Beatles what Ringo did and I really wish that Ringo hadn't quit the band during the White Album and he had been the one playing on "Back in the USSR" because that great song would have only been better with Ringo instead of Paul on the kit. - Ringo drummed on "Birthday" for instance - Paul could not have done that without making the song suck.

Brooke TerMaat

15w↑1

ringo is amazing

Joe Gazvazul

16w

@Jamie Lynne Hello. I haven't looked at this comment for months and I had no idea it became so popular, it had like half the likes it has now! You're not weird at all, You're totally right, 'cause I was a bit confusing. I meant Ringo is my 100% favorite, but I love him just a little bit more than the other 3 and I love the other 3 equally. :)

Jamie Lynne

16w↑1

I agree. Ringos cool and all, but i have a question. How can ringo be 100% your favorite and at the same time having equal amounts of love for all four? Either its equal love between all four or he's 100 percent the favorite. I'm not trying to be an ass. I swear. It's just that I'm genuinely confused about that because I just happen to be one of those nit picky people who can't help being overly pedantic, and I usually overthink things to a ridiculous degree. Thanks if you answer and sorry for being weird.

PurePack

17w

Thats a nice story but jokes aside your right ringo is underappreciated but i like all of them the same.

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Jordi Pujades Girona

2y↑505

To all the Rolling Stones fans: YOU'RE WELCOME.

Alexlayton273

12w

@Space Ninja the Beatles recorded this a year before the stones they were both great though

Happy Being Miserable

12w

I like the guitars better in the Stones version but even Ringo sings it better than Mick.

Alexlayton273

12w

They only actually recorded this so ringo could sing something

Snowblind

15w

@David Brown excuse me sir?

David Brown

15w

@Snowblind +
I only arrived back from Paris three days ago and the jet leg got to me this time, well anyway, I just wanted to congratulate you on your wedding, I know you and your sister will have a very long marriage.

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Luigi.

2y↑445

This song just makes me want to start dancing like the way Ringo was dancing on the hard days night movie 😂😂

macca-n-cheese

1y↑3

Same but I do dance like that xd

Martin Wiggle!

2y↑8

Wait Luigi YOUR A BEATLES FAN OMG

Kaitlyn Reynolds

2y↑13

I dance like that anyway so...

Nathan Horowitz

3y↑415

My favorite Ringo song

Trick worm 09

25w

Cool A Mundo I like boys the best too

Sgt. Beatles In the sky with strawberry fields

28w

Lic. Víctor Hugo Pérez de la Torre The Smol drummer ❤️

Erick Alberto Martínez Soriano

28w

Who is ringo?

Sgt. Beatles In the sky with strawberry fields

33w↑3

DoNt JuDgE mE Isn’t tha- oh wait, ok I won’t judge you.

Poodles

36w↑1

Mine’s gotta be “she’s a woman”

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Paul McCartney

3y↑274

bob lib

1y↑3

Is that really Paul

albus simpson

3y↑4

The Beatles ok

Ch Rickenbacker

1y↑99

Ringo knew this song was a throwaway, that's why he stole the song with the drumming and made my arm numb playing this in Rock Band. 😂🤣🤣

Xyrone435

23w

Facts, my arm has never recovered from expert

mon ke

1y↑7

Christopher Rickenbacker I know right! I know the beat for this song, but there is like no way to get that fast on the hi-hat!

the gamer asmr

2y↑193

As a drummer, I’d like to say that good god, Ringo is playing that hi hat pretty damn fast!

Itamar Bushari

16w

@Giovanni Palencia yeah, and on the plastic things it might be even harder

Giovanni Palencia

16w↑1

I'm not a drummer, but I've tried to play it in the rock band game, and I never pass the first ten seconds

Itamar Bushari

22w

@John Bonham great

John Bonham

22w↑1

Itamar Bushari I can do the swing motion, or the Moller technique, both are equally hard, but the swing does give you a slight advantage at it.

Than The Drummer

28w↑1

He predicted Dragonforce

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Tim Carroll

3y↑210

Go Go Ringo! John and Paul wrote this for Ringo 'cos he IS da man!

H V

2y↑2

@vgmastercleveland Mick always said John and Paul were song salesman in those days

Vern Pascal

2y↑1

@vgmastercleveland -A Throwaway song and it is still damn good. Rocks....

vgmastercleveland

2y↑4

@Darrin Baker actually, they wrote it and let the Rolling Stones have it because they weren't too keen on it. It was a throwaway song, hence why Ringo sings on it. They gave it away because they hadn't planned on ever releasing it as a single.

