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| "You Got the Silver" | ||||
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| Song by The Rolling Stones from the album Let It Bleed | ||||
| Released | December 5, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | February 18, 1969 | |||
| Genre | Blues, rock | |||
| Length | 2:50 | |||
| Label | Decca/ABKCO (UK) ABKCO (US) |
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| Writer | Jagger/Richards | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Miller | |||
| Let It Bleed track listing | ||||
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"You Got the Silver" is a song by English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones from their 1969 album Let It Bleed.
Recorded on February 18, 1969, "You Got the Silver" is the first Rolling Stones song to feature guitarist Keith Richards on lead vocals by himself (Keith shared lead with Mick Jagger on "Something Happened to Me Yesterday" from Between the Buttons and "Salt of the Earth" from Beggars Banquet). One of Richards' own compositions, "You Got the Silver" is said to be written about Richards' then-girlfriend Anita Pallenberg.
| “ | Hey babe, you got my soul, You got the silver, you got the gold A flash of love has made me blind I don't care, no, that's no big surprise |
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It is the last Rolling Stones recording with Brian Jones to be released. He plays autoharp, one of his two appearances on the album. The band recorded a version of the song with Jagger on lead, but opted to use Richards' version for the official release. The Jagger version has since become a well-known bootleg recording.
"You Got the Silver" was featured in the Michelangelo Antonioni film Zabriskie Point.
It was played live during the No Security Tour in 1999 for the first time. It has been brought out again by Richards for the 2006 A Bigger Bang Tour and 2007 European Tour. A live recording taken from the 2008 documentary Shine a Light is featured on the album of the same name. During live performances, the song is highly notable for being sung by Richards without him playing guitar or any other instrument.
The song was covered by blues singer Susan Tedeschi on her 2005 album, Hope and Desire and by neo-bluegrass group Crooked Still on its 2010 album, Some Strange Country.
[edit] References
- Let It Bleed (Rolling Stones album), released in 1969
- A Bigger Bang Tour, 2006
- Shine a Light (Rolling Stones album), released in 2008
