President Donald Trump played the Rolling Stones ' recording of the song at campaign appearances during the 2016 Republican primaries and the presidential election , including his nationally televised acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in July . After the convention , the band stated publicly that they do not endorse Trump and requested that he cease all use of their songs immediately . Despite the requests to stop , Trump continued using the song at campaign rallies before and after the 2016 election . According to Jagger , the band considers the use of the song as a play-out at rallies to be " odd , " given that it is a " sort of doomy ballad about drugs in Chelsea . " '' ' The Rolling Stones ' '' '' ' Additional personnel '' '
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