been trying to google this for months, anyone have any luck with getting this answer.

only official releases count whether it studio version or live version and only rolling stones compositions count(if only one official stone writes the song it counts as a rolling stone composition)

songs finished years after first started(a la tatto you, exile extended) also count as long as its a stones composition.

I think 428. Prove me wrong.

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buttons67
only official releases count whether it studio version or live version and only rolling stones compositions count(if only one official stone writes the song it counts as a rolling stone composition)

songs finished years after first started(a la tatto you, exile extended) also count as long as its a stones composition.

According to your criteria, I think you should be able to figure it out using this resource: [en.wikipedia.org]

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J.J.Flash
I think 428. Prove me wrong.

Go lower. Considerably.

damn u Gazza! lol

I wa leafing through a music magazine a while back and the number was stated...The number of compositions is 240 or 248. I rememeber mentally trying to figure out the number of songs/year rate...about 5!

Counting the Exile and Some Girls bonus cds, the number of different songs (eg counting 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' as one song - even though theyve released several live versions of it) written or co-written by the Rolling Stones and released by them on records as a band comes to about 300, give or take one or two.

They've released about 71 cover versions on record (plus a few more on video/DVD releases - Learning the Game, Bob Wills is Still The King, Sweet Little Sixteen etc)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-01-07 07:10 by Gazza.

I wonder how many songs there are counting all the solo efforts (Jones, Taylor, Wyman/Rkings, Ronnie Wood, Charlie Watts, Jagger & Richards), and then combined with the Stones' output?

i make 300, this was criteria based on a site that i have no longer access to and cant find, and i have added on the bonus tracks for exile and some girls which were stones compositions. but ofcourse its not official

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buttons67
i make 300, this was criteria based on a site that i have no longer access to and cant find, and i have added on the bonus tracks for exile and some girls which were stones compositions. but ofcourse its not official

Thats how i counted it as well, using my own site - [rocksoff.org]

counted pretty quickly and very late at night, mind you!

Ian McPherson's got it at 378 released songs including covers:
[www.timeisonourside.com]
so you're all pretty close in your counts. have some popcorn & carry on

Somethinbg like this:
(Exile & Some Girls bonus disc tracks are not included yet):

