Wild Horses ( the Rolling Stones song ) - wikipedia Wild Horses ( the Rolling Stones song ) `` Wild Horses '' Japanese single picture sleeve Single by the Rolling Stones from the album Sticky Fingers B - side `` Sway '' Released June 1971 ( 1971 - 06 ) ( US ) Format 7 - inch single Recorded December 1969 -- February 1970 Studio Muscle Shoals Sound, Alabama Olympic, London Genre Country rock Length 5 : 38 Label Rolling Stones ( RS - 19101 ) Songwriter ( s ) Jagger / Richards Producer ( s ) Jimmy Miller Rolling Stones US singles chronology `` Brown Sugar '' ( 1971 ) `` Wild Horses '' ( 1971 ) `` Tumbling Dice '' ( 1972 ) `` Wild Horses '' is a song by the Rolling Stones from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Rolling Stone ranked it number 334 in its `` 500 Greatest Songs of All Time '' list in 2004. Contents 1 Inspiration and recording 2 Music video 3 Release and legacy 4 Personnel 5 Charts 6 Cover versions 6.1 Studio versions 6.2 Live performances 7 References 8 External links Inspiration and recording In the liner notes to the 1993 Rolling Stones compilation album Jump Back, Jagger states, `` I remember we sat around originally doing this with Gram Parsons, and I think his version came out slightly before ours. Everyone always says this was written about Marianne but I do n't think it was ; that was all well over by then. But I was definitely very inside this piece emotionally. '' Richards says, `` If there is a classic way of Mick and me working together this is it. I had the riff and chorus line, Mick got stuck into the verses. Just like `` Satisfaction ''. `` Wild Horses '' was about the usual thing of not wanting to be on the road, being a million miles from where you want to be. '' Originally recorded over a three - day period at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama during 2 -- 4 December 1969 while Albert and David Maysles were shooting for the film that was titled Gimme Shelter, the song was not released until over a year later due to legal wranglings with the band 's former label. Along with `` Brown Sugar '', it is one of the two Rolling Stones compositions from Sticky Fingers ( 1971 ) over which ABKCO Records co-owns the rights along with the Stones. It features session player Jim Dickinson on piano, Richards on electric guitar and twelve - string acoustic guitar, and Mick Taylor on acoustic guitar. Taylor uses Nashville tuning, in which the EADG strings of the acoustic guitar are strung one octave higher than in standard tuning. Ian Stewart was present at the session, but refused to perform the piano part on the track due to the prevalence of minor chords, which he disliked playing. Music video A music video, filmed in black and white, was produced to promote an acoustic version in 1995. Release and legacy Released as the second US - only single in June 1971, `` Wild Horses '' reached number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. An early, acoustic take of `` Wild Horses '' was released on the Deluxe and Super Deluxe versions of the reissued Sticky Fingers album on 8 June 2015. A reworked studio version recorded in 1995 appeared on the album Stripped. This version was released as a single in early 1996. The song appears on a handful of the Rolling Stones ' concert DVDs : Bridges to Babylon Tour ' 97 -- 98 ( 1998 ), Rolling Stones - Four Flicks ( 2003 ), and The Biggest Bang ( 2007 ). Jagger 's ex-wife, Jerry Hall, has named `` Wild Horses '' as her favourite Rolling Stones song. `` Wild Horses '' figures prominently in the films Adaptation ( 2002 ) and Camp ( 2003 ). On television, the song was played during Parks and Recreation in the episode `` Li'l Sebastian '' ( S3 : E16 ) as background music to Li'l Sebastian 's memorial service, and was used during the Season 1 finale of Bojack Horseman in the episode `` Later ''. In the TV version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the cover version by The Sundays is used for Angel 's appearance at Buffy 's prom in `` The Prom '', Season 3 Episode 20. The same version is used in the episode 01x01 of the series Friends from College ( 2017 ). An instrumental version of the song is featured during the end credits of Martin Scorsese 's Rolling Stones documentary film Shine a Light ( 2008 ). Personnel