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| "Sweet Virginia" | |
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| Song by The Rolling Stones | |
| from the album Exile on Main St. | |
| Released | 12 May 1972 |
| Recorded | 30 June – July 1970, 7 June 1971 – March 1972[1] |
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| Length | 4:27 |
| Label | Rolling Stones Records |
| Songwriter(s) | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Miller |
"Sweet Virginia" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and was the sixth song on the Rolling Stones' 1972 double album Exile on Main St. The song is a slow country-inspired composition with a saxophone solo.
This album was mostly recorded in Villa Nellcôte, France,[2] as well as at Olympic Studios in 1970, with vocal overdubs added in early 1972 at Sunset Sound Studios. The song features a harmonica solo by Jagger and a saxophone solo by Bobby Keys. Drummer Charlie Watts plays a country shuffle rhythm.[3] An alternate version without the backing singers was released on bootlegs. The song was also released as the B-side of the Stones' "Rocks Off" single in Japan.[4]
The version of the song that the band re-recorded for Stripped is featured in Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino. The original recording is played over the closing credits of Rian Johnson's 2019 film Knives Out.[5]
- ^ a b Margotin & Guesdon 2016, p. 378.
- ^ "We rank the songs on The Rolling Stones' double LP 'Exile on Main St.'". Far Out Magazine. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
- ^ Ciani, B. (2006). Great Rock Drummers of the Sixties (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. p. 177. ISBN 9780634099250.
- ^ Rocks Off (Japanese Single). The Rolling Stones. Rolling Stones Records. 1972.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Moran, Sarah (2019-11-27). "Here's Every Song On Knives Out's Soundtrack". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2022-11-01.