Complete List Of Keith Richards Songs From A to Z

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Keith Richards began releasing records under his own name years before making a full solo album. His first solo single paired Chuck Berry’s “Run Rudolph Run” with Jimmy Cliff’s “The Harder They Come” in 1978. A decade later, tensions inside the Rolling Stones created the opening for a larger project, and Richards assembled the X-Pensive Winos around drummer and songwriting partner Steve Jordan.

Talk Is Cheap arrived in 1988 with an eleven-song original program that included “Take It So Hard,” “You Don’t Move Me,” “Make No Mistake,” “How I Wish,” “Locked Away,” and “It Means a Lot.” The X-Pensive Winos lineup featured Jordan, guitarist Waddy Wachtel, bassist Charley Drayton, keyboardist Ivan Neville, and singer Sarah Dash, with additional contributions from musicians including Bootsy Collins, Maceo Parker, Bobby Keys, and Patti Scialfa.

The first Winos tour produced Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988, released in 1991. Its original thirteen-song sequence mixed solo material with Rolling Stones songs including “Happy,” “Connection,” “Too Rude,” and “Time Is on My Side.” A 2020 expanded edition added previously unreleased performances of “I Wanna Be Your Man,” “Little T&A,” and “You Don’t Move Me.”

Main Offender followed in 1992 with ten studio tracks, including “Wicked as It Seems,” “Eileen,” “Words of Wonder,” “Hate It When You Leave,” and “Demon.” The 2022 thirtieth-anniversary edition paired the remastered album with Winos Live in London ’92, a twelve-song concert set that included “Gimme Shelter,” “Before They Make Me Run,” and live versions of eight Main Offender and Talk Is Cheap songs.

Richards returned to solo studio work with Crosseyed Heart in 2015. The fifteen-song standard edition moved among rock, blues, country, soul, and reggae through “Trouble,” “Heartstopper,” “Robbed Blind,” “Nothing on Me,” “Goodnight Irene,” and “Love Overdue.” Norah Jones joined Richards on “Illusion,” while a bonus version of “Love Overdue” featured Lee “Scratch” Perry.

Several archival and standalone releases expanded the solo catalog between the studio albums. “Hurricane” appeared on the 2010 compilation Vintage Vinos after initially being distributed as a Katrina-relief recording. The six previously unreleased songs added to the 2019 edition of Talk Is Cheap included “Big Town Playboy,” “Blues Jam,” “Brute Force,” “Mark on Me,” “My Babe,” and “Slim.” “Key to the Highway” received a solo single release in 2020.

In 2024, Richards recorded Lou Reed’s “I’m Waiting for the Man” for The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed. The performance became his most recent newly released solo recording represented here.

Complete List Of Keith Richards Songs From A to Z

0–E

“999” – Main Offender (1992)
“999 (Live in London ’92)” – Winos Live in London ’92 (2022)
“Amnesia” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)
“Before They Make Me Run (Live in London ’92)” – Winos Live in London ’92 (2022)
“Big Enough” – Talk Is Cheap (1988)
“Big Enough (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“Big Town Playboy” – Talk Is Cheap (30th Anniversary Edition) (2019)
“Blues in the Morning” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)
“Blues Jam” – Talk Is Cheap (30th Anniversary Edition) (2019)
“Bodytalks” – Main Offender (1992)
“Bodytalks (Live in London ’92)” – Winos Live in London ’92 (2022)
“Brute Force” – Talk Is Cheap (30th Anniversary Edition) (2019)
“Connection (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“Crosseyed Heart” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)
“Demon” – Main Offender (1992)
“Eileen” – Main Offender (1992)
“Eileen (Live in London ’92)” – Winos Live in London ’92 (2022)

F–J

“Gimme Shelter (Live in London ’92)” – Winos Live in London ’92 (2022)
“Goodnight Irene” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)
“Happy (Live in London ’92)” – Winos Live in London ’92 (2022)
“Happy (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“Hate It When You Leave” – Main Offender (1992)
“Hate It When You Leave (Live in London ’92)” – Winos Live in London ’92 (2022)
“Heartstopper” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)
“How I Wish” – Talk Is Cheap (1988)
“How I Wish (Live in London ’92)” – Winos Live in London ’92 (2022)
“How I Wish (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“Hurricane” – Vintage Vinos (2010)
“I Could Have Stood You Up” – Talk Is Cheap (1988)
“I Could Have Stood You Up (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“I Wanna Be Your Man (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium (Expanded Edition) (2020)
“I’m Waiting for the Man” – The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed (2024)
“Illusion” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)
“It Means a Lot” – Talk Is Cheap (1988)
“Just a Gift” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)

K–O

“Key to the Highway” – Hate It When You Leave / Key to the Highway single (2020)
“Little T&A (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium (Expanded Edition) (2020)
“Locked Away” – Talk Is Cheap (1988)
“Locked Away (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“Love Overdue” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)
“Love Overdue (feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry)” – Crosseyed Heart (Bonus Track) (2015)
“Lover’s Plea” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)
“Make No Mistake” – Talk Is Cheap (1988)
“Make No Mistake (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“Mark on Me” – Talk Is Cheap (30th Anniversary Edition) (2019)
“My Babe” – Talk Is Cheap (30th Anniversary Edition) (2019)
“Nothing on Me” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)

P–T

“Robbed Blind” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)
“Rockawhile” – Talk Is Cheap (1988)
“Rockawhile (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“Run Rudolph Run” – Run Rudolph Run single (1978)
“Runnin’ Too Deep” – Main Offender (1992)
“Slim” – Talk Is Cheap (30th Anniversary Edition) (2019)
“Something for Nothing” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)
“Struggle” – Talk Is Cheap (1988)
“Struggle (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“Substantial Damage” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)
“Suspicious” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)
“Take It So Hard” – Talk Is Cheap (1988)
“Take It So Hard (Live in London ’92)” – Winos Live in London ’92 (2022)
“Take It So Hard (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“The Harder They Come” – Run Rudolph Run single B-side (1978)
“Time Is on My Side (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“Too Rude (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“Trouble” – Crosseyed Heart (2015)

U–Z

“Whip It Up” – Talk Is Cheap (1988)
“Whip It Up (Live in London ’92)” – Winos Live in London ’92 (2022)
“Whip It Up (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)
“Wicked as It Seems” – Main Offender (1992)
“Wicked as It Seems (Live in London ’92)” – Winos Live in London ’92 (2022)
“Will but You Won’t” – Main Offender (1992)
“Will but You Won’t (Live in London ’92)” – Winos Live in London ’92 (2022)
“Words of Wonder” – Main Offender (1992)
“Yap Yap” – Main Offender (1992)
“You Don’t Move Me” – Talk Is Cheap (1988)
“You Don’t Move Me (Live)” – Live at the Hollywood Palladium (Expanded Edition) (2020)