Live With Me

"Live with Me" is a song by The Rolling Stones from their album Let It Bleed, released in November 1969. It was one of the first recorded contributions by guitarist Mick Taylor, who joined the band in June 1969 (along with "Country Honk" from the same album and the single, "Honky Tonk Women"), and the first on which Keith Richards is credited as playing bass. The song also marks the first time the Stones recorded with tenor saxophonist Bobby Keys (also played on their 1971 hit, "Brown Sugar"), and the only time Leon Russell would play with the Stones. Russell and Nicky Hopkins contributed piano to the piece.

Written by Mick Jagger and Richards, "Live with Me" was recorded on 24 May 1969. As Taylor joined the band weeks later, his guitar part was dubbed over the basic track.

The song's lyrics were cited as the reason why the London Bach Choir asked not to be credited for their contribution to "You Can't Always Get What You Want". The poet X. J. Kennedy suggested that the lyrics are part of a tradition of responses, beginning with John Donne and Sir Walter Raleigh and continuing through C. Day-Lewis, to Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love". Marlowe's poem begins "Come live with me and be my love".

Although never released as a single, it has been frequently performed live, and appears on the live albums Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! and No Security. The song was performed live with Christina Aguilera for the documentary Shine a Light.

Cover versions were recorded by Girlschool and Rhett Forrester (1984 album Gone With the Wind).

