Beast of Burden
The Rolling Stones
1978
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1978
Release: 1978Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Original album recording released in 1978 before the subsequent single that year. The licensed singles-box metadata also retains the full recording.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1978.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Some Girls - label original year and tracklist
Original 1978 album and its Miss You, Beast of Burden and Shattered recordings; later deluxe bonus tracks are not part of this original tracklist.
Beast of Burden - original album before single
Some Girls was released in June 1978, with Beast of Burden subsequently issued as a single in August; earlier Miss You was released ahead of the album.
The Rolling Stones Singles Box Set sampler - licensed version metadata
Licensed Polydor track metadata identifies the full Beast of Burden (4:25) and Emotional Rescue (5:39), separately from explicitly labeled live performances, edits and remixes. Copyright/remaster years on individual tracks are not original-release evidence.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Keith Richards wrote this song about his relationship with Anita Pallenberg.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1978.html, song-list position 136
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 1978.html
Imported annual selection. Title, artist and year have not all been independently corroborated; retained source annotations are archived, not verified song histories.
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