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Gimme Shelter

original song written and composed by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards; first recorded by Rolling Stones
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q253783
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Gimme Shelter is a visual artwork classified within the hard rock genre .

Key Facts

  • Composer: Mick Jagger[3], Keith Richards[4]
  • Genre: hard rock[5]
  • Performer: The Rolling Stones[6], Angelique Kidjo[7], Ruth Copeland[8], Merry Clayton[9], Grand Funk Railroad[10], Puddle of Mudd[11], The Sisters of Mercy[12], London Symphony Orchestra[13], Patti Smith[14], Stone Sour[15], Holy Soldier[16], Hawkwind[17]
  • Language of work or name: English[18]
  • Publication date: 1969[19]
  • Lyricist: Mick Jagger[20], Keith Richards[21]
  • Title: Gimme Shelter[22]
  • Different from: Gimme Shelter[23]
  • Form of creative work: song[24]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[25]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, rock[26]

  • Community tags: blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, rock[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 14f3287f-4952-33df-b699-9687f7d6945f[28]

Why It Matters

Gimme Shelter has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Angelique Kidjo Keith Richards Mick Jagger Patti Smith

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Rolling Stones, Angelique Kidjo, Ruth Copeland +9
    Form of creative work → song
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