Keith Richards, the enigmatic guitarist of the Rolling Stones, has an enviable discography that spans over six decades. While many of his songs with the Rolling Stones are universally acknowledged and celebrated, there are hidden gems in his solo career that are equally potent but have remained relatively unexplored. This article highlights a few underrated songs from Keith Richards’s solo repertoire that deserve your attention.
Underrated Keith Richards Songs
25- Keith Richards – Yap Yap
24- Keith Richards,Blue Monday
23- Keith Richards – Locked Away
My mind is racing
Footsteps lead me to jealousy
I’m loosing my grip
I can’t trust the way I feelLocked away
I ought to be locked away
I ought to be locked away
22- Keith Richards / Pressure Drop
21- Keith Richards – She Still Comes Around
20- “The Harder They Come”- Keith Richards
‘Cause as sure as the sun will shine
I’m gonna get my share now of what’s mine
And then the harder they come, the harder they’ll fall, one and all
Ooh, the harder they come, harder they’ll fall, one and all
19- Losing My Touch
18- Keith Richards – Say It’s Not You
At first what they said didn’t hurt me Until they mentioned her name Then slowly the tears overtook me ‘Cause her name and yours is the same.
17- She’s My Little Rock And Roll
16- The Nearness of You
Ooh, the rights to kiss and hold you so tight
To feel, feel in the nights
The nearness of you, the nearness baby, nearness
To feel yes, the nearness of you
The nearness of you, the nearness of you
15- Heartstopper
14- Will But You Won’t
13- You Don’t Have To Mean It
Babe just say it anyway
I just need to hear those words from your sweet lips
You don’t have to mean it
You don’t have to mean it
(I don’t believe you)
12- Keith Richards – Take It So Hard
11- Keith Richards – Slipping Away
10- 999
How much
That’s all it is ooh
Ninety nine
How much, yah
Now, ninety nine
You better hack it baby
Yea, my time exploded, space blew up
Need something in my Dixie cup
Whoa, let me get it right
There’s the best pair of lips I’ve kissed all night
9- Keith Richards / Hate It When You Leave
8- Sing Me Back Home Keith Richards
7- Keith Richards – How I Wish
6- Keith Richards Wicked As it seems
5- “The Worst” Keith Richards
You shouldn’t stick with me
You trust me too much, you see
Take all the pain
It’s yours anyway
Yeah kid…
4- CONNECTION
3- Thru And Thru
I only found out yesterday
I heard it on the news
What I heard really pissed me off
Cause now I got those fucking blues
I got those awesome blues
Babe I got those nothing blues
2- I Wanna Hold You
1- Keith Richards -We Had It All
I’ll never stop believing in your smile Even though you didn’t stay It was all worthwhile You were the best thing in my life I can recall you and me we had it all You and me we had it all
