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((About||the 2017 film|Sweet Virginia (film)))
((more citations needed|date=August 2017))
((Infobox song
| name = Sweet Virginia
| artist = [[The Rolling Stones]]
| album = [[Exile on Main St.]]
| released       = ((Start date|1972|05|12|df=y))
| recorded = 30 June – July 1970, 7 June 1971 – March 1972((sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|p=378))
| studio = 
*[[Olympic Studios|Olympic]], London
*[[Rolling Stones Mobile Studio]], [[Nellcôte|Villa Nellcôte]]
*[[Sunset Sound Recorders|Sunset Sound]], Los Angeles((sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|p=378))
| genre = 
*[[Country rock]]
*[[blues rock]]
| length = ((Duration|m=4|s=27))
| label = [[Rolling Stones Records]]
| writer = 
*[[Mick Jagger]]
*[[Keith Richards]]
| producer = [[Jimmy Miller (producer)|Jimmy Miller]]
))

"'''Sweet Virginia'''" is a song written by [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]], and was the sixth song on [[the Rolling Stones]]' 1972 double album ''[[Exile on Main St.]]'' The song is a slow [[country music|country]]-inspired composition with a [[saxophone]] solo.

This album was mostly recorded in Villa [[Nellcôte]], France,<ref name=":0">((Cite web|date=2020-05-12|title=We rank the songs on The Rolling Stones' double LP 'Exile on Main St.'|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/rolling-stones-exile-on-main-st-songs-ranked-jagger-richards/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Far Out Magazine|language=en-GB))</ref> as well as  at [[Olympic Studios]] in 1970, with vocal overdubs added in early 1972 at [[Sunset Sound Studios]].   The song features a harmonica solo by Jagger and a saxophone solo by [[Bobby Keys]]. Drummer [[Charlie Watts]] plays a country [[shuffle rhythm]].<ref>((cite book |title=Great Rock Drummers of the Sixties |author=Ciani, B. |page=177 |year=2006 |edition=2nd |publisher=Hal Leonard |isbn=9780634099250))</ref> An alternate version without the backing singers was released on bootlegs. The song was also released as the B-side of the Stones' "[[Rocks Off]]" single in Japan.<ref>((Cite AV media |title=[[Rocks Off]] |others=[[The Rolling Stones]] |date=1972 |type=Japanese Single |publisher=[[Rolling Stones Records]]))</ref>

The version of the song that the band re-recorded for ''[[Stripped (Rolling Stones album)|Stripped]]'' is featured in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s 1995 film ''[[Casino (1995 film)|Casino]]''. The original recording is played over the closing credits of [[Rian Johnson]]'s 2019 film ''[[Knives Out]]''.<ref>((Cite web |last=Moran |first=Sarah |date=2019-11-27 |title=Here's Every Song On Knives Out's Soundtrack |url=https://screenrant.com/knives-out-movie-soundtrack-songs/ |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US))</ref>

== History ==
"Sweet Virginia" is an acoustic song that is influenced by [[Gram Parsons]].

In a 1973 Crawdaddy interview, Parsons modestly confessed that he 'didn't work with the Stones that much. I did a few things with them...like with "[[Wild Horses (Rolling Stones song)|Wild Horses]]", "[[Dead Flowers (Rolling Stones song)|Dead Flowers]]", and "Sweet Virginia"...I sang on "Sweet Virginia". Gram thought that he 'sort of did' turn the Stones on to a more basic consideration of country. <ref>((Cite news |last=Ehler |first=Jay |date=July 1973 |title=Gram Parsons Sweeps Out The Ashes |pages=3 |work=Crawdaddy |url=https://www.facebook.com/GramParsons/posts/crawdaddy-magazine-july-1973-interview-for-your-viewing-pleasure-on-this-monday-/1593881207292214/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |archive-url= |archive-date=))</ref>

