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Encyclopedia > Sympathy for the Devil
"Sympathy for the Devil"
"Sympathy for the Devil" cover
Song by The Rolling Stones
Album Beggars Banquet
Released 6 December 1968
Recorded June 1968
Genre Rock
Length 6:18
Label ABKCO
Writer Jagger/Richards
Producer Jimmy Miller
Beggars Banquet track listing
"Sympathy for the Devil"
(1)
"No Expectations"
(2)
""Sympathy for the Devil" Remix"
""Sympathy for the Devil" Remix" cover
Single by The Rolling Stones
Released September 16, 2003
Recorded March - June 1968
Genre Rock
Length 38:24
Label ABKCO
Producer Jellybean Benitez, The Neptunes, Fatboy Slim, Full Phatt
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"Don't Stop"
(2002)
"Sympathy for the Devil" Remix
(2003)
"Streets of Love / Rough Justice"
(2005)

"Sympathy for the Devil" is a song by The Rolling Stones. The song first appeared as the opening track on the 1968 Stones album Beggars Banquet. Sympathy for the Devil has the following possible meanings: Sympathy for the Devil is a song by British rock group The Rolling Stones. ... Image File history File links BeggarsBanquetLP.jpg File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For other uses, see Song (disambiguation). ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... Alternate cover Initially rejected cover of Beggars Banquet Beggars Banquet is an LP released in 1968 by The Rolling Stones. ... is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Jagger/Richards is a songwriting team that consists of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Jimmy Miller (1944-1994) was a Brooklyn-born record producer who produced albums for The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith, and The Rolling Stones (all albums from Beggars Banquet to Goats Head Soup), New York Citys shock/punk rockers The Plasmatics and Motörhead. ... Alternate cover Initially rejected cover of Beggars Banquet Beggars Banquet is an LP released in 1968 by The Rolling Stones. ... No Expectations is a song by the british rock n roll band The Rolling Stones. ... This is an album cover. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... ... The Neptunes is the name for the record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who created the sound for some very successful Hip Hop, R&B and Pop artists in the late-90s and 2000s. ... FatBoy Slim (born Quentin Leo Cook on July 31, 1963,[1] also known as Norman Cook) is a British big beat musician. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... Dont Stop is a single by rock and roll band the Rolling Stones featured on their 2002 double compilation album Forty Licks. ... Streets of Love and Rough Justice was the debut double A-side single from The Rolling Stones 2005 album A Bigger Bang. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... Alternate cover Initially rejected cover of Beggars Banquet Beggars Banquet is an LP released in 1968 by The Rolling Stones. ...

Contents

Inspiration

"Sympathy for the Devil" was written by singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards, though the song was largely a Jagger composition.[1] Early inspirations led the Stones toward a more folk music sound, with Jagger saying in a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone, "I think that was taken from an old idea of Baudelaire's, I think, but I could be wrong. Sometimes when I look at my Baudelaire books, I can't see it in there. But it was an idea I got from French writing. And I just took a couple of lines and expanded on it. I wrote it as sort of like a Bob Dylan song." [1] In actuality the lyrics were inspired by Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita. [2] It was Richards who suggested to Jagger the adding of backing percussion, thus turning the folk song into a samba. [2] Sir Michael Phillip Mick Jagger (born July 26, 1943) is a English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. ... Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English guitarist, songwriter, singer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones in 1962. ... Folk song redirects here. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire (April 9, 1821–August 31, 1867) was one of the most influential French poets. ... This article is about the recording artist. ... Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков; May 15 [O.S. May 3] 1891, Kiev – March 10, 1940, Moscow) was a Russian novelist and playwright of the first half of the 20th century. ... The Master and Margarita (Russian: ) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, woven about the premise of a visit by the Devil to the fervently atheistic Soviet Union. ... For other uses, see Samba (disambiguation). ...


The song is sung by Jagger as a first-person narrative from the point of view of Lucifer; This article is about the star or fallen angel. ...

Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste;

These opening lines reflect Jagger's direct inspiration by The Master and Margarita, with the book opening with the similar "'Please excuse me,' he said, speaking correctly, but with a foreign accent, 'for presuming to speak to you without an introduction.'"


Backed by an intensifying rock arrangement, the singer recounts his exploits over the course of human history and warns the listener; the last line is used near-verbatim at another point in the song: As a linguistic term, verbatim means an exact reproduction of a sentence, phrase, quote or other sequence of text from one source into another. ...

If you meet me, have some courtesy, Have some sympathy, and some taste; Use all your well-learned politesse, Or I'll lay your soul to waste

On this, Jagger continued in the Rolling Stone interview: "...it's a very long historical figure -- the figures of evil and figures of good -- so it is a tremendously long trail he's made as personified in this piece." [3]


At the time of the release of Beggars Banquet the Stones had already raised some hackles for sexually forward lyrics such as "Let's Spend the Night Together" [4] and for dabbling in Satanism [2] (their previous album, while containing no direct Satanic references, had been titled Their Satanic Majesties Request), and "Sympathy" brought these concerns to the fore, provoking media rumors and fears among some religious groups that The Rolling Stones were indeed devil-worshippers and a corrupting influence on youth. [5] It should be noted, however, that one interpretation of this song is that "The Devil" is in fact mankind ("when after all, it was you and me"). The lyrics are a brief history of some of the most notable atrocities committed by man against man, including a mentioning of wars of religion as in The Hundred Years' War ("I watched with glee while your Kings and Queens fought for ten decades for the Gods they made"), the Russian Revolution of 1917 ("I stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was a time for a change, killed the Czar and his ministers") while also making a reference to the purported survival of Anastasia ("Anastasia screamed in vain"), and World War II ("I rode a tank, held a general's rank when the blitzkrieg raged, and the bodies stank"). In that light, the song would appear to be a criticism of the immorality of mankind. [6] Or it could also be suggesting that the Devil had caused men to commit such bad deeds. Lets Spend the Night Together was a 1967 song by the Rolling Stones. ... Satanism can refer to a number of belief systems depending on the user and contexts. ... Their Satanic Majesties Request is a psychedelic rock album by The Rolling Stones recorded and released in 1967. ... Combatants France Castile Scotland Genoa Majorca Bohemia Crown of Aragon Brittany England Burgundy Brittany Portugal Navarre Flanders Hainaut Aquitaine Luxembourg Holy Roman Empire The Hundred Years War was a conflict between France and England, lasting 116 years from 1337 to 1453. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political and social upheavals in Russia, involving first the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy, and then the overthrow of the liberal and moderate-socialist Provisional Government, resulting in the establishment of Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, (Russian: (June 18 [O.S. June 5] 1901 — July 17, 1918), was the youngest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...


In addition to the very idea of a sympathetic view of the Devil, the lyrics include references to the deaths of John and Robert Kennedy. The latter occurred while the Stones were recording the album, and the words were changed from "Who killed John Kennedy?" to "who killed the Kennedys?" John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ... Robert Kennedy Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy, also called RFK (November 20, 1925–June 6, 1968) was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, and was appointed by his brother as Attorney General for his administration. ...


The song may have been spared further controversy when the first single from the album, "Street Fighting Man" became even more controversial in the wake of the race riots occurring in many cities in the U.S. Street Fighting Man, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, is a song by The Rolling Stones recorded in 1968. ... Mass racial violence in the United States, often described using the term race riots, includes such disparate events as: attacks on Irish Catholics and other early immigrants in the 19th century massacres of black people in the period after Reconstruction. ...


