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The Rolling Stones

Gimme Shelter

1969 · via The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones’ 1969 recording of “Gimme Shelter” is the earliest release on file. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones are credited as its writers. Also recorded by The Sisters of Mercy (released 1984), Mick Jagger (released 1992) and Grand Funk Railroad (released 1971), among 725 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
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Jagger and Richards wrote it, but the song didn't stay home; The Sisters of Mercy put their own stamp on "Gimme Shelter" in 1984. Play it next to the Stones and listen to what a different band hears in the same bones.

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Credited writers: Keith Richards and Mick Jagger.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1969.

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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote "Gimme Shelter." Which band later took the song and cut their own recording of it in 1984?The Sisters of Mercy
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