Sympathy for the Devil
Sign in to saveoriginal song written and composed by Jagger/Richards; first recorded by The Rolling Stones
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Vinony's link graph records 391 inbound references to Sympathy for the Devil, and connects out to Axl Rose, Ultratop and Productores de Música de España.
Vinony files it under 1968 songs, 1973 singles and 1994 singles.
Vinony links it to 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Released
- 6 December 1968 ( 1968-12-06 )
- Recorded
- 4–5, 8–10 June 1968
- Studio
- Olympic , London
- Genre
- Samba rock
- Length
- 6 : 18 (album version), 4 : 09 (single version)
- Label
- Decca
- Songwriter
- Jagger–Richards
- Producer
- Jimmy Miller
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Beggars Banquet
- Genre
- rock music
- Composer
- Keith Richards
- Performer
- Guns N' Roses
- Lyrics by
- Keith Richards
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- publication date
- 1968-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- title
- Sympathy for the Devil
- form of creative work
- song
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Encyclopedic overview
"Sympathy for the Devil" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. The song was written by Mick Jagger and credited to the Jagger–Richards partnership. It is the opening track on the band's 1968 album Beggars Banquet. The song has received critical acclaim and features on Rolling Stone magazine's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list, being ranked number 106 in the 2021 edition.
Inspiration
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sympathy for the Devil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.