Ryan Swiggs

2y↑1

agreed! Ringo is the freaking man!

Darrin Baker

2y↑13

Actually, John and Paul wrote this for the Rolling Stones, who recorded it first.

baN4naZz

1y↑30

I feel like the pic for this album makes fun of Ringos height

PestoMayo

16w↑2

Holy shit. That thought never occurred to me, but that's pretty funny.

Isaac Wale

46w↑26

Sometimes I wish I was a girl in her early 20's in the 1960's...

2v_5r

35w↑3

Me too

Jose Islas Hernandez

49w↑73

1:08 when u see a spider in your room

VideoStudio99

40w↑3

Many times you see a spider

Zach Pfeiffer

2y↑99

I have a lot of respect for the Stones but they don't come close to matching the excellence that The Beatles display on this track

Todd Melville

34w↑1

@Jibriyl Almuniyr Also you're an imbecile

Ravenclaw

40w↑3

Jibriyl Almuniyr
This song was the stones first hit, courtesy of messers John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The Beatles were, are, and will always be the best band in history, revolutionizing rock music, in fact music in general, and literally creating new genres with every album, writing more amazing hits in eight years than the stones did in five decades. Go home, you’re drunk

Antoine Ycre

43w↑1

In fact, Lennon thought it was much in the style of the Stones than the Beatles, so they decided to gave it to them.

Snowblind

47w

Zach Pfeiffer disagree this is ok compared to The Stones

Sam R. Productions

1y↑1

Listen to I'm Down, Long Tall Sally, Helter Skelter, and Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey, see if it's really true.

The Beatles was the band that changed the world.

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BrittanyDavies

2y↑96

This just shows how under appreciated Ringo Starr is and was!

SGT PEPPER

1y↑7

French Jesus weirdo

NoExitLoveNow

49w↑14

I'd rather listen to the Beatles version of "I wanna be your man" with their weakest singer than the Rolling Stones version with their strongest.

Pedro307

20w

True

Soren Kaminsky

33w↑2

Ah crap I can't like a comment twice

Mina

3y↑140

I just recently discovered this song, and it's honestly awesome! Ringo sounds great on this!

Yellow

22w

@Andrea S Still like it? Or nah

Andrea S

24w

Silas Baroni still like it? Or nah

Silas Baroni

25w

@Seakg EU Still like it? Or nah

Seakg EU

Still like it? Or nah

Radio Ardilla

2y↑42

Live versions of this tune show that The Beatles were a punk band before punk was a thing.

Trixy B

31w↑1

Definitely

Michael Vallejo

34w↑2

Especially the live Hamburg recordings. Listen to how fast they are playing . They played such a heavy schedule they were taking amphetamines to pull it off. You can hear it in the live recordings how much faster they are playing

Player X

2y↑125

Shit, this is Ringo!, this is one of my favourite songs

Penfolds5

2y↑6

they could all sing. All four of them

Let It Be Known

2y↑42

This song perfectly fits Ringos vocal style

80's wannabe

28w↑4

I wanna hold your hand

I wanna be your man

José Candal

1y↑18

- Lead Vocals, Drums, Maracas, Tambourine & Handclaps: Ringo Starr
- Tremolo Electric Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocal & Handclaps: John Lennon
- Bass, Backing Vocal & Handclaps: Paul McCartney
- Electric Lead Guitar & Handclaps: George Harrison
- Organ: George Martin

CHRIS Campanozzi

1y↑9

It is staggering how quickly Ringo integrated himself with the group.

tlatosmd

11w

They were meant to be together, all the four of them. It weren't The Beatles up until Ringo joined them.

Isaac Bruner

35w

He'd worked with them before joining, filling in for Pete Best. That probably helped.

Evelyn Valdez

2y↑35

BEATLEMANIA FOREVER <3

LILIAN VAZ PRO

30w↑3

The guitar intro is like turning on an equipment and it runs towards to...

Killua Zoldyck

30w↑3

If you listen to this with earbuds and take out your left all you hear is singing. If you take out your right it’s just music. Lol

Julia Camara

2y↑79

I love ringo's voice😍

Rainbooming

2y↑24

Ringo's dancing is just perfection 😎👌

poop jew

18w

what

Isak Larsson

3y↑375

Better than the Stones' version

PestoMayo

16w

@Judas Sheep I know I'm overthinking it, but it's kind of funny you brought up a Joel-related meme considering that mentioning a Vinny-related meme is what would make a whole lot more sense in a comments section for a song by The Beatles.

