There’s music that we find personally significant, and then there is music we have in heavy rotation—over and over again.

It ought to surprise no one that any playlist would include the Rolling Stones, for theirs is a lifelong output, and many of their compositions have found their way to accompany a variety of circumstances. The list of significant songs is a long one, spanning in length that of those cultural revered in more classical canons. Everyone has a favorite Stones song.

There are those who might minimize the musicianship, even while acknowledging the solid ear of each of the core band. Nonetheless, the architecture of each song is held together, most of the time, by the steady hoofbeats of Charlie Watts: there is always some mathematical grounding based in a beat of four. […]