Sympathy for the Devil

"Sympathy for the Devil" is a song by the Rolling Stones, released on their 1968 album Beggars Banquet. Written by Mick Jagger and credited to the Jagger-Richards partnership, the song features Jagger singing in first person as the Devil, boasting of his role in historical atrocities and asking the listener to "guess my name." The song's inspiration came from Baudelaire and Mikhail Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita," and was influenced by French writing and Bob Dylan's style. The song was recorded at Olympic Sound Studios in London, with a cast of musicians including Nicky Hopkins, Rocky Dijon, and Bill Wyman. The song received critical acclaim and has been ranked number 106 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.learn more on wikipedia