Thumb" and not "Sympathy for the Devil" that the Stones were performing when Meredith Hunter was killed at the Altamont Free Concert. Rolling Stone magazine's early articles on the incident typically misreported that the killing took place during "Sympathy for the Devil", but the Stones in fact played "Sympathy for the Devil" earlier in the concert; it was interrupted by a fight and restarted, Jagger commenting, "We're always having—something very funny happens when we start that number." Several other songs were performed before Hunter was killed. Personnel According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon, except where noted: The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger lead vocal, hand drum Keith Richards backing vocals, lead guitar, bass Brian Jones backing vocals, acoustic guitar (inaudible) Bill Wyman backing vocals, shekere Charlie Watts backing vocals, drums Additional personnel Unidentified musician maracas Nicky Hopkins backing vocals, piano Rocky Dzidzornu congas, cowbell Anita Pallenberg, Marianne Faithfull backing vocals Certifications The 1968 film and others Sympathy for the Devil is also the title of a producer's edit of a 1968 film by Jean-Luc Godard whose own original version is called One Plus One. The film, a depiction of the late 1960s American counterculture, also featured the Rolling Stones in the process of recording the song in the studio. On the filming, Jagger said in Rolling Stone: "[it was] very fortuitous, because Godard wanted to do a film of us in the studio. I mean, it would never happen now, to get someone as interesting as Godard. And stuffy. We just happened to be recording that song. We could have been recording "My Obsession". But it was "Sympathy for the Devil", and it became the track that we used." During the several days of recording the Stones as they played, a film lamp set up by Godard's crew started a major fire in the studio that caused substantial damage to the studio and laid waste to some of the band's equipment. However, the song's tapes were saved by producer Jimmy Miller before he fled the studio, and Godard kept his cameras rolling capturing the fire on film as it roared on. Guns N' Roses version Guns N' Roses recorded a cover in 1994 which reached number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100; it was featured in the closing credits of Neil Jordan's film adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire and was included on their Greatest Hits album.