She's a Rainbow

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"She's a Rainbow"
"She's a Rainbow" cover
Single by Rolling Stones
from the album Their Satanic Majesties Request
Released 1967
Format 7"
Recorded May 18, 1967
Genre Rock
Length 4 min 35 s
Label Decca/ABKCO
Producer(s) The Rolling Stones
Chart positions
Rolling Stones singles chronology
"In Another Land"
(1967)
"She's a Rainbow"
(1967)
"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
(1968)

"She's a Rainbow" is a song by the English rock 'n roll band The Rolling Stones and was featured on their 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request.

Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "She's a Rainbow" was recorded on May 18, 1967. It is most famous for it vibrant piano by Nicky Hopkins, Brian Jones' use of the mellotron, and its rich lyricism by Mick Jagger.

   
She's a Rainbow
Have you seen her all in gold? Like a queen in days of old. She shoots colours all around like a sunset going down. Have you seen the lady fairer?
   
She's a Rainbow

It was released as a single in December of 1967 and went to #25 in the US. It is known by most as the highlight of Their Satanic Majesties Request and is respectfully included on a large number of the Stones' hits compilations.

The song was used in an 1999 Apple iMac commercial advertising its availability in several new color options.

John Paul Jones, later of Led Zeppelin, arranged the strings of this song during his session days.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney sing "Ooh la la, ooh la la la la", for the backing vocal.