Wild Horses / Sway

by The Rolling Stones

Wild Horses / Sway cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 12 June 1971
  • Label: Rolling Stones
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 9:03
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Jimmy Miller

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Heavily influenced by Keith Richards' growing association with Gram Parsons, this deeply melancholic country-rock ballad reveals a profound vulnerability rarely seen from the British group. The intertwining acoustic guitars and Mick Jagger's world-weary vocal delivery provided a poignant, emotional centerpiece to the sprawling triumph of 'Sticky Fingers'.

Genres

Descriptors: ballad, acoustic, sorrowful, honest, guitar-led

Tracklist

  1. Wild Horses (5:38)
  2. Sway (3:25)

Credits

  • The Rolling Stones - primary artist
  • Dennis King - lacquer cut by
  • Jagger-Richards - written-by
  • Paul Buckmaster - arranged by [strings]

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