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"Gimme Shelter" [a] is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Jagger–Richards, it is the opening track of the band's 1969 album Let It Bleed. [6] [7] The song covers the brutal realities of war, including murder, rape and fear. [8] [7] It features prominent guest vocals by American singer Merry Clayton.
Gimme Shelter is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released on Decca Records in 1971. It reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart. [2] This is not a soundtrack album from the film of the same name. Side one is composed of previously released studio recordings from 1968 and 1969.
"Gimme Shelter" is a cover version of the Rolling Stones song. The video shows the band playing the song at a gig, including clips of the crowd wearing masks making them look like ghosts. The crowd was made up of fans who replied to an email from the band asking for extras. The first 100 replies were called and invited to attend.
A photograph of the band at Swarkestone Hall Pavilion, taken by Michael Joseph in 1968, was printed on the back cover of the vinyl release. The album is the best selling of the numerous Decca / ABKCO releases after the Rolling Stones lost control of their pre-1971 catalogue to their former manager Allen Klein .
Merry Clayton (born December 25, 1948) is an American soul and gospel singer. She contributed vocals to numerous tracks and worked with many major recording artists for decades, including a duet with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song "Gimme Shelter". [1]
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No Security is a live album by the Rolling Stones released by Virgin Records in 1998. Recorded over the course of the band's 1997–1998 worldwide Bridges to Babylon Tour, it was the band's eighth official full-length live release.
Ólafur also composed the score for Ron Krauss' film Gimme Shelter. For Now I Am Winter was used in the pilot of the 2013 US TV show Masters of Sex . Ólafur Arnalds has been involved with various other projects and his music appears in many films, television shows and advertisements.