Sympathy For The Devil
As of 2026-10-30, "Sympathy For The Devil" by The Rolling Stones has charted in 5 markets across 2 platforms, peaking at #20 (US) on the Rotation chart.
- Markets
- 5
- First seen
- 2026-07-26
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-30
- Peak
- #20 us
Started in 1 market, now in 5.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
Jagger wrote it as the Devil boasting of his role in historical atrocities, drawing on Baudelaire and Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, an inspiration confirmed by Marianne Faithfull, who gave him the book. [1] Keith Richards suggested changing the tempo and adding percussion, transforming what began as a Dylan-style folk song into the hypnotic samba groove heard on the track. [2] The song's 'who who' backing vocal chant, sung by Jagger, Richards, Watts, Wyman, Jones, Faithfull, Pallenberg and photographer Michael Cooper, came about by accident in the studio and was largely captured on film by Jean-Luc Godard for his movie One Plus One. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Written by Mick Jaggersource
- Written by Keith Richardssource
- Covered Arif Mardinsource
- Covered Bryan Ferrysource
- Covered Green on Redsource
- Covered U2source
- Covered Ian Stuartsource
- Covered Laibachsource
- Covered The Radiators feat. Warren Haynessource
- Covered Robb Johnsonsource
- Covered Freedom Dubsource
- Covered Motörheadsource
- Covered The Stones vs The Beatles Battlesource
- Covered Unwomansource
- Remixed by Rob Tex, Sympathy for the Devil (breakbeat mix)source
- Remixed by Rob Tex, Sympathy for the Devil (disco mix)source
- Sampled by Go Home Productions, Shannon Stone (Shannon vs. The Rolling Stones)source
- Sampled by Top Jimmy Page, SyMpaTHy For ThE DevIL 68-14source
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Sloveniasi · deezer#47#47—
- Venezuelave · deezer#54#54—
- Romaniaro · deezer#79#79—
- United Statesus · shazam · 5 cities#21#20#21
- Saudi Arabiasa · deezer#92#92—
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#60#60#60
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 5 cities · best #20 cincinnati
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Editions
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Identity
- ISRC
- USA176810010
- Slug
- the-rolling-stones__sympathy-for-the-devil
- Sources
- deezer, shazam
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