1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
2. (Walkin' Thru The) Sleepy City
3. 19th Nervous Breakdown
4. 2000 Light Years From Home
5. 2000 Man
6. 2120 South Michigan Avenue
7. Ain't Too Proud To Beg
8. All About You
9. All Down The Line
10. All Sold Out
11. All The Way Down
12. Almost Hear You Sigh
13. Already Over Me
14. Always Suffering
15. Angie
16. Anybody Seen My Baby
17. Anyway You Look At It
18. Around And Around
19. As Tears Go By
20. Baby Break It Down
21. Back Of My Hand
22. Back Street Girl
23. Back To Zero
24. Backstreet Girl
25. Beast Of Burden
26. Before They Make Me Run
27. Biggest Mistake
28. Bitch
29. Black Limosine
30. Blinded By Love
31. Blinded By Rainbows
32. Blue Turns To Grey
33. Brand New Car
34. Break The Spell
35. Brown Sugar
36. Bye Bye Johnny
37. Can I Get A Witness
38. Can You Hear The Music
39. Can't Be Seen
40. Can't You Hear Me Knocking
41. Carol
42. Casino Boogie
43. Cherry Oh Baby
44. Child Of The Moon
45. Citadel
46. Come On
47. Coming Down Again
48. Complicated
49. Con Le Mie Lacrime
50. Confessin' The Blues
51. Congratulations
52. Connection
53. Continental Drift
54. Cook Cook Blues
55. Cool Calm And Collected
56. Corinna
57. Country Honk
58. Cracking Up
59. Crazy Mama
60. Cry To Me
61. Da Doo Ron Ron
62. Dance (Part 1)
63. Dance Little Sister
64. Dancing With Mr
65. Dandelion
66. Dangerous Beauty
67. Dead Flowers
68. Dear Doctor
69. Dirty Work
70. Doncha Bother Me
71. Don't Lie To Me
72. Don't Stop
73. Don't Wanna Go Home
74. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
75. Down Home Girl
76. Down In The Hole
77. Down The Road Apiece
78. Downtown Suzie
79. Driving Too Fast
80. Each And Everyday Of The Year
81. Emotional Rescue
82. Empty Heart
83. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
84. Everything Is Turning To Gold
85. Factory Girl
86. Family
87. Fancy Man Blues
88. Far Away Eyes
89. Feel On Baby
90. Fight
91. Fingerprint File
92. Flight 505
93. Flip The Switch
94. Fool To Cry
95. Fortune Teller
96. Get Off Of My Cloud
97. Gimme Shelter
98. Going Home
99. Going To A Go-Go
100. Gomper
101. Good Times
102. Good Times Bad Times
103. Gotta Get Away
104. Grown Up Wrong
105. Gunface
106. Had It With You
107. Hand Of Fate
108. Hang Fire
109. Happy
110. Harlem Shuffle
111. Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing In The Shadow
112. Heart Of Stone
113. Hearts For Sale
114. Heaven
115. Hey Negrita
116. Hide Your Love
117. High And Dry
118. Highwire
119. Hitch Hike
120. Hold Back
121. Hold On To Your Hat
122. Honest I Do
123. Honky Tonk Women
124. Hot Stuff
125. How Can I Stop
126. Hundred Years Ago
127. Hurricane
128. I Am Waiting
129. I Can't Be Satisfied
130. I Don't Know Why
131. I Go Wild
132. I Got The Blues
133. I Just Want To Make Love To You
134. I Just Want To See His Face
135. I Think I'm Going Mad
136. I Wanna Be Your Man
137. I Want To Be Loved
138. I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys
139. If I Was A Dancer (Dance Part 2)
140. If You Can't Rock Me
141. If You Let Me
142. If You Need Me
143. If You Really Want To Be My Friend
144. I'm A King Bee
145. I'm Alright
146. I'm Free
147. I'm Going Down
148. I'm Gonna Drive
149. I'm Moving On
150. In Another Land
151. Indian Girl
152. Infamy
153. It Must Be Hell
154. It Won't Take Long
155. It's All Over Now
156. It's Not Easy
157. It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)
158. I've Been Loving You Too Long
159. Jigsaw Puzzle
160. Jiving Sister Fanny
161. Jump On Top Of Me
162. Jumpin' Jack Flash
163. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
164. Keys To Your Love
165. Lady Jane
166. Laugh I Nearly Died
167. Let It Bleed
168. Let It Loose
169. Let It Rock
170. Let Me Down Slow
171. Let Me Go
172. Let's Spend The Night Together
173. Lies
174. Little Baby
175. Little By Little
176. Little Queenie
177. Little Red Rooster
178. Little T&A
179. Live With Me
180. Long Long While
181. Look What The Cat Dragged In
182. Look What You've Done
183. Losing My Touch
184. Love In Vain
185. Love Is Strong
186. Loving Cup
187. Low Down
188. Luxury
189. Mannish Boy
190. Mean Disposition
191. Melody
192. Memo From Turner
193. Memory Motel
194. Mercy Mercy
195. Midnight Rambler
196. Might As Well Get Juiced
197. Miss Amanda Jones
198. Miss You
199. Mixed Emotions
200. Mona (I Need You Baby)
201. Money
202. Monkey Man
203. Moon Is Up
204. Moonlight Mile
205. Mother's Little Helper
206. My Girl
207. My Obsession
208. Neighbours
209. New Faces
210. No Expectations
211. No Use In Crying
212. Not Fade Away
213. Now I've Got A Witness
214. Off The Hook
215. Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin')
216. Oh No Not You Again
217. On With The Show
218. One Hit (To The Body)
219. One More Try
220. Out Of Control
221. Out Of Tears
222. Out Of Time
223. Pain In My Heart
224. Paint It Black
225. Parachute Woman
226. Play With Fire
227. Please Go Home
228. Poison Ivy
229. Pretty Beat Up
230. Prodigal Son
231. Rain Fall Down
232. Respectable
233. Ride On Baby
234. Rip This Joint
235. Rock And A Hard Place
236. Rock Me Baby
237. Rocks Off
238. Rough Justice
239. Route 66
240. Ruby Tuesday
241. Sad Day
242. Sad Sad Sad
243. Saint Of Me
244. Salt Of The Earth
245. Send It To Me
246. Sex Drive
247. Shake Your Hips
248. Shattered
249. She Said Yeah
250. She Saw Me Coming
251. She Smiled Sweetly
252. She Was Hot
253. She's A Rainbow
254. She's So Cold
255. Shine A Light
256. Short And Curlies
257. Silver Train
258. Sing This All Together
259. Sing This All Together (See What Happens)
260. Sister Morphine
261. Sittin' On A Fence
262. Slave
263. Sleep Tonight
264. Slipping Away
265. So Young
266. Some Girls
267. Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind
268. Something Happened To Me Yesterday
269. Soul Survivor
270. Sparks Will Fly
271. Star Star
272. Start Me Up
273. Stealing My Heart
274. Stoned
275. Stop Breaking Down
276. Stray Cat Blues
277. Street Fighting Man
278. Streets Of Love
279. Stupid Girl
280. Suck On The Jugular
281. Summer Romance
282. Surprise Surprise
283. Susie Q
284. Sway
285. Sweet Black Angel
286. Sweet Neocon
287. Sweet Virginia
288. Sweethearts Together
289. Sympathy For The Devil
290. Take It Or Leave It
291. Talkin' 'Bout You
292. Tell Me
293. Terrifying
294. That's How Strong My Love Is
295. The Lantern
296. The Last Time
297. The Nearness Of You
298. The Singer Not The Song
299. The Spider And The Fly
300. The Storm
301. The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
302. The Worst 303. Thief In The Night
304. Think
305. This Place Is Empty
306. Through the Lonely Nights
307. Thru And Thru
308. Tie You Up (The Pain Of Love)
309. Till The Next Goodbye
310. Time Is On My Side
311. Time Waits For No One
312. Too Much Blood
313. Too Rude
314. Too Tight
315. Too Tough
316. Tops
317. Torn And Frayed
318. Try A Little Harder
319. Tumbling Dice
320. Turd On The Run
321. Twenty Flight Rock
322. Under My Thumb
323. Under The Boardwalk
324. Under The Radar
325. Undercover Of The Night
326. Ventilator Blues
327. Waiting On A Friend
328. Walking The Dog
329. Wanna Hold You
330. We Love You
331. We're Wastin' Time
332. What A Shame
333. What To Do
334. When The Whip Comes Down
335. Where The Boys Go
336. Who's Been Sleeping Here
337. Who's Driving Your Plane
338. Wild Horses
339. Winning Ugly
340. Winter
341. Wish I'd Never Met You
342. Worried About You
343. Yesterday's Papers
344. You Better Move On
345. You Can Make It If You Try
346. You Can't Always Get What You Want
347. You Can't Catch Me
348. You Don't Have To Mean It
349. You Got Me Rocking
350. You Got The Silver

add in outtakes and my guesstimate looks pretty good now!

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J.J.Flash
add in outtakes and my guesstimate looks pretty good now!

Yeah, but the original question excluded covers and only referred to officially released songs.

Outtakes are pretty much an indeterminable number as any two minute doodle could be deemed to be an 'outtake'.