The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger -- vocals, percussion Keith Richards -- twelve string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals Mick Taylor -- acoustic guitar Bill Wyman -- bass guitar Charlie Watts -- drums Additional personnel Jim Dickinson -- tack piano Charts Chart ( 1971 ) Peak position Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 11 US Billboard Hot 100 28 Chart ( 1996 ) Peak position Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 59 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 53 Cover versions This section may contain indiscriminate, excessive, or irrelevant examples. Please improve the article by adding more descriptive text and removing less pertinent examples. See Wikipedia 's guide to writing better articles for further suggestions. ( February 2018 ) Studio versions One year prior to its release on Sticky Fingers, Gram Parsons convinced Jagger and Richards to allow him to record `` Wild Horses '' with his band The Flying Burrito Brothers. He 'd become good friends with Richards and helped with the arrangement of `` Country Honk '' as it appeared on the album Let It Bleed. The song was included on the album Burrito Deluxe released in April 1970 on A&M Records. Leon Russell recorded the song in 1974 for his album Stop All That Jazz, and again in 1998 for the multi-artist tribute album Cover You : A Tribute to the Rolling Stones. Leon played piano on the original Burrito Brothers recording of the song on Burrito Deluxe. The bluegrass band Old and in the Way released a version of the song on their 1975 debut album. The song was prominently covered by British dream - pop group The Sundays, for the B - side of their 1992 single `` Goodbye ''. This version was featured in the 1996 thriller film Fear, the CSI episode `` Crash and Burn '', the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode `` The Prom '', and was released on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer : The Album compilation. The Sundays ' cover was also used in a television advertisement for Budweiser beer in the mid-1990s, featuring slow - motion footage of galloping Clydesdale horses. Otis Clay recorded the song for the 1997 tribute album Paint It Blue : Songs of the Rolling Stones. A cover version by Neil McCarthy and Ivo Matos appeared on the 2011 album Paint It Black An Alt Country Tribute To The Rolling Stones. In 2009 Susan Boyle recorded a version as the opening track of her I Dreamed a Dream album. Country / Americana singers Buddy Miller and Shawn Colvin recorded the song for his 2016 album `` Cayamo : Sessions at Sea ''. Kathleen Jenkins auditioned with this song for Britain 's got talent in 2016, receiving a standing ovation and a yes from all four judges. Live performances It has proven to be a popular live cover song for other artists. It has been covered by Susan Boyle, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, The Black Crowes, Deborah Harry, The Avett Brothers, Garbage, Elvis Costello with Lucinda Williams, Neil Young, Gary Stewart, Old and in the Way, Leon Russell, Guns N ' Roses, Johnny Goudie, Gregory Isaacs, Bush, Labelle, Robin Williamson, Jewel, Dave Matthews, Indigo Girls, Charlotte Martin, Kelly Clarkson, Chantal Kreviazuk, Molly Hatchet, Alicia Keys featuring Adam Levine, Tre Lux, Flowing Tears, Iron & Wine, Stone Sour, Honeytribe, Sheryl Crow, Deacon Blue, Elisa, Melanie Safka, John Barrowman, The Sundays, BlackHawk, The Lovemongers with Chris Cornell, Corey Taylor, Richard Marx with Jessica Andrews, Robert Francis, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Solveig Slettahjell. In 2007, Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps used the song for their field show, `` Triple Crown '', and Daniel Letterle sang it in the film Camp. Dave Matthews performed a live duet of the song with Jagger, backed by the Rolling Stones, on 12 December 1997 in St. Louis, Missouri ( released officially on the Bridges to Babylon Tour live DVD ). Aly Michalka covered the song in a Hellcats episode. Willie Nelson and the Nelson Family covered the song and issued a video to help the Animal Welfare Institute campaign to protect wild horses in America. On the first season of the American version of The X Factor in 2011, contestant Josh Krajcik performed