Beast of Burden (song)

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"Beast of Burden"
Cover of the 1978 US single
Single by the Rolling Stones
from the album Some Girls
B-side	"When the Whip Comes Down"
Released	28 August 1978 (1978-08-28) (US)
Recorded	10 October–21 December 1977 Pathé Marconi Studios
Genre	Blues rock soul[1] soft rock[2][3]
Length	4:24 (album version) 3:28 (single edit)
Label	Rolling Stones
Songwriter(s)	Jagger–Richards
Producer(s)	The Glimmer Twins
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"Miss You" (1978) "Beast of Burden" (1978) "Respectable" (1978)
Some Girls track listing
10 tracks Side one "Miss You" "When the Whip Comes Down" "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" "Some Girls" "Lies" Side two "Far Away Eyes" "Respectable" "Before They Make Me Run" "Beast of Burden" "Shattered"

"Beast of Burden" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, featured on the 1978 album Some Girls. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song No. 435 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".