Songs by key
87 songs with recording estimates
Circle of fifths
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Most common major keys
Source: SongBPM · source-reported recording estimates. Coverage is incomplete.
G major · 18 songs
- Wild HorsesSticky Fingers · 1971
- Honky Tonk WomenFirst released as a single · 1969
- All Down the LineExile on Main St. · 1972
- Lady JaneAftermath · 1966
- As Tears Go ByDecember’s Children (and Everybody’s) · 1965
- BitchSticky Fingers · 1971
- Can I Get a WitnessThe Rolling Stones (UK debut) · 1964
- Hate to See You GoBlue & Lonesome · 2016
- If You Need Me12 × 5 · 1964
- Little Red RoosterFirst released as a single · 1964
- Live With MeLet It Bleed · 1969
- Loving CupExile on Main St. · 1972
- Mixed EmotionsSteel Wheels · 1989
- Pain in My HeartThe Rolling Stones No. 2 · 1965
- She Was HotUndercover · 1983
- Silver TrainGoats Head Soup · 1973
- Sweet Black AngelExile on Main St. · 1972
- Wanna Hold YouUndercover · 1983
No songs are listed for this key in this source coverage.
Sources & calculation
Recording estimates are source-reported SongBPM observations supplied in the research archive. They have not all been independently checked. Published arrangements come from specific Musicnotes scores and may use a different key from a recording.
Counts use distinct source-song identities with reviewed links to our song pages. Repeated observations and equivalent sharp/flat spellings count once per key and source basis. A song can occur in several arrangement buckets; adding those counts does not give the number of songs. Coverage is incomplete.
The wheel follows musical fifths using equal sectors. Bar lengths compare song counts from zero. The first four G-major songs are illustrative examples; the remaining songs are listed alphabetically.
- Wild Horses: SongBPM
- Honky Tonk Women: SongBPM
- All Down the Line: SongBPM
- Lady Jane: SongBPM
- As Tears Go By: SongBPM
- Bitch: SongBPM
- Can I Get a Witness: SongBPM
- Hate to See You Go: SongBPM
- If You Need Me: SongBPM
- Little Red Rooster: SongBPM
- Live With Me: SongBPM
- Loving Cup: SongBPM
- Mixed Emotions: SongBPM
- Pain in My Heart: SongBPM
- She Was Hot: SongBPM
- Silver Train: SongBPM
- Sweet Black Angel: SongBPM
- Wanna Hold You: SongBPM
All key counts and song lists
Recording estimates
Major · 79 songs
- C major · 19 songs
- Already Over Me
- Brown Sugar
- Confessin’ the Blues
- Connection
- Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
- Down Home Girl
- Good Times, Bad Times
- Heart of Stone
- I Am Waiting
- Let It Bleed
- Luxury
- Ruby Tuesday
- Sad Sad Sad
- She Smiled Sweetly
- Shine a Light
- Street Fighting Man
- Ventilator Blues
- You Can Make It If You Try
- You Got Me Rocking
- G major · 18 songs
- D major · 12 songs
- A major · 10 songs
- E major · 6 songs
- B major · 2 songs
- F♯/G♭ major · 2 songs
- C♯/D♭ major · 1 song
- E♭ major · 0 songs
- No songs listed
- B♭ major · 3 songs
Minor · 8 songs
- C minor · 0 songs
- No songs listed
- G minor · 0 songs
- No songs listed
- D minor · 1 song
- A minor · 0 songs
- No songs listed
- E minor · 1 song
- B minor · 1 song
- F♯/G♭ minor · 1 song
- C♯/D♭ minor · 1 song
- A♭ minor · 1 song
- E♭ minor · 0 songs
- No songs listed
- B♭ minor · 0 songs
- No songs listed
- F minor · 2 songs
Published arrangements
Major · 122 songs
- C major · 41 songs
- Happy
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- Angie
- Angry
- As Tears Go By
- Beast of Burden
- Black Limousine
- Brown Sugar
- Can't You Hear Me Knocking
- Carol
- Connection
- Down the Road Apiece
- Fool to Cry
- Gimme Shelter
- Good Times, Bad Times
- Heart of Stone
- I Am Waiting
- I’m Free
- Let It Bleed
- Midnight Rambler
- Miss You
- Monkey Man
- Mother’s Little Helper
- Ruby Tuesday
- She Smiled Sweetly
- She's So Cold
- She’s a Rainbow
- Shine a Light
- Start Me Up
- Street Fighting Man
- Stupid Girl
- Susie Q
- Sympathy for the Devil
- Tumbling Dice
- Undercover of the Night
- Waiting on a Friend
- Wild Horses
- Worried About You
- Yesterday’s Papers
- You Can Make It If You Try
- You Can't Always Get What You Want
- G major · 35 songs
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- 2000 Light Years From Home
- 2120 South Michigan Avenue
- All Down the Line
- As Tears Go By
- Before They Make Me Run
- Carol
- Confessin’ the Blues
- Congratulations
- Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
- Down Home Girl
- Emotional Rescue
- Gimme Shelter
- Honky Tonk Women
- I Can’t Be Satisfied
- I Got the Blues
- I Just Want to Make Love to You
- If You Need Me
- It's All Over Now
- Let's Spend the Night Together
- Little Red Rooster
- Look What You’ve Done
- Love in Vain
- Loving Cup
- Moonlight Mile
- Mother’s Little Helper
- Out of Time
- Pain in My Heart
- Play With Fire
- She Was Hot
- She's So Cold
- Time Is on My Side
- Tumbling Dice
- What a Shame
- Wild Horses
- D major · 12 songs
- A major · 22 songs
- E major · 29 songs
- Happy
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- Almost Hear You Sigh
- Beast of Burden
- Get Off of My Cloud
- Gimme Shelter
- Honest I Do
- I’m a King Bee
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (but I Like It)
- I'm All Right
- Little by Little
- Monkey Man
- No Expectations
- Not Fade Away
- Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin’)
- Parachute Woman
- Prodigal Son
- Rocks Off
- Salt of the Earth
- Shattered
- She Said Yeah
- Stupid Girl
- Sympathy for the Devil
- The Last Time
- The Spider and the Fly
- Under the Boardwalk
- You Better Move On
- You Got the Silver
- I'm Movin' On
- B major · 4 songs
- F♯/G♭ major · 0 songs
- No songs listed
- C♯/D♭ major · 2 songs
- A♭ major · 1 song
- E♭ major · 1 song
- B♭ major · 5 songs
Minor · 19 songs
- C minor · 1 song
- G minor · 0 songs
- No songs listed
- D minor · 0 songs
- No songs listed
- A minor · 6 songs
- E minor · 7 songs
- B minor · 2 songs
- F♯/G♭ minor · 2 songs
- C♯/D♭ minor · 1 song
- A♭ minor · 1 song
- E♭ minor · 0 songs
- No songs listed
- B♭ minor · 0 songs
- No songs listed
- F minor · 1 song