Released: June 12, 1971

Songwriter: Keith Richards Mick Jagger

Producer: Jimmy Miller

"Wild Horses" is a song by the Rolling Stones from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stone ranked it at #334 in its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list in 2004. Originally recorded over a three day period at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama during December 2-4, 1969, the song was not released until over a year later due to legal wranglings with the band's former label. Prior to its release on "Sticky Fingers", Gram Parsons convinced Jagger and Richards to allow him to record "Wild Horses" with his band Read more on Last.fm.

Length: 7:45

[Verse 1]
Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted, I bought them for you
Graceless lady, you know who I am
You know I can't let you slide through my hands

[Chorus]
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away

[Verse 2]
I watched you suffer a dull, aching pain
Now you decided to show me the same
No sweeping exits or offstage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind

[Chorus]
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away

[Verse 3]
I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie
I have my freedom, but I don't have much time
Faith has been broken, tears must be cried
Let's do some living after we die

[Chorus]
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day

[Chorus]
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day

The Rolling Stones

Formed in London in 1962, The Rolling Stones led the “British Invasion” along with The Beatles and were so successful their influence can be seen in arguably every rock ‘n’ roll band that followed.

Three of the current members have been there since the band’s singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, who write the majority of the band’s catalogue and also produced some albums as The Glimmer Twins; and drummer Charlie Watts. The fourth official member is guitarist Ronnie Wood, who has been there since 1975 (the keyboardist and bassist who play in studio and live are usually not listed). The Stones have released more than 20 studio albums, and even as age caught up on them, continued to be a huge attraction on the live circuit, with big stadium tours continuing through the 1990s, 2000s and into the 2010s.

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