Stray Cat Blues

"Stray Cat Blues" is the eighth song on the Rolling Stones' album Beggars Banquet.

It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Jimmy Miller.

[2] The song is told from the perspective of a man lusting for illegal sex with a 15-year-old groupie, reasoning that "it's no hanging matter, it's no capital crime".

[5] Rolling Stone ranked it 43rd in its countdown of the band's top 100 songs, calling it "a sleazy rocker.

[6][7] The song appears in the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and in the film Joy.