Sister Morphine

Infobox Song
Name = Sister Morphine
Artist = The Rolling Stones
Album = Sticky Fingers
Released= April 23, 1971


track_no = 8
Recorded = May - June, 1969
Genre = Rock
Length = 5m:31s
Writer = Jagger/Richards/Faithfull
Label = Rolling Stones/Virgin
Producer = Jimmy Miller
[ Chart position = ] |
prev = "I Got the Blues"
prev_no = 7
next = "Dead Flowers"
next_no = 9

"Sister Morphine" is a song originally released as a single by British singer Marianne Faithfull and later popularized by the rock and roll band The Rolling Stones, found on their 1971 album release "Sticky Fingers". Marianne Faithfull released a version of the song as a single in 1969.

The Stones' version was recorded in May and June 1969, but was never released as a single. With Jagger singing, the song features Ry Cooder on bottleneck guitar, Keith Richards on acoustic, and Jack Nitzsche on piano.

Faithfull's name appeared on the credits of the 1994 remastered release of "Sticky Fingers".

The song was performed during the Rolling Stones' 1997/1998 Bridges to Babylon Tour. A live recording was captured and released on the 1999 live album "No Security".

References in popular culture

A chapter of Patti Smith's 1978 book "Babel" was titled "Sister Morphine".