Recording

Recording on "Sympathy for the Devil" began at London's Olympic Sound Studios on June 5, 1968 and continued into the next day. Final overdubs were performed on June 8, 9, and 10. Personnel included on the recording include Nicky Hopkins on piano; Rocky Dijon on congas; Bill Wyman on maracas. Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Brian Jones, producer Jimmy Miller, Wyman, Hopkins, Jagger and Richards can be seen performing backup vocals in the Sympathy for the Devil movie (see below) by Jean-Luc Godard, but this scene was staged especially for the cameras. The actual backup vocals were overdubbed by Jagger, Richards and Miller. Richards plays bass on the original recording and also the song's famed electric solo. Olympic Studios is a commercial recording studio located at 117 Church Road, in the south-western suburb of Barnes in London, England. ... Nicholas Nicky Hopkins (February 24, 1944 in Ealing, West London – September 6, 1994 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA) was an English musician who featured on scores of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, playing piano and organ. ... Bill Wyman (born William George Perks on 24 October 1936) was the bassist for the English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones from its founding in 1962 until 1993. ... Maracas Maracas (sometimes called rhumba shakers) are simple percussion instruments (idiophones), usually played in pairs, consisting of a dried calabash or gourd shell (cuia - kOO-ya) or coconut shell filled with seeds or dried beans. ... Marianne Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer and actress whose career spans over four decades. ... Anita Pallenberg (born January 25, 1944 in Rome, Italy) is a model, actress and fashion designer. ... For other persons named Brian Jones, see Brian Jones (disambiguation). ... James Jimmy Miller (23 March 1942 - 22 October 1994) was a Brooklyn-born record producer who produced albums for the Spencer Davis Group (and co-wrote the song Im A Man with Steve Winwood), Traffic, Blind Faith, Bobby Whitlock, Kracker and the Rolling Stones (all albums from Beggars Banquet... Jean-Luc Godard (French IPA: ) (born 3 December 1930) is a French filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the Nouvelle Vague, or French New Wave. Born to Franco-Swiss parents in Paris, he was educated in Nyon, Switzerland, later studying at the Lycée Rohmer, and the...


On the song, drummer Charlie Watts said in the 2003 book According to the Rolling Stones, "'Sympathy' was one of those sort of songs where we tried everything. The first time I ever heard the song was when Mick was playing it at the front door of a house I lived in in Sussex... He played it entirely on his own... and it was fantastic. We had a go at loads of different ways of playing it; in the end I just played a jazz Latin feel in the style of Kenny Clarke would have played on 'A Night in Tunisia' - not the actual rhythm he played, but the same styling." [7] Charles Robert Charlie Watts (born 2 June 1941) is the drummer of The Rolling Stones. ... Kenny Clarke (born January 9, 1914 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania-died January 26, 1985 in Paris, France) was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming. ... A Night in Tunisia is a musical composition written by Dizzy Gillespie in 1942 while he was playing with the Earl Hines Band. ...


On the overall power of the song, Jagger continued in Rolling Stone: "It has a very hypnotic groove, a samba, which has a tremendous hypnotic power, rather like good dance music. It doesn't speed up or slow down. It keeps this constant groove. Plus, the actual samba rhythm is a great one to sing on, but it is also got some other suggestions in it, an undercurrent of being primitive -- because it is a primitive African, South American, Afro-whatever-you-call-that rhythm. So to white people, it has a very sinister thing about it. But forgetting the cultural colors, it is a very good vehicle for producing a powerful piece. It becomes less pretentious because it is a very unpretentious groove. If it had been done as a ballad, it wouldn't have been as good." [3]


Musical equipment for the solo

Film clips from the recording of the song reveal that Richards used his 1957 three pickup Gibson Les Paul Custom solely, and the sound of the solo as released matches that of a Les Paul Custom. On the clips various amps are seen, with a Vox AC-30 and a solid state Vox Supreme (the top of line guitar amp of the solid state Vox line, which included the Supreme, Defiant and Conqueror) as the main guitar amps. Peter Frampton is seen playing a Black Beauty on stage. ... Vox is a musical equipment manufacturer based in Britain, which is most famous for making the AC30 guitar amplifier and the Vox organ. ...