Pedro307

20w

@Logan Coonradt
*Stanes

Bamruff62

40w

Isak, ... I agree. Ringo sings this song much better than Mick. I don't think Mick's high pitch shrieking works too well on this song.
... This song also help get the Stones visible going up to #12 on the Top Bill Board. It may have not made it to #1 but it help put the Stones out there. It helped them get notice.

Snowblind

47w

Isak Larsson you joking? This is ok compared to The Stones. The Beatles themselves were ok compared to 68-81 Stones

Victor Hugo Flores Villacorta

47w

¡BUT OF COURSE!

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2v_5r

35w↑4

How could you not love Ringo

Ned D.

3y↑4

Erotic Neurotic by The Saints sounds a lot like this song.

Mr22thou

Not really. They just ripped off this song, that's all. Maybe it's a tribute.

daqk

2y↑9

Now this, is rock n roll

porstmouth street preachers

Hi I'm a christian. Do you want to know jesus if you dont?

Burning dinosaur bones

2y↑26

Ringo killin it on vocals and esp on skins

Erik Krimble

3y↑24

Ringo <3 está versión es mejor.

rufus

47w

Si obvio

Maisie Plays

43w↑7

Cough Cough! Excuse me, why is Ringo on the bottom?!

Maisie Plays

21w

Mad Existentialist Hahahaha (unless you were serious)

Slightly Existential boiii

21w↑1

Nah he just that small

I like stripes

23w

Jexx spit out my water

Jexx

25w↑1

because he’s a bottom.

x x

2y↑11

when i first saw ringo and the beatles the drums were for me.

Snowblind

47w↑1

Jim Cushman I know because The Beatles are far too overrated than they should be

Jim Cushman

2y↑1

Ringo is the most influential rock'n'roll drummer of all time...

x x

i like ringos version better

Wiggle Time!

2y↑7

I was listening to this in a skype call.......everybody was singing

Jasmine Day

20w↑3

I love this song. I’m obssesed with it. 😊😁

Ethan Morgan

36w↑3

I absolutely love Ringo on this track. He pounds out that brutal drum beat (it’s deceptively fast) all while singing the song and doing said beat, it’s fantastic.

Jose Martinez

2y↑10

Happy birthday sir Ringo

Tattyshoes Shigure

2y↑11

I think the Stones guitar intro works better on this song, but George’s mid song guitar break is superb!

OLarrea77

28w↑2

so fucking aggressive for '63. That solo was metal before metal.

Solitude

1y↑3

Better version. Ringo FTW

Hendrik White

27w↑1

Ringo voice is just as good as the other Beatle's voices.

kream

2y↑9

I WANNA BE YOUR MAANN

BlooperSkys

36w↑3

Ringo: Hey can I write a song
Paul, George, and John: Oh sure
Ringo:
John: alright that's primary... 11th song material

2v_5r

32w↑4

Ringo didn't write this song. He only wrote Octopuses Garden and Don't Pass Me By. The rest of the Beatles encouraged Ringo to sing more, too.

Anthony Tucker

2y↑4

0:20
‘I Wanna Be On Land’

tjoris51

Gold Eagle 😂

M Entwistle

1y↑7

Ringo's song!
Drums and vocales are superb.

Imani M

2y↑10

I love this 💕 Beatles girl for life!! 22 years young today 🎶

Richard W

Imani M Belated Happy Birthday!

TheRedKoala

32w↑1

This song is very simple song, but Ringo's energy totally pull it off

Color Beatles Videos & More!

44w↑4

This song sounds great with Headphones!

Paul Joseph

26w↑1

Actually a great song, but they get a bit lost on it. Used to pump them out in a day. Pity

Roger Zapata Garcia

33w↑1

This is the first song
I heard By Ringo Starr
In my life

N A T A S H A

30w↑1

hi i'm writing the same comment in every beatles video until someone find two of the same comment in different videos

:)

j squires

2y↑2

very peculiar ..but I loved this track when I was a boy of six years

James Bush

13w

From the 2nd Album by the 1st actual Rock Band - When I first listened to this album in 1964, my favorite song on the record was "Don't Bother Me" by George Harrison - George himself berated the song, but I guess he was listening to John and Paul too much -- If I ever get to meet Paul McCartney, I will be sure to tell him that George's song was the best on that album -- On the early records, if you really listen and compare, Harrison's guitar playing was some of the best of that era -- No doubt that if George had never met John and Paul, no one would have ever heard of George, however, just perhaps John and Paul would have never been heard of but for George Harrison

Gess Healey

45w↑2

If my memory serves me correctly, believe some of these tunes were on the Beatles 2nd album....just sayin'...