The Rolling Stones
  • Mick Jagger
  • Keith Richards
  • Ronnie Wood
  • Charlie Watts
  • Brian Jones
  • Ian Stewart
  • Bill Wyman
  • Mick Taylor
  • Tony Chapman
  • Dick Taylor
UK studio albums
1964–1967
  • The Rolling Stones (1964)
  • The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965)
  • Out of Our Heads (1965)
  • Aftermath (1966)
  • Between the Buttons (1967)
US studio albums
1964–1967
  • The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hit Makers) (1964)
  • 12 X 5 (1964)
  • The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
  • Out of Our Heads (1965)
  • December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)
  • Aftermath (1966)
  • Between the Buttons (1967)
Studio albums
1967–present
  • Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
  • Beggars Banquet (1968)
  • Let It Bleed (1969)
  • Sticky Fingers (1971)
  • Exile on Main St. (1972)
  • Goats Head Soup (1973)
  • It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974)
  • Black and Blue (1976)
  • Some Girls (1978)
  • Emotional Rescue (1980)
  • Tattoo You (1981)
  • Undercover (1983)
  • Dirty Work (1986)
  • Steel Wheels (1989)
  • Voodoo Lounge (1994)
  • Bridges to Babylon (1997)
  • A Bigger Bang (2005)
UK EPs
  • The Rolling Stones (1964)
  • Five by Five (1964)
  • Got Live If You Want It! (1965)
Live albums
  • Got Live If You Want It! (US only) (1966)
  • 'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!' (1970)
  • Love You Live (1977)
  • "Still Life" (1982)
  • Flashpoint (1991)
  • Stripped (1995)
  • No Security (1998)
  • Live Licks (2004)
  • Shine a Light (2008)
  • Brussels Affair (Live 1973) (2011)
  • Some Girls: Live in Texas '78 (2011)
  • Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981) (2012)
  • L.A. Friday (Live 1975) (2012)
  • Live at the Tokyo Dome (1990) (2012)
  • Light the Fuse (Live 2005) (2012)
  • Live At Leeds (2012)
Compilations
  • Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966)
  • Flowers (US) (1967)
  • Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969)
  • Made in the Shade (1975)
  • Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971–1977 (1979)
  • Sucking in the Seventies (1981)
  • Rewind (1971–1984) (1984)
  • Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (1993)
  • Forty Licks (2002)
  • Rarities 1971–2003 (2005)
  • GRRR! (2012)
Post-contract
ABKCO albums
  • Hot Rocks 1964–1971 (1971)
  • More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972)
  • Metamorphosis (1975)
  • Singles Collection: The London Years (1989)
  • The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996)
  • Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007)
Post-contract
Decca albums
  • Stone Age (1971)
  • Gimme Shelter (1971)
  • Milestones (1972)
  • Rock 'n' Rolling Stones (1972)
  • No Stone Unturned (1973)
  • Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (1975)
  • Solid Rock (1980)
  • Slow Rollers (1981)
Other albums
  • Jamming with Edward! (1972)
  • Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 (2012)
Box sets
  • Singles 1963–1965 (2004)
  • Singles 1965–1967 (2004)
  • Singles 1968–1971 (2005)
  • The Rolling Stones Box Set (2009)
  • Singles 1971–2006 (2011)
DVD releases
  • Stones at the Max (1992)
  • The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge Live (1995)
  • Bridges to Babylon Tour '97–98 (1998)
  • Four Flicks (2003)
  • The Biggest Bang (2007)
  • Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (2010)
  • The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live In Texas '78 (2011)
Documentaries
  • The Stones in the Park (1969)
  • Gimme Shelter (1970)
  • Cocksucker Blues (1972)
  • Let's Spend the Night Together (1983)
  • Video Rewind (1984)
  • 25x5: The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1989)
  • Shine a Light (2008)
  • Stones in Exile (2010)
  • Crossfire Hurricane (2012)
Tours
  • British Tour 1963
  • 1964 tours
  • 1965 tours
  • 1966 tours
  • European Tour 1967
  • American Tour 1969
  • European Tour 1970
  • UK Tour 1971
  • American Tour 1972
  • Pacific Tour 1973
  • European Tour 1973
  • Tour of the Americas '75
  • Tour of Europe '76
  • US Tour 1978
  • American Tour 1981
  • European Tour 1982
  • Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour
  • Voodoo Lounge Tour
  • Bridges to Babylon Tour
  • No Security Tour
  • Licks Tour
  • A Bigger Bang Tour
Collaborators
  • Nicky Hopkins
  • Bobby Keys
  • Billy Preston
  • Blondie Chaplin
  • Chuck Leavell
  • Lisa Fischer
  • Bernard Fowler
  • Darryl Jones
  • Ian McLagan
  • Jim Price
Producers &
management
  • Andrew Loog Oldham
  • Allen Klein
  • Jimmy Miller
  • The Glimmer Twins
  • Steve Lillywhite
  • Chris Kimsey
  • Don Was
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The Rolling Stones singles discography
Decca (UK) and
London (US)
singles
1963
  • "Come On" / "I Want to Be Loved"
  • "I Wanna Be Your Man" / "Stoned"
1964
  • "Not Fade Away" / "Little by Little" (UK)
  • "Not Fade Away" / "I Wanna Be Your Man" (US)
  • "It's All Over Now" / "Good Times, Bad Times"
  • "Tell Me" / "I Just Want to Make Love to You"
