The Rolling Stones - Angie - OFFICIAL PROMO (Version 1)

What this video is

Released in August 1973 as the lead single from Goats Head Soup, 'Angie' represented a marked tonal departure for the Rolling Stones — a stripped acoustic ballad amid an album otherwise steeped in darkness and decadence. It reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 5 in the UK, and topped charts in Canada, Australia, and across Europe. The promotional film, filmed in London by Lindsay-Hogg, belongs to the…

Why it matters

A landmark example of the early rock promotional film, 'Angie' (Version 1) demonstrates Lindsay-Hogg's foundational approach to translating ballad emotionality into visual language through restrained staging and atmospheric practical effects. As a pre-MTV artifact, it illustrates how British rock…

The director

Born 5 May 1940 in New York City; British-American television, film, music video, and theatre director. Pioneer of the promotional music film format, beginning with the British pop programme Ready Steady Go! (1965). Directed canonical promos for the Beatles…