It is also influenced by the drug-fueled atmosphere of [[Nellcôte]], where the album was mostly recorded during a series of chaotic recording sessions.<ref name=":1">((Cite magazine|date=2013-10-15|title=100 Greatest Rolling Stones Songs, #35 "Sweet Virginia" (1972)|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-rolling-stones-songs-40475/|access-date=2020-07-20|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US))</ref><ref name=":0" /> The lyrics allude to drug use and pills and low-grade [[heroin]] (“drop your reds, drop your greens and blues”, "I hid the speed inside my shoe", and "got to scrape that shit right off your shoes").<ref name=":1" />

==Reception==
''Classic Rock History'' critic Matthew Pollard rated "Sweet Virginia" as the Rolling Stones' 4th best deep cut, calling it "a pretty little Country-inspired work of genius that’s thought-provoking and inspiring as it is a real crowd-pleasing sing-along."<ref>((cite web|title= 10 Rolling Stones Songs That Are Fan Favorite Deep Cuts|author=Pollard, Matthew|date=28 December 2023|accessdate=2023-12-30|publisher=Classic Rock History|url=https://www.classicrockhistory.com/top-10-rolling-stones-songs-deep-cuts/))</ref>

===Legal problems===
After the release of ''Exile on Main St.'', [[Allen Klein]] sued the Rolling Stones for breach of settlement because "Sweet Virginia" and four other songs on the album were composed while Jagger and Richards were under contract with Klein's company [[ABKCO Records]]. ABKCO acquired publishing rights to these songs, giving it a share of the royalties from ''Exile on Main St.''.  Additionally, ABKCO was able to publish another album consisting of previously released Rolling Stones songs, ''[[More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)]]''.<ref>((cite book |last=Goodman |first=Fred |date=2015 |title=Allen Klein: The Man Who Bailed Out the Beatles, Made the Stones, and Transformed Rock & Roll |location=Boston, New York |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |pages=235–236 |isbn=978-0-547-89686-1))</ref>

==Live performances==
"Sweet Virginia" was performed by the Stones during their [[The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972|1972 American tour]], and it was featured in the concert film ''[[Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones]]'', released in 1974.  The Stones performed the song occasionally in 1973, and it returned to their set-lists on their 1994 [[Voodoo Lounge Tour]], 2005 [[A Bigger Bang Tour]], and 2017 [[No Filter Tour]].

"Sweet Virginia" has also been covered in concert by the bands  [[Phish]]<ref>((cite book |title=The Phish Companion: A Guide to the Band and Their Music |author=Mockingbird Foundation |author-link=Mockingbird Foundation |publisher=Hal Leonard |pages=266, 313 |year=2004 |isbn=9780879307998))</ref> and [[Old Crow Medicine Show]].

==Personnel==

According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon:((sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|p=378))

'''The Rolling Stones'''
*[[Mick Jagger]]((snd)) vocals, harmonica
*[[Keith Richards]]((snd)) backing vocals, acoustic guitar
*[[Mick Taylor]]((snd)) backing vocals, lead acoustic guitar
*[[Bill Wyman]]((snd)) bass
*[[Charlie Watts]]((snd)) drums

'''Additional musicians'''
*[[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]]((snd)) piano
*[[Bobby Keys]]((snd)) [[saxophone]]
*[[Gram Parsons]]((Spaced en dash)) backing vocals
*Unidentified musicians((snd)) backing vocals, hand claps

==References==
((Reflist))

===Sources===
((refbegin))
* ((cite book |last1=Babiuk |first1=Andy |last2=Prevost |first2=Greg |author1-link=Andy Babiuk |title=Rolling Stones Gear: All the Stones' Instruments from Stage to Studio |date=2013 |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=Milwaukee |isbn=978-1-61713-092-2))
* ((cite book |last1=Margotin |first1=Philippe |last2=Guesdon |first2=Jean-Michel |title=The Rolling Stones All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track |date=2016 |publisher=[[Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-316-31774-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5eTCwAAQBAJ))
((refend))

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