Rodrigo Souza

36w↑1

I wanna be your man looks heavy metal for 1963. Rsrs

RichieDoesYoutube

41w

0:10 sounds like Ringo says "F*ck you like no other, baby" instead of "love you like no other, baby"

jorge sierra

49w↑2

0:28 nice groove Ringo

Guy Gadbois

17w

Mick Jagger's voice sounds a bit different here.

patrick grondines

29w↑1

love the beatles

Paul West

1y↑1

A song so simple in construction, yet total pop genius. It sounds easy but you'd never be able to write something like this. And they did it off the cuff.

CE Organisation

2y↑1

I cant hear the vocals that well. Is it because of my headphones or the actual video?

Please permit me to speak oh great one

Try panning it to the right channel, that's where the vocals are, or play it in mono.

Melody Tun

2y↑1

Headphones

Arthur F. Scaltrito

49w↑2

Listen close to the left channel after the 2nd chorus & Ringo screaming. He's complaining about something..

Tommy Kendall

39w

Never realised how heavy Johns guitar got at the solo until I used headphones

Patrick Lanny

1y↑3

RINGO!!!!!!

josie posie

1y↑3

1:10 EAEAWEEWUUE

Dillon Daugherty

1y↑1

2009 was a simpler time

sour cream and onion

11w

You’re welcome Rolling Stones fans

Силвия

17w

0:30 Epic!!

Hiroki Habara

2y↑6

I think each versions are different. So I like both

Ata Kaldırak

31w↑1

i wanna be your köpek abi i wanna be your it.

Pablo Flores

The Beatles so inspired in "Bo´s vacation" from Bo Diddley of 1961 for "I wanna be your man". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIrUP63WAzw

Rodrigo Souza

36w

I wanna be your man parece ser até uma coisa bem heavy metal pra 1963. Bem paulera.

wEiRdO pErSoN

1y↑3

What if it was I wanna be your fan

Jim Dep

2y↑5

This is first time I notice an electric organ in there. It works.

VinnieX Phillips

30w↑1

I wanna be old man

khyung8

20w

Tremendous song ever !
Spring s summer storm !

Laura García Llorente

36w

just bought this album today and well, i listened to this song and just wanna watch ahdn again

Pink JaMm2

38w↑2

This version is better lol (sorry Rolling Stones fans XD)

Pablo Farreras

20w

El "OOOOooohhhh" que hace Paul en el minuto 01:10 salva la cancion.

Richard W

32w

This album was pure rock and roll

HENRY CHAVES

2y↑6

My fovorit Ringo song

FriendlyOmnic

14w

you could say he said hi to his hi hat, hahahaha

El Duderino

1y↑1

one of my fave tracks to play on TB:RB

Geraint Lewis

11w

The actual groove to this song, drums and rhythm, are dirty as fuck. That guitar chug is just rude. Musical hay day, be fucked. The charts are shameful these days.

xXDante78Xx O_o

51w↑2

Love for Ringo!!!

Thelma Claar

45w

this was supposed to be my husband when I was 13 I am 69 and still waiting

Lety 04

48w

That barking at the end😂

Flávio Barcelos de oliveira Souza

41w

The Beatles the best of history!!!!!!!!!!!!

Richard W

32w

Love the hook in the beginning

YMPAC MEDIOS

2y↑4

temonazo grande THE BEATLES CTM DESDE STGO DE CHILE VIVA EL ROCK AND ROLL..

Louisa Bailey

2y↑4

A ringo track makes the album complete 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍🏻👍🏻

Eliete Felisberto

29w

Rolling Stones forever hahahahah

Thomas Healey

47w

My right ear bud fell out for a second. Probably the most sad 5 seconds of my life.

odd human is Sidney

1y↑2

*RINGOS DANCE INTENSIFISE*😂

Regan Gibb

1y↑2

I think he wants to be our man.

lol

11w

I genuinely could not play this on Rock Band more than twice without seriously damaging my arms

Rivkah Song

51w

If someone would do a mashup of the Beatles version of this song but with Brian Jones' slide guitar solo I'd die happy.

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