Aftermath

In an interview with Creem, Jagger said, “[When people started taking us as devil worshippers], I thought it was a really odd thing, because it was only one song, after all. It wasnt [sic] like it was a whole album, with lots of occult signs on the back. People seemed to embrace the image so readily, [and] it has carried all the way over into heavy metal bands today.” [5] CREEM, Americas Only Rock n Roll Magazine, was a monthly rock n roll publication started in 1969 by Barry Kramer and founding editor Tony Reay. ...


On the forementioned change in perception the band experienced after the song's release, Richards said in a 1971 interview with Rolling Stone, "Before, we were just innocent kids out for a good time, they're saying, 'They're evil, they're evil.' Oh, I'm evil, really? So that makes you start thinking about evil... What is evil? Half of it, I don't know how much people think of Mick as the devil or as just a good rock performer or what? There are black magicians who think we are acting as unknown agents of Lucifer and others who think we are Lucifer. Everybody's Lucifer." [8]


In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine put it at #32 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Three years later, National Review magazine listed it as #3 on their list of the top 50 conservative rock songs. [9] This article is about the magazine. ... ... National Review (NR) is a biweekly magazine of political opinion, founded by author William F. Buckley, Jr. ...


Contrary to popular belief, "Sympathy for the Devil" was not the song the Stones were performing while Meredith Hunter was killed at the Altamont Free Concert. [2] After a brief lapse in performances following Altamont, "Sympathy for the Devil" was reinstated in the band's setlists in 1975 and has been performed steadily by the band on most of their tours since. It has since been captured and released on the live albums The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!, Love You Live and Flashpoint. Meredith Hunter Meredith Hunter (October 24, 1951 – December 6, 1969) was a spectator at the infamous Altamont Free Concert. ... Promotional poster for concert. ... The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is the fifth release of Rolling Stones music by former manager Allen Kleins ABKCO Records (who usurped control of the bands Decca/London material in 1970) after the bands departure from Decca and Klein. ... Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! is a live album by the Rolling Stones. ... Love You Live is a double live album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1977. ... Flashpoint is a live album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1991. ...


It has been featured on the Stones compilations Hot Rocks and Forty Licks. Hot Rocks 1964-1971 is the first compilation album of Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Kleins ABKCO Records (who usurped control of the bands Decca/London material in 1970) after the bands departure from Decca and Klein. ... Forty Licks is a double compilation album by The Rolling Stones. ...


Film

Sympathy for the Devil is also the title of a 1968 film by Jean-Luc Godard. The film, a depiction of the late 1960s American counterculture, also featured the Rolling Stones in the process of recording the song in the studio. On the filming, Jagger said in Rolling Stone: "... [it was] very fortuitous, because Godard wanted to do a film of us in the studio. I mean, it would never happen now, to get someone as interesting as Godard. And stuffy.We just happened to be recording that song. We could have been recording "My Obsession." But it was "Sympathy for the Devil," and it became the track that we used." Sympathy for the Devil (titled One Plus One in its European release) was a 1968 film shot mostly in color by director Jean-Luc Godard. ... Jean-Luc Godard (French IPA: ) (born 3 December 1930) is a French filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the Nouvelle Vague, or French New Wave. Born to Franco-Swiss parents in Paris, he was educated in Nyon, Switzerland, later studying at the Lycée Rohmer, and the...


Covers and remixes

The song has been widely covered since its release, including a notable version by Jane's Addiction that was included on their 1987 self-titled live album, a much darker and complex version by jazz-rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears, called "Symphony For the Devil", from the group's Third Album, and most famously by the American hard rock group Guns N' Roses that was recorded in 1994 and featured in the closing credits of Neil Jordan's film adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. Janes Addiction was an American rock band featuring Perry Farrell (vocalist), Dave Navarro (guitarist), Eric Avery (bassist), and Stephen Perkins (percussionist). ... Janes Addiction is a live album by the band of the same title. ... This article is about the band. ... Hard Rock redirects here. ... Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. ... Neil Jordan (born February 25, 1950) is an Academy Award-winning Irish filmmaker and novelist. ... Anne Rice (born on October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American author of gothic and later religious themed books. ... Interview with the Vampire is a vampire novel by Anne Rice written in 1973 and published in 1976. ...


