Prior to its release on Sticky Fingers, Gram Parsons convinced Jagger and Richards to allow him to record "Wild Horses" with his band, The Flying Burrito Brothers. While the Rolling Stones had already laid the track to tape, the Burrito Brothers' version was actually the first to be released, appearing on their second album, Burrito Deluxe, in April 1970, one year before Sticky Fingers. Released as the second (US-only) single in June 1971, "Wild Horses" reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Although popular at the Rolling Stones' live shows, "Wild Horses" has only been released in a reworked version on the 1995 acoustic/live album Stripped. This version was released as a single in 1996. It has proven to be a popular cover song for other artists. It has been covered by The Flying Burrito Brothers, Garbage, The Sundays, The Cranberries, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Old and in the Way, Leon Russell, Guns N' Roses, Johnny Goudie, Sarah McLachlan, Bush, Labelle, The Lovemong! ers with Chris Cornell, Robin Williamson, Jewel, Dave Matthews, Charlotte Martin, Chantal Kreviazuk, Molly Hatchet, Alicia Keys ft. Adam Levine, Tre Lux, Iron & Wine, Stone Sour, Honeytribe, Sheryl Crow, Deacon Blue, Summerhill, Elisa, Melanie Safka, Kitty Hudson, John Barrowman and Susan Boyle. The Sundays' version was used in a long-running television advertisement for Budweiser beer in the early 1990s, featuring slow-motion footage of galloping Clydesdale horses. The version was also featured in the
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