Memory Motel - Remastered

The Memory Motel is in Montauk on Long Island. It's near The Church Estate, which Andy Warhol bought in 1972. Arthur Schneider, who owned the Memory Motel, told Songfacts that The Stones stayed at Warhol's estate when they were on tour in 1975-'76. (They were good friends with Warhol, who designed the Sticky Fingers album cover.) Since the Memory Motel was the only place in the area with a pool table and a piano, The Stones would occasionally come by and hang out at the bar. The owners at the time were not impressed - they hated The Stones.

It's widely speculated that "Hannah Honey" with the curled nose is none other than Carly Simon. Mick Jagger had been romantically linked to Carly around this time, and her physical traits are eerily similar to the song's descriptions. One theory is that Simon wrote "You're So Vain" after a one-night-stand with Jagger at The Memory Motel. Simon has never said who that song is about. Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone magazine, insists the song is about the photographer Annie Leibovitz. "She was covering the Stones at that time and she and Mick were sleeping together," he told the New York Times.

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards duet on vocals. Richards did not play guitar on the track - a rarity.