  • "Time Is on My Side" / "Congratulations"
  • "Little Red Rooster" / "Off the Hook"
  • "Heart of Stone" / "What a Shame"
1965
  • "The Last Time" / "Play with Fire"
  • "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (US)
  • "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Spider and the Fly" (UK)
  • "Get Off of My Cloud" / "I'm Free" (US)
  • "Get Off of My Cloud" / "The Singer Not the Song" (UK)
  • "As Tears Go By" / "Gotta Get Away"
1966
  • "19th Nervous Breakdown" / "As Tears Go By" (UK)
  • "19th Nervous Breakdown" / "Sad Day" (US)
  • "Paint It, Black" / "Stupid Girl" (US)
  • "Paint It, Black" / "Long Long While" (UK)
  • "Mother's Little Helper" / "Lady Jane"
  • "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" / "Who's Driving Your Plane"
1967
  • "Let's Spend the Night Together" / "Ruby Tuesday"
  • "We Love You" / "Dandelion"
  • "In Another Land" / "The Lantern"
  • "She's a Rainbow" / "2000 Light Years from Home"
1968
  • "Jumpin' Jack Flash" / "Child of the Moon"
  • "Street Fighting Man" / "No Expectations"
1969
  • "Honky Tonk Women" / "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Post-contract
Decca (UK) and
London (US)
singles
1971
  • "Street Fighting Man" / "Surprise, Surprise" (UK)
1972
  • "You Can't Always Get What You Want" / "Sad Day" (UK)
1975
  • "Out of Time" / "Try a Little Harder" (US)
  • "Jiving Sister Fanny" / "I Don't Know Why" (US)
1976
  • "Honky Tonk Women" / "Sympathy for the Devil"
1984
  • "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" (UK)
2003
  • "Sympathy for the Devil" (remix) / (remixes)
Rolling Stones/
Atlantic singles
1971
  • "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" / "Let It Rock" (live) (UK)
  • "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" (US)
  • "Wild Horses" / "Sway"
1972
  • "Tumbling Dice" / "Sweet Black Angel"
  • "Happy" / "All Down the Line"
1973
  • "Angie" / "Silver Train"
  • "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" / "Dancing with Mr. D"
1974
  • "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" / "Through the Lonely Nights"
  • "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" / "Dance Little Sister"
1976
  • "Fool to Cry" / "Crazy Mama"
  • "Hot Stuff" / "Fool to Cry"
Rolling Stones/
Virgin singles
1978
  • "Miss You" / "Far Away Eyes"
  • "Beast of Burden" / "When the Whip Comes Down"
  • "Respectable" / "When the Whip Comes Down"
  • "Shattered" / "Everything Is Turning to Gold"
1980
  • "Emotional Rescue" / "Down in the Hole"
  • "She's So Cold" / "Send It to Me"
1981
  • "Start Me Up" / "No Use In Crying"
  • "Waiting on a Friend" / "Little T&A"
1982
  • "Hang Fire" / "Neighbours"
  • "Going to a Go-Go" (live) / "Beast of Burden" (live)
  • "Time Is on My Side" (live) / "Twenty Flight Rock" (live)
1983
  • "Undercover of the Night" / "All the Way Down"
1984
  • "She Was Hot" / "Think I'm Going Mad"
  • "Too Tough" / "Miss You"
  • "Too Much Blood" (12") / "Too Much Blood"
1986
  • "Harlem Shuffle" / "Had It With You"
  • "One Hit (To the Body)" / "Fight"
1989
  • "Mixed Emotions" / "Fancy Man Blues"
  • "Rock and a Hard Place" / "Cook Cook Blues"
1990
  • "Almost Hear You Sigh" / "Break the Spell" (US)
  • "Almost Hear You Sigh" / "Wish I'd Never Met You" (UK)
  • "Terrifying" / "Wish I'd Never Met You"
1991
  • "Highwire" / "2000 Light Years from Home" (live)
  • "Ruby Tuesday" (live) / "Play with Fire" (live)
  • "Sex Drive" / "Sex Drive"
  • "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (live Tokyo 27.2.90) / "Tumbling Dice (At the Max London 24.8.90)
Virgin singles
1994
  • "Love Is Strong" / "The Storm"
  • "Love Is Strong" / "So Young"
  • "You Got Me Rocking" / "Jump On Top of Me"
  • "Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "So Young"
  • "Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "Sparks Will Fly"
1995
  • "Sparks Will Fly" / "Sparks Will Fly"
  • "I Go Wild" / (remixes)
  • "Like a Rolling Stone" (live) / "Black Limousine" / "All Down the Line"
1996
  • "Wild Horses" (live) / "Live with Me" (live) / "Tumbling Dice" (live)
1997
  • "Anybody Seen My Baby?" / (remixes)
1998
  • "Saint of Me" / "Gimme Shelter" (live) / "Anyway You Look At It"
  • "Out of Control" / (remixes)
2002
  • "Don't Stop" / "Miss You" (remix)
2003
  • "Sympathy For The Devil" / (remixes)
2005
  • "Streets of Love" / "Rough Justice"
  • "Rain Fall Down" / (remixes)
2006
  • "Biggest Mistake" / "Dance Pt. 1" (live) / "Before They Make Me Run" (live)
2010
  • "Plundered My Soul" / "All Down the Line"
2011
  • "No Spare Parts" / "Before They Make Me Run"
2012
  • "Doom and Gloom" / "One More Shot"
Other countries

Rolling Stones
1970
  • "Let It Bleed" / "You Got the Silver" (London, Japan)
1972
  • "Rocks Off" / "Sweet Virginia" (Japan)
1973
  • "Star Star" / "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" (France, Germany)
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Famous quotes related to live with me:

    “Come live with me, and be my love,
    And we will all the pleasures prove.”
    —Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)