Sweet Virginia

"Sweet Virginia"

Song by The Rolling Stones from the album Exile on Main St.

Released

12 May 1972

Recorded

1971-72, Nellcôte, France and Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles

Genre

Country blues, blues rock

Length

4:27

Label

Rolling Stones/Virgin

Writer

Mick Jagger/Keith Richards

Producer

Jimmy Miller

Exile on Main St. track listing

18 tracks
Side one "Rocks Off" "Rip This Joint" "Shake Your Hips" "Casino Boogie" "Tumbling Dice" Side two "Sweet Virginia" "Torn and Frayed" "Sweet Black Angel" "Loving Cup" Side three "Happy" "Turd on the Run" "Ventilator Blues" "I Just Want to See His Face" "Let It Loose" Side four "All Down the Line" "Stop Breaking Down" "Shine a Light" "Soul Survivor"

"Sweet Virginia" is the sixth track on the Rolling Stones' 1972 double album Exile On Main St.. It was also released as the b-side of the "Rocks Off" single in Japan.

Recorded between 1971 and '72, "Sweet Virginia" is a slow country inspired song, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The song features a harmonica solo by Jagger, a saxophone solo by Bobby Keys. Charlie Watts plays a country shuffle rhythm.^[1]

The song was performed by the Stones during their 1972 American tour, their 1994 Voodoo Lounge Tour tour and their 2005 A Bigger Bang Tour. "Sweet Virginia" has also been covered by the band Phish^[2] and Old Crow Medicine Show in concerts.

Also recorded by Ronnie Lane.

The song was used in the 1995 film Casino starring Robert De Niro.

Personnel

Mick Jagger - lead vocals, harmonica
Keith Richards - guitar, backing vocals
Mick Taylor - guitar, backing vocals
Charlie Watts - drums
Bill Wyman - bass guitar
Ian Stewart - piano
Bobby Keys - saxophone
Clydie King, Vanetta Fields, Dr. John, Shirley Goodman, Tammi Lynn - backing vocals
Gram Parsons - backing vocals

References

↑ Ciani, B. (2006). Great Rock Drummers of the Sixties (2nd ed.). Hal Leonard. p. 177. ISBN 9780634099250.
↑ Mockingbird Foundation (2004). The Phish Companion: A Guide to the Band and Their Music. Hal Leonard. pp. 266, 313. ISBN 9780879307998.

External links

Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Exile on Main St.

Side one	"Rocks Off" "Rip This Joint" "Shake Your Hips" "Casino Boogie" "Tumbling Dice"

Side two	"Sweet Virginia" "Torn and Frayed" "Sweet Black Angel" "Loving Cup"

Side three	"Happy" "Turd on the Run" "Ventilator Blues" "I Just Want to See His Face" "Let It Loose"

Side four	"All Down the Line" "Stop Breaking Down" "Shine a Light" "Soul Survivor"

The Rolling Stones

Mick Jagger Keith Richards Charlie Watts Ronnie Wood Brian Jones Ian Stewart Mick Taylor Bill Wyman Early members: Mick Avory Tony Chapman Ricky Fenson Colin Golding Carlo Little Dick Taylor

DVD releases	Let's Spend the Night Together (1983) Stones at the Max (1992) The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge Live (1995) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996) Bridges to Babylon Tour '97–98 (1998) Four Flicks (2003) The Biggest Bang (2007) Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (2010) The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live In Texas '78 (2011) Sweet Summer Sun: Live in Hyde Park (2013)

Documentaries	The Stones in the Park (1969) Gimme Shelter (1970) Cocksucker Blues (1972) Video Rewind (1984) 25x5: The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1989) Shine a Light (2008) Stones in Exile (2010) Crossfire Hurricane (2012)