a rendition of the song solo while playing the piano as his fifth live performance. Haley Reinhart sang a version with Slash and Myles Kennedy at the 18th Annual Power of Love Gala for Muhammad Ali. Cui Jian performed this song with the Rolling Stones during A Bigger Bang Tour in Shanghai, 2006. The song was performed on the American television series The Voice by Sarah Simmons in 2013 and Bria Kelly in 2014. Miley Cyrus covered this song during her Bangerz Tour in Europe in 2014. References Jump up ^ `` Wild Horses ''. Time Is On Our Side. Retrieved 25 October 2009. Jump up ^ Wyman 2002. p. 482. Jump up ^ `` Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones 1995 ''. YouTube. 2014 - 01 - 06. Retrieved 2016 - 01 - 10. Jump up ^ Odell, Michael ( 29 April 2007 ). `` This much I know : Jerry Hall, actor and model, 50, London ''. The Observer. Retrieved 19 September 2009. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 5351. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 June 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Rolling Stones Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved 17 June 2016. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 2933. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 June 2016. Jump up ^ `` Swedishcharts.com -- The Rolling Stones -- Wild Horses ''. Singles Top 100. Retrieved 17 June 2016. Jump up ^ Einarson, John ( 2001 ). Desperados : The Roots of Country Rock. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 166, 179. ISBN 9780815410652. Jump up ^ `` Review : Various Artists, ' Paint It Black : An Alt Country Tribute To The Rolling Stones ' '' Cover Me ``. Covermesongs.com. 2014 - 06 - 20. Retrieved 2016 - 01 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Grace Potter live - Wild Horses ( The Rolling Stones cover ) - at Fabrik in Hamburg 2013 - 03 - 05 ''. YouTube. Retrieved 2016 - 01 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Rolling Stones - Wild Horses ''. YouTube. 2009 - 03 - 16. Retrieved 2016 - 01 - 10. Jump up ^ `` Willie & The Nelson Family Animal Welfare Institute ''. Awionline.org. Retrieved 2016 - 01 - 10. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger Keith Richards Charlie Watts Ronnie Wood Brian Jones Ian Stewart Mick Taylor Bill Wyman Tony Chapman Ricky Fenson Colin Golding Carlo Little Dick Taylor Video releases Let 's Spend the Night Together ( 1983 ) Stones at the Max ( 1992 ) The Rolling Stones : Voodoo Lounge Live ( 1995 ) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus ( 1996 ) Bridges to Babylon Tour ' 97 -- 98 ( 1998 ) Four Flicks ( 2003 ) The Biggest Bang ( 2007 ) Ladies and Gentlemen : The Rolling Stones ( 2010 ) Some Girls : Live in Texas ' 78 ( 2011 ) Sweet Summer Sun : Live in Hyde Park ( 2013 ) The Rolling Stones : Havana Moon ( 2016 ) Documentaries The Stones in the Park ( 1969 ) Gimme Shelter ( 1970 ) Cocksucker Blues ( 1972 ) Video Rewind ( 1984 ) 25 × 5 : the Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones ( 1989 ) Shine a Light ( 2008 ) Stones in Exile ( 2010 ) Crossfire Hurricane ( 2012 ) Olé Olé Olé ! : A Trip Across Latin America ( 2017 ) 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 50 & Counting 14 On Fire Zip Code Tour América Latina Olé Tour 2016 Fall 2016 US Tour No Filter Tour Associated places Redlands Stargroves Nellcôte The Wick Downe House The Mick Jagger Centre Related Discography Songs The Rolling Stones concerts Jagger / Richards Nanker Phelge Rolling Stones Records Promotone The Stones in the Park Altamont Free Concert Rolling Stones Mobile Studio The Rolling Stones : An Illustrated Record The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus Andrew Loog Oldham Allen Klein Peter Meaden John Pasche Instruments played Book Portal The Rolling Stones singles discography Decca ( UK ) and London ( US ) singles `` Come On '' `` I Wanna Be Your Man '' / `` Stoned '' `` Not Fade Away '' / `` Little by Little '' `` It 's All Over Now '' `` Tell Me '' / `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' `` Time Is on My Side '' `` Little Red Rooster '' `` Heart of Stone '' `` The Last Time '' / `` Play with Fire '' `` ( I Ca n't Get No ) Satisfaction '' / `` The Spider and the Fly '' `` Get Off of My Cloud '' / `` I 'm Free '' `` As Tears Go By '' `` 19th