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Cover art for Wild Horses lyrics by Rolling Stones, The

Jagger states: "Everyone always says this was written about Marianne but I don't think it was; that was all well over by then. But I was definitely very inside this piece emotionally." Keith Richards wrote the melody and came up with the phrase "Wild Horses".

  • (In the liner notes to the 1993 Rolling Stones collection Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones)
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