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WCSX Classic Cuts The Rolling Stones: “Wild Horses” The Hook: Take these horses and write me some verses, Mick. Album: Sticky Fingers Year: 1971 Writers: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards…

INDIO, CA – OCTOBER 07: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was converted to Black and White.) Musician Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones performs onstage during Desert Trip at the Empire Polo Field on October 7, 2016 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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WCSX Classic Cuts

The Rolling Stones: "Wild Horses"

The Hook: Take these horses and write me some verses, Mick.

Album: Sticky Fingers

Year: 1971

Writers: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

Stats: Peaked at number-28 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Background: As with "Satisfaction" before it, Keith started the song, then handed it off to Mick, as he explains:

Keith Richards on writing The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses." OC:...next song. :16

“Very elegant structure on it and it was also a good bit of team work with Mick and me, because I had the song and I had ‘Wild Horses’ etcetera. And it was another one of those, really, ‘Okay, where are you going to take these horses Mick? You write the verses and I'll carry on, mate, and write the next song.”