Sympathy for the Devil
Sign in to saveoriginal song written and composed by Jagger/Richards; first recorded by The Rolling Stones
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
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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.