Was 'Wild Horses' actually written by Gram Parsons?

Article. I've Said It Before, I'll Say It Again: Gram Parsons Wrote "Wild Horses" .... The notebook, with the lyrics and chords to Wild Horses wtitten in Grams handwriting that people point to as "evidence" that Gram wrote the song actually points to the opposite conclusion. read more

Not even the world's second greatest band. What they are is the world's most overrated band. And it wasn't Keith or Mick who wrote 'Wild Horses'. It was Gram Parsons." (p. 208 in the 2005 English translation hardback) I don't view the Stones so harshly but I found that argument quite interesting. read more

"Wild Horses" is a song by the Rolling Stones from their 1971 album Sticky Fingers, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Rolling Stone ranked it number 334 in its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list in 2004. read more

Gram did not write Wild Horses although he was the inspiration for the song. Wild Horses was actually written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger (it is widely held that the song was originally written for Gram to sing, an idea that was refused by the record label). read more