Wild Horses (track)
by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1971
From the album Sticky Fingers (track #3)
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Wild Horses appears on the following album(s) by The Rolling Stones:
- Sticky Fingers (track #3) (this album) (1971)
- Forty Licks (track #15) (compilation) (2002)
- Hot Rocks 1964–1971 (track #21) (compilation) (1971)
- Jump Back: The Best Of The Rolling Stones (track #16) (compilation) (1993)
- Rolled Gold+: The Very Best Of The Rolling Stones (track #40) (compilation) (2007)
- Stripped (track #7) (1995)
- Singles Collection: The London Years (track #53) (compilation) (1989)
- Grrr! (track #24) (compilation) (2012)
- Get Stoned (track #29) (compilation) (1977)
- From The Vault: L.A. Forum (Live In 1975) (track #16) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/07/2026 18:30 | Siromynian | 18,439 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/03/2026 14:50 | Leginlists | 615 | 84/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 00:05 |  serpico | 3,920 | 89/100 |
| ! | 05/13/2026 04:51 | JonathanFisk02 | 128 | 89/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2026 13:16 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 90.9/100, a mean average of 89.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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Im not the Stones biggest fan, and country is not my favorite genre, but I cannot argue with anyone who says this is one of the greatest songs of all time. Melody, lyrics, singing. Its a song that remains strong 50 years and plus. (Edited)
Another one of the 100 / 100 songs from Sticky Fingers. A fantastic country-rock ballad and a great counterpoint after the first two songs.
It’s a song that feels incredibly emotional to me with a beautiful melody and great acoustic guitar from Keith. You also must pay tribute to Mick’s vocals. Painfully beautiful.
It’s one of those songs that hard to quantify why I love it so much. On the surface it’s incredibly simple compared to other Stones songs, a little like Yesterday (The Beatles) but it grabs you somewhere deep inside and doesn’t let go. (Edited)
One of my favourite songs of all time. (Edited)
A masterpiece. The guitar by Keith is the best he ever did.
A very good ballad. Definitely a highlight on the album.
A little too sincere for me, but it's good nonetheless. A hopeful ballad for a ruined relationship.
VictorVale 01/09/2019 20:03 | #229408
Apaixonante na primeira audição!
One of the Stones' most beautiful ballads.
Fischman 01/13/2017 23:06 | #182617
Not a big fan of ballads. Not a big fun of country. But this? This is a fantastic song on every level.
Quite possibly the Stones greatest ever ballad. It's beautiful, moving and still the band manage to retain an edge even during their most intimate and vulnerable moments. Pure classic.
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