The strings on the piece were arranged by Paul Buckmaster, who also worked on "Moonlight Mile", another song from Sticky Fingers.
Taylor would later claim that he felt he deserved writing credits on "Sway" and a few other songs, and the fact that he did not receive them was one of the causes of his departure from the band.
The Rolling Stones Additional Personnel The song was featured in The Sopranos prequel, The Many Saints of Newark, released in 2021.
The song was covered by the band Overwhelming Colorfast on their 1995 Bender EP, then later appeared on the 1996 label comp, Super Mixer: A Goldenrod Compilation.
[2] It was also covered by Alvin Youngblood Hart on the October 1997 River North Records release, Paint It Blue: Songs Of The Rolling Stones.