In 1989, the Slovenian band Laibach released an EP of seven different versions of the song, interpreted as everything from a Wagnerian symphony to a light techno number. The song was also covered by Widespread Panic in their live 2004 album, Jackassolantern. Laibach is a Slovenian experimental music group, strongly associated with industrial, martial and neo-classical. ... Sympathy for the Devil is an EP by Laibach and follows on from their Beatles cover album Let It Be. ... Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as they were later called). ... Widespread Panic is a southern rock band from Athens, Georgia. ... Jackassolantern is the sixth live album released by the Athens, GA based band Widespread Panic. ...


The song has a similar chord structure as the coda to The Beatles' "Hey Jude" and The Residents perform the two quodlibet as the finale to their album The Third Reich 'n' Roll. The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... For the album of the same name, see Hey Jude (album). ... For other uses, see Resident. ... A quodlibet is a piece of music which combines several different melodies in counterpoint, usually popular tunes, and often in a light-hearted manner. ... The Third Reich n Roll is a 1976 album by the U.S. avant-garde pop group The Residents. ...


In December 1969, Sandie Shaw recorded the song for her album Reviewing the Situation. For the author, see Sandy Shaw. ... Reviewing The Situation is the fifth original album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. ...


In 1986-87 ex Yugoslav "The End Band" included the song in their "Made in Yugoslavia" album ('A" Production, Ljubljana,Slovenia).


In 1991, industrial metal band Skrew included a drastically rearranged cover of the song on their debut album, Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame. Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ... Skrew was an influential Industrial metal band from Texas in the early 1990s. ...


In September 2003, ABKCO Records released a remix single of the original song featuring radio and remix versions by The Neptunes, Fatboy Slim, and Full Phatt. ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... The Neptunes is the name for the record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who created the sound for some very successful Hip Hop, R&B and Pop artists in the late-90s and 2000s. ... FatBoy Slim (born Quentin Leo Cook on July 31, 1963,[1] also known as Norman Cook) is a British big beat musician. ...


In 2005, Ozzy Osbourne released a cover of the song on his four-disc box set Prince of Darkness. The fourth disk of Prince of Darkness, which included only cover songs, was re-released in late 2005 on its own with three more cover songs under the title Under Cover; Ozzy's cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" was included in the re-release. Ozzy redirects here. ... This article is about the box set of CDs by Ozzy Osbourne. ... Under Cover is an album of song covers by ex-Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne. ...


Progressive/gothic metal band Tiamat covered the song on their 1999 album, Skeleton Skeletron. Progressive metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music which blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock. ... Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music that originated during the mid 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of doom-death, a fusion genre of doom metal and death metal. ... Tiamat is a band that formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1988. ... Skeleton Skeletron is the 1999 album release by Swedish band Tiamat. ...


A snippet of the song is often sung by Bono along with "Ruby Tuesday" during performances of "Bad" at U2 concerts, most notably performed at Live Aid in London as well as on the concert film Rattle and Hum. For other uses, see Bono (disambiguation). ... Ruby Tuesday is a song recorded by The Rolling Stones in 1966, written by Brian Jones with some bits by Keith Richards concerning lyrics and texture, but credited to Jagger and Richards instead. ... Bad is the seventh track from U2s 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire. ... This article is about the Irish rock band. ... Ethiopia, as its borders were in 1985. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Rattle and Hum refers to both a motion picture about the band U2 and its companion album, documenting the bands 1987 Joshua Tree Tour of the United States and its exploration into American music. ...


In 2006, another cover was made in an Uruguayan rhythm 'murga' by Argentinian Diego Capusotto for his sketch comedy 'Peter Capusotto y sus videos'. A murga group performing on the occasion of the inauguration of president Tabaré Vázquez, Montevideo, March 2005 (Marcello Casal Jr/ABr) Murga is a form of popular musical theatre performed primarily in Montevideo, Uruguay during the Carnival season. ... Sketch Show redirects here. ...


