It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll

~ Recording by The Rolling Stones

Annotation

GBCJN7400003 - remastered

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1It's Only Rock 'n Roll5:08The Rolling StonesIt's Only Rock 'n Roll / Through the Lonely Nights
  • 1974-07-26 GB
1.1It's Only Rock 'n Roll5:03The Rolling StonesIt's Only Rock 'n Roll / Through the Lonely Nights
  • 1974-07-27 US
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesIt's Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 1974-10-16 US
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesIt's Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 1974-10-18 GB
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 1974-10-18 GB
1.7It's Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:09The Rolling StonesRewind (1971–1984)
  • 1984-07-02 US
1.7It's Only Rock 'n Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesRewind
  • 1984-07 US
1.5It's Only Rock n'Roll5:09The Rolling StonesRewind (1971–1984)
1.7It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesRewind (1971–1984)
1.7It's Only Rock 'n Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesRewind (1971–1984)
1.5It’s Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)5:06The Rolling StonesRewind (1971–1984)
1.5It’s Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)5:10The Rolling StonesRewind (1971–1984) (black triangle CD w/ alternate tracklist)
  • 1985-01-19 JP
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesIt's Only Rock ’n Roll
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:08The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
1.8It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:09The Rolling StonesMade in the Shade (re-release)
1.8It's Only Rock 'n' Roll5:09The Rolling StonesMade in the Shade
1.7It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesRewind
1.4It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:08The Rolling StonesStar Box
  • 1989-06-10 JP
1.8It's Only Rock 'n' Roll5:09The Rolling StonesMade in the Shade
  • 1989-11 GB
1.3It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesRock and a Hard Place
4.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (But I Like It)?:??The Rolling StonesCollection: 1971–1989
  • 1990-06-08 GB
  • 1990-06 XE
1.4It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:09The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones 1971 - 1993
  • 1993-11-19 US
1.4It's Only Rock 'n' Roll5:09The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones 1971 - 1993
  • 1993-11-22 GB
1.4It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:09The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones (made in Australia)
1.4It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:09The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones ’71 – ’93 (made & printed in Holland)
1.4It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:09The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones ’71–’93
1.4It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:09The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones ’71–’93
1.4It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:09The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones ’71–’93
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 1994-07-26 US
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll (Remastered)
  • 1994-08-19 XE
1.4It's Only Rock 'n' Roll5:09The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones 1971 - 1993
  • 1994-10-30 NL
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll (Collector's Edition)
1.16It's Only Rock'n Roll5:06The Rolling StonesThe Very Best Of: Platinum 1962-1975, Volume 1
1.4It's Only Rock 'n' Roll5:09The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones 1971 - 1993
  • 2004-08-24 US
1.8It's Only Rock 'n' Roll5:09The Rolling StonesMade in the Shade (digipak)
  • 2005-04-05 XE
4.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesA Bigger Bang World Tour 2005–2006 Special Edition
  • 2005-08-31 JP
1.8It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:09The Rolling StonesMade in the Shade (jewel case, CD made in the E.U., back inlay printed in the E.U.)
1.8It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:08The Rolling StonesMade in the Shade
1.8It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:08The Rolling StonesMade in the Shade
1.4It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones
  • 2008-08-26 US
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 2009-05-04 FR
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 2009-05-04 XE
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 2009-05-04 AR
1.4It's Only Rock 'n' Roll5:09The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones 1971 - 1993
  • 2009-08-18 XE
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n Roll (but I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n Roll (but I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
1.4It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:09The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones
1.4It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:09The Rolling StonesJump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 2010-06-30 JP
4.3It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesThe Rolling Stones Remasters
  • 2010 -
7.1It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesThe Singles Collection 1971–2006: 45 x 45s
  • 2011-04-08 GB
7.1It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesThe Singles Collection 1971-2006: 45 x 45s
  • 2011-04-27 JP
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:06The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 2011-06-22 JP
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll (mastered for iTunes)
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 2013-12-18 JP
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:06The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 2013-12-18 JP
11.3It’s Only Rock ’n Roll (but I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesThe Rolling Stones Collection (Mondadori)
1.22It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesNOW That’s What I Call 70s
  • 2016-11-25 GB
2.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (But I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesNOW That’s What I Call 70s
  • 2016-11-25 GB
7.1It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (But I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesThe Singles 1971–2006
5.3It’s Only Rock ’n Roll (but I Like It)5:08The Rolling StonesStudio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971–2016 (180g, Half-Speed Mastering)
  • 2018-06-15 XE
  • 2018-06-15 US
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:06The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll (2018 MQA x UHQCD)
  • 2018-06-20 JP
25.3It’s Only Rock ’n Roll (but I Like It)5:08The Rolling StonesStudio Albums Vinyl Collection 1971–2016
  • 2018 -
1.8It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:08The Rolling StonesMade in the Shade
  • 2019-03-22 JP
1.5It’s Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesRewind (1971–1984)
  • 2019-05-22 JP
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 2020-06-26 -
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:06The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
  • 2020-12-04 JP
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (But I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll (2009 remaster)
1.3It’s Only Rock ’n Roll (but I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesIt’s Only Rock ’n Roll
1.8It’s Only Rock ’n Roll5:09The Rolling StonesMade in the Shade
1.8It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll5:09The Rolling StonesMade in the Shade
1.7It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:09The Rolling StonesRewind (1971–1984) (layout variant, see photos)
Bootleg
2.14It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesGreatest Hits
2.14It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)5:07The Rolling StonesGreatest Hits, Part 1
(unknown)
1.4It's Only Rock 'n' Roll5:11The Rolling StonesThe Best of the Rolling Stones

Relationships

producer:The Glimmer Twins
mixer:Keith Harwood
12 string guitar:Ronnie Wood
drums (drum set):Charlie Watts
piano:Ian Stewart
vocals:Mick Jagger
recorded at:Musicland Studios in München, Bayern, Germany
recording of:It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)

It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll (but I Like It)

writer:Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
publisher:Promopub. B.V.
referred to in medleys:The Hot Rocks Polka (order: 1)
later translated versions:Mei Lebn is...