50+ Music<p>"Gimme Shelter" is a song by the English <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theRollingStones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theRollingStones</span></a>. Written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JaggerRichards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JaggerRichards</span></a>, it is the opening track of the band's 1969 album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LetItBleed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetItBleed</span></a>. The song covers the brutal realities of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a>, including <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a>. It features prominent guest vocals by American singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MerryClayton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MerryClayton</span></a>. American author, music journalist and cultural critic <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GreilMarcus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreilMarcus</span></a>, writing for Rolling Stone magazine at the time of its release, praised the song. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmS3tQJ7Os" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=RbmS3tQJ7Os</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>