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This article is about the song by The Rolling Stones. For the episode of That '70s Show, see Can't You Hear Me Knocking (episode).

"Can't You Hear Me Knocking"

Song by The Rolling Stones

from the album Sticky Fingers

Released

23 April 1971

Recorded

March–May 1970, Olympic Studios, London, England United Kingdom

Genre

Blues-rock, jazz fusion

Language

English

Length

7:15

Label

Rolling Stones/Atlantic

Sticky Fingers track listing

"Wild Horses"
(3)

"Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
(4)

"You Gotta Move"
(5)

"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is a song by British rock and roll band The Rolling Stones from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers.

The song begins with a guitar intro that both Keith Richards and Mick Taylor contributed to, evolving into a rhythm riff played by Richards. At two minutes and forty-three seconds, an instrumental break begins, with Rocky Dijon on congas; saxophonist Bobby Keys performs an extended saxophone solo over the layered guitar work of Richards and Taylor. Taylor then takes over from Keys and carries the song to its finish with a lengthy guitar solo.^[1]

The number was part of the Rolling Stones' concert repertoire during their Licks Tour in 2002–2003 and A Bigger Bang Tour in 2005–2007; in these renditions, Jagger played a harmonica solo after Keys' sax solo, and Ronnie Wood performed the extended guitar solo. A live recording was released on the band's 2003 DVD set Four Flicks and on the 2004 concert album Live Licks.

A shortened cover version of the studio track (without the saxophone solo) is featured in Guitar Hero II. The number has also been featured in the soundtracks of the films Blow and Casino. Rapper Juelz Santana sampled the track on his song "Blow" from Back Like Cooked Crack Volume One.

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine listed it at #25 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time."^[2]