Gimme Shelter

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Gimme Shelter is a 1969 rock song by the Rolling Stones, renowned for its dark, apocalyptic tone and iconic opening riff.

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Gimme Shelter canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf rock song
song
album Let It Bleed
artist The Rolling Stones
associatedWithEvent Vietnam War
surface form: Vietnam War era
associatedWithPeriod late 1960s counterculture
composer Keith Richards
Mick Jagger
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception widely acclaimed
featuresBackingVocalsBy Merry Clayton
genre blues rock
hard rock
rock
hasFamousLyric Rape, murder, it’s just a shot away
War, children, it’s just a shot away
hasInstrumentation bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
percussion
piano
hasNotableFeature dark apocalyptic tone
iconic opening guitar riff
includedIn The Rolling Stones concert setlists
key C-sharp minor
label Decca Records
London Records
language English
lyricTheme apocalypse
social unrest
violence
war
openingTrackOf Let It Bleed
partOf Let It Bleed
performer The Rolling Stones
producer Jimmy Miller
rankedOn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
recordingYear 1969
releaseYear 1969
tempo medium
timeSignature 4/4
trackNumber 1
usedIn documentaries about the 1960s
film soundtracks
vocalContribution Merry Clayton
Mick Jagger
writer Keith Richards
Mick Jagger

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Keith Richards notableWork Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones notableWork Gimme Shelter
Mick Jagger notableWork Gimme Shelter
Honky Tonk Women followedBySingle Gimme Shelter
Let It Bleed hasTrack Gimme Shelter
Let It Bleed notableTrack Gimme Shelter
Bridges to Babylon Tour featuredSong Gimme Shelter
No Filter Tour setlistIncludes Gimme Shelter
film "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones" includesSong Gimme Shelter
subject surface form: Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones
Twelve hasPart Gimme Shelter