Nervous Breakdown '' / `` As Tears Go By '' `` Paint It Black '' / `` Stupid Girl '' `` Mother 's Little Helper '' / `` Lady Jane '' `` Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow ? '' `` Let 's Spend the Night Together '' / `` Ruby Tuesday '' `` We Love You '' / `` Dandelion '' `` In Another Land '' `` She 's a Rainbow '' / `` 2000 Light Years from Home '' `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' `` Street Fighting Man '' / `` No Expectations '' `` Honky Tonk Women '' / `` You Ca n't Always Get What You Want '' Rolling Stones / Atlantic singles `` Brown Sugar '' / `` Bitch '' / `` Let It Rock '' `` Wild Horses '' / `` Sway '' `` Tumbling Dice '' / `` Sweet Black Angel '' `` Happy '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` Angie '' / `` Silver Train '' `` Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) '' / `` Dancing with Mr. D '' `` It 's Only Rock ' n Roll ( But I Like It ) '' `` Ai n't Too Proud to Beg '' / `` Dance Little Sister '' `` Fool to Cry '' `` Hot Stuff '' Rolling Stones `` Miss You '' / `` Far Away Eyes '' `` Beast of Burden '' / `` When the Whip Comes Down '' `` Respectable '' / `` When the Whip Comes Down '' `` Shattered '' `` Emotional Rescue '' `` She 's So Cold '' / `` Send It to Me '' `` Start Me Up '' `` Waiting on a Friend '' / `` Little T&A '' `` Hang Fire '' / `` Neighbours '' `` Going to a Go - Go '' ( live ) / `` Beast of Burden '' ( live ) `` Time Is on My Side '' ( live ) / `` Twenty Flight Rock '' ( live ) `` Undercover of the Night '' `` She Was Hot '' `` Too Much Blood '' `` Harlem Shuffle '' `` One Hit ( To the Body ) '' `` Mixed Emotions '' `` Rock and a Hard Place '' `` Almost Hear You Sigh '' `` Highwire '' / `` 2000 Light Years from Home '' ( live ) `` Ruby Tuesday '' ( live ) / `` Play with Fire '' ( live ) `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' ( live ) / `` Tumbling Dice '' ( live ) Virgin singles `` Love Is Strong '' `` You Got Me Rocking '' `` Out of Tears '' `` I Go Wild '' `` Like a Rolling Stone '' ( live ) / `` Black Limousine '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` Wild Horses '' ( live ) / `` Live with Me '' ( live ) / `` Tumbling Dice '' ( live ) `` Anybody Seen My Baby ? '' `` Saint of Me '' / `` Gimme Shelter '' ( live ) `` Out of Control '' `` Do n't Stop '' / `` Miss You '' ( remix ) `` Streets of Love '' / `` Rough Justice '' `` Rain Fall Down '' `` Biggest Mistake '' / `` Before They Make Me Run '' ( live ) Universal singles `` Plundered My Soul '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` No Spare Parts '' / `` Before They Make Me Run '' `` Doom and Gloom '' `` One More Shot '' Other countries `` Let It Bleed '' / `` You Got the Silver '' ( London Japan ) `` Rocks Off '' / `` Sweet Virginia '' ( Japan ) `` Star Star '' / `` Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) '' ( France, Germany ) Sticky Fingers Side one `` Brown Sugar '' `` Sway '' `` Wild Horses '' `` Ca n't You Hear Me Knocking '' `` You Gotta Move '' Side two `` Bitch '' `` I Got the Blues '' `` Sister Morphine '' `` Dead Flowers '' `` Moonlight Mile '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wild_Horses_(The_Rolling_Stones_song)&oldid=838535979 '' Categories : 1971 singles 1970s ballads Alicia Keys songs Rock ballads Country rock songs Folk rock songs Richard Marx songs Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes songs Songs written by Jagger / Richards Song recordings produced by Jimmy Miller Susan Boyle songs The Rolling Stones songs The Sundays songs Hidden categories : Use British English from March 2014 Use dmy dates from March 2014 Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from April 2009 Singlechart usages for Canadatopsingles Singlechart making named ref Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Sweden Articles with too many examples Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Dansk Deutsch Español Français Italiano ქართული Magyar 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Português Русский Simple English Suomi Svenska 7 more Edit links This page was last edited on 27 April 2018, at 16 : 49. 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Question: who was the original singer of wild horses
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