Sister Morphine
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| Single by Marianne Faithfull | |
| Released | 1969 |
| Genre | Blues rock |
| Length | 5:33 |
| Label | London Records 1022 |
| Writer(s) | Jagger/Richards/Marianne Faithfull |
| Producer | Mick Jagger |
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| Song by The Rolling Stones from the album Sticky Fingers | ||||
| Released | 23 April 1971 | |||
| Recorded | May-June 1969 | |||
| Genre | Blues rock | |||
| Length | 5:31 | |||
| Label | Rolling Stones/Virgin | |||
| Writer | Jagger/Richards/Faithfull | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Miller | |||
| Sticky Fingers track listing | ||||
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"Sister Morphine" is a song originally released by British singer Marianne Faithfull as a single in 1969. It was later popularised by the rock and roll band The Rolling Stones, who included it on their 1971 album release Sticky Fingers. It was originally credited to Jagger/Richards, but after a legal battle, Faithfull has been credited as co-writer.
[edit] Recording and release
Marianne's version has Jagger on acoustic guitar, Charlie Watts on drums, Ry Cooder on slide guitar, and Jack Nitzsche, the producer, on piano.
Only 500 copies of "Sister Morphine" went out. According to Faithfull, it was actually the B-side to "Something Better".
The Stones' version was recorded in May and June 1969, but never released as a single. It features Jagger on vocals, Ry Cooder on bottleneck guitar, Keith Richards on acoustic guitar, Charlie Watts on drums, Bill Wyman on bass, and Jack Nitzsche on piano.
Faithfull's name appeared on the credits of the 1994 remastered release of Sticky Fingers.
[edit] References in popular culture
- A chapter of Patti Smith's 1978 book Babel was titled "Sister Morphine".
- The song is referenced in the novel The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick.
