You Can't Always Get What You Want

'''수록 앨범'''	Let It Bleed
'''앨범 발매일'''	1969년 12월 5일
'''싱글 발매일'''	1969년 7월 4일
'''싱글 A면'''	Honky Tonk Women
'''작사/작곡'''	재거-리처즈
'''프로듀서'''	지미 밀러
'''러닝 타임'''	5:00(싱글 버전) 7:28(앨범 버전)

1. 개요

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'''롤링 스톤 선정 500대 명곡''' '''101위'''

롤링 스톤스의 곡.
1973년 Sad Day 싱글에 딸려 나와 미국 차트에서 42위에 올랐지만, 본래는 1969년 발매된 Let It Bleed의 마지막 트랙으로 Honky Tonk Women 싱글의 B사이드 곡이다. 7분짜리의 대곡이고 '''합창단'''[1]과 함께한 곡이라 스케일이 엄청나다. 평론가들로부터 '''"롤링 스톤스 곡들 중 가장 깊이 있다."'''는 평가를 들었으며 오늘날까지 롤링 스톤스 최고의 곡들 중 하나로 꼽히고 있다. 이름의 유래는 확실하지 않지만 믹 재거가 음료수를 사러 한 가게에 갔다가 원하는 음료수가 없어 시무룩해 하자 옆에 있던 지미 헛메이커라는 사람이 '언제나 네가 원하는걸 가질 순 없어'라고 말했다고 한다.[2]롤링 스톤 선정 500대 명곡에서 101위에 랭크되었다. 알 쿠퍼가 오르간, 호른, 피아노로 참여했다.
국내 모토로라 StarTAC CF에 삽입된 바 있다.

2. 가사

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I saw her today at the reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she would meet her connection At her feet was a footloose man No, you can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometime you find You get what you need I saw her today at the reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she was gonna meet her connection At her feet was a footloose man You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes well you might find You get what you need And I went down to the demonstration To get my fair share of abuse Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse" You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes well you just might find You get what you need I went down to the Chelsea drugstore To get your prescription filled I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy And man, did he look pretty ill We decided that we would have a soda My favorite flavor, cherry red I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead" I said to him You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes you just might find You get what you need You get what you need--yeah, oh baby I saw her today at the reception In her glass was a bleeding man She was practiced at the art of deception Well I could tell by her blood-stained hands You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes you just might find You just might find You get what you need You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes you just might find You just might find You get what you need

[1] 런던 바흐라는 영국의 유명한 합창단이다.

[2] 그래서 가사에는 Mr. Jimmy라는 사람이 나온다. 이 사람이 믹 재거의 친구인지 아니면 그냥 옆에 있던 사람인지는 확실하지 않다.