Tours	British Tour 1963 1964 tours 1965 tours 1966 tours European Tour 1967 American Tour 1969 European Tour 1970 UK Tour 1971 American Tour 1972 Pacific Tour 1973 European Tour 1973 Tour of the Americas '75 Tour of Europe '76 US Tour 1978 American Tour 1981 European Tour 1982 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour Voodoo Lounge Tour Bridges to Babylon Tour No Security Tour Licks Tour A Bigger Bang Tour 50 & Counting... Tour 14 On Fire Zip Code Tour

Collaborators	Nicky Hopkins Bobby Keys Billy Preston Blondie Chaplin Chuck Leavell Lisa Fischer Bernard Fowler Darryl Jones Ian McLagan Jim Price Ernie Watts Gene Barge

Producers and management	Andrew Loog Oldham Allen Klein Jimmy Miller The Glimmer Twins Steve Lillywhite Chris Kimsey Don Was

Related articles	Discography Rolling Stones concerts Jagger/Richards Nanker Phelge Rolling Stones Records The Stones in the Park Altamont Free Concert Rolling Stones Mobile Studio The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus The Mick Jagger Centre Peter Meaden The Wick Downe House, Richmond Hill

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The Rolling Stones singles discography

Decca (UK) and London (US) singles	"Come On" "I Wanna Be Your Man" / "Stoned" "Not Fade Away" / "Little by Little" "It's All Over Now" "Tell Me" / "I Just Want to Make Love to You" "Time Is on My Side" "Little Red Rooster" "Heart of Stone" "The Last Time" / "Play with Fire" "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Spider and the Fly" "Get Off of My Cloud" / "I'm Free" "As Tears Go By" "19th Nervous Breakdown" / "As Tears Go By" "Paint It, Black" / "Stupid Girl" "Mother's Little Helper" / "Lady Jane" "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" "Let's Spend the Night Together" / "Ruby Tuesday" "We Love You" / "Dandelion" "In Another Land" "She's a Rainbow" / "2000 Light Years from Home" "Jumpin' Jack Flash" "Street Fighting Man" / "No Expectations" "Honky Tonk Women" / "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

Rolling Stones/ Atlantic singles	"Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" / "Let It Rock" "Wild Horses" / "Sway" "Tumbling Dice" / "Sweet Black Angel" "Happy" / "All Down the Line" "Angie" / "Silver Train" "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" / "Dancing with Mr. D" "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" "Fool to Cry" "Hot Stuff"

Rolling Stones	"Miss You" / "Far Away Eyes" "Beast of Burden" / "When the Whip Comes Down" "Respectable" / "When the Whip Comes Down" "Shattered" "Emotional Rescue" "She's So Cold" / "Send It to Me" "Start Me Up" "Waiting on a Friend" / "Little T&A" "Hang Fire" / "Neighbours" "Going to a Go-Go" (live) / "Beast of Burden" (live) "Time Is on My Side" (live) / "Twenty Flight Rock" (live) "Undercover of the Night" "She Was Hot" "Too Much Blood" "Harlem Shuffle" "One Hit (To the Body)" "Mixed Emotions" "Rock and a Hard Place" "Almost Hear You Sigh" "Highwire" / "2000 Light Years from Home" (live) "Ruby Tuesday" (live) / "Play with Fire" (live) "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (live) / "Tumbling Dice" (live)

Virgin singles	"Love Is Strong" "You Got Me Rocking" "Out of Tears" "I Go Wild" "Like a Rolling Stone" (live) / "Black Limousine" / "All Down the Line" "Wild Horses" (live) / "Live with Me" (live) / "Tumbling Dice" (live) "Anybody Seen My Baby?" "Saint of Me" / "Gimme Shelter" (live) "Out of Control" "Don't Stop" / "Miss You" (remix) "Streets of Love" / "Rough Justice" "Rain Fall Down" "Biggest Mistake" / "Before They Make Me Run" (live)

Universal singles	"Plundered My Soul" / "All Down the Line" "No Spare Parts" / "Before They Make Me Run" "Doom and Gloom"

Other countries	"Let It Bleed" / "You Got the Silver" (London Japan) "Rocks Off" / "Sweet Virginia" (Japan) "Star Star" / "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" (France, Germany)

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