One of the recent covers was made by a Polish metalcore group Sweet Noise in 2007, with a use of African tribal choir. Metalcore is a fusion of extreme metal and hardcore punk that began in the United States. ...


Track listing: Sympathy for the Devil remixes

  1. "Sympathy for the Devil" - The Neptunes radio edit
  2. "Sympathy for the Devil" - The Neptunes extended remix
  3. "Sympathy for the Devil" - Fatboy Slim radio edit
  4. "Sympathy for the Devil" - Fatboy Slim extended remix
  5. "Sympathy for the Devil" - Full Phatt radio edit
  6. "Sympathy for the Devil" - Full Phatt extended remix
  7. "Sympathy for the Devil" - Original Rolling Stones version

In popular culture

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  • In Alan Moore's comic book V for Vendetta, the main character, a terrorist known only as "V" quotes the first two lines of the song as he breaks into the room of Bishop Anthony Lilliman, in order to assassinate him. The lines are omitted in the movie adaptation.
  • The first two lines also are the first two lines in TISM's song Leo's Toltoy.
  • The song is featured during a Midnight Mass during the film C.R.A.Z.Y..
  • The song is featured in a very powerful scene in the 1978, Vietnam War film Coming Home which stars Jane Fonda, Jon Voight and Bruce Dern. The film centers around a woman who loves two men, one fighting in the Vietnam War and the other paralyzed and traumatized by it. The film also makes a strong statement about the horrors of that war, particularly its aftermath effect on those who fought, both physically and psychologically - which ties in closely with the idea that "Sympathy For The Devil" is a criticsm on the immorality of mankind.
  • The term "Sympathy for the devil, and the Rolling Stones" is used by the Bellamy Brothers in their song 'Kids of the Baby Boom'.
  • In Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Thompson plays the song constantly to "keep the rhythm of the road." It would have appeared in place of "Combination of the Two" by Big Brother & the Holding Company in the film adaptation but director Terry Gilliam was unable to secure the rights.
  • The Guns N' Roses version is the closing song to the 1994 film Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles.
  • The song is also the squad anthem for Blue Boy Group in Stephen King's Dreamcatcher.
  • In Julian De Backer's comic book Ye Intruders Beware, the main character, a taxi driver "Morgan McFly" quotes the first line of the song as he introduces himself. The author gave credit to Jagger/Richards on the last page of the album, citing their 'neverending influence and inspiration'.
  • Session #6 of the anime Cowboy Bebop was named "Sympathy for the Devil".
  • On The NBC comedy Will and Grace Karen wanted to walk down the aisle to the song.
  • In Stephen King's novel The Stand, Randall Flagg introduces himself to Lloyd Henreid by saying "Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name."
  • In the Season 2 episode of The Simpsons, Bart Gets Hit by a Car Bart goes to hell and meets the devil. The first thing that Satan says is, "Please allow me to introduce myself."
  • In an episode of The Sopranos, Whoever Did This, Ralph Cifaretto uses the lines "pleased to meet you" and "please allow me to introduce myself." Father Phil Intintola asks Ralph if "you were there when Jesus Christ had his moment of doubt and pain?" (another line from the song).
  • The indie record label Sympathy for the Record Industry takes its name from "Sympathy for the Devil," and not-so-subtly implies that the record industry is the Devil.
  • In the movie The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, the opening lyrics are quoted by the devil character.
  • In the game Ecstatica, a demon quotes the beginning of the song.
  • In the Discworld novel Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett, the character Lu-Tze says to Ronnie, the 5th Horseman of the Apocalypse: "Pleased to meet you, [...] Let me guess your name."
  • OK Go's song "A Good Idea at the Time" is a direct response to "Sympathy for the Devil," line by line.
  • "Sympathy for the devil" is also the title of a Vietnam War novel wrote by Kent Anderson, a veteran of the 5th special forces group'.

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