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Interesting facts and trivia about Wild Horses - 2009 Mix. By Songfacts®.

This started as a song for Keith Richards' newborn son Marlon. It was 1969 and Keith regretted that he had to leave his son to go on tour. Mick Jagger rewrote Keith's lyrics, keeping only the line "Wild horses couldn't drag me away." His rewrite was based on his relationship with Marianne Faithfull, which was disintegrating.

This was first released by Gram Parsons' Flying Burrito Brothers in 1970. The Stones' version was written in 1969, but had to wait for Sticky Fingers in 1971. Parsons was good friends with Keith Richards, and the musicians often cited each other as an influence. Said Parsons: "I picked up some rock and roll from Keith Richards, and Mick Jagger knows an awful lot about country music. I learned a lot about singing from Mick." Regarding "Wild Horses," he said it was "a logical combination between their music and our music. It's something that Mick Jagger can accept, and it's something I can accept. And my way of doing it is not necessarily where it's at, but it's certainly the way I feel it." (Quotes from Bud Scoppa's liner notes in the Sacred Hearts and Fallen Angels collection.)

Mick Jagger's girlfriend at the time, the singer Marianne Faithfull, claims "Wild horses couldn't drag me away" was the first thing she said to Mick after she pulled out of a drug-induced coma in 1969. There are other theories as to Mick's muse for this song, however. Jagger's longtime girlfriend Jerry Hall in The Observer Magazine April 29, 2007, said: "'Wild Horses' is my favorite Stones song. It's so beautiful. I don't mind that it was written for Bianca." (Not likely, since Jagger didn't meet his future wife Bianca until 1970, which was after the song was recorded.)

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Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Wild Horses - 2009 Mix.
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4/4Time Signature
140BPM

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Polydor Records
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