Sympathy for the Devil

1968 single by the Rolling Stones

"Sympathy for the Devil" is a 1968 song by English rock band The Rolling Stones and is the opening track from their studio album Beggars Banquet.

"Sympathy for the Devil"
Song by the Rolling Stones
from the album Beggars Banquet
Released6 December 1968 (1968-12-06)
Recorded4–5, 8–10 June 1968
StudioOlympic, London
GenreSamba rock
Length6:18
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Jagger–Richards
Producer(s)Jimmy Miller
Music video
"Sympathy for the Devil" at YouTube

Guns N' Roses version change

"Sympathy for the Devil"
Single by Guns N' Roses
from the album Interview with the Vampire soundtrack
B-side"Escape to Paris" (by Elliot Goldenthal)
Released27 December 1994[source?]
RecordedOctober 1994
StudioRumbo Recorders (Los Angeles)
GenreHard rock
Length7:36
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)Jagger/Richards
Producer(s)
Guns N' Roses singles chronology
"Since I Don't Have You"
(1994)
"Sympathy for the Devil"
(1994)
"Chinese Democracy"
(2008)

"Sympathy for the Devil" was covered by Guns N' Roses for the 1994 Neil Jordan movie Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles. It went to number 2 in Denmark, number 5 in Ireland, number 9 in the United Kingdom, number 12 in Australia, number 13 in New Zealand and number 55 in the United States.