McDowell 's rendition inspired many subsequent recordings , including a popular electric-combo version by English rock group the Rolling Stones . The Stones regularly performed " You Got ta Move " during their 1969 US tour . They recorded a version at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Alabama in December 1969 , with later recording in England in 1970 . It was later included on their 1971 album '' Sticky Fingers '' , which credited McDowell as the songwriter . Mick Jagger sings the song in a Southern black dialect with Mick Taylor 's electric slide guitar accompaniment that follows McDowell 's . Taylor commented in 2011 : " ' You Got ta Move ' was this great Mississippi Fred McDowell song that we used to play all the time in the studio . I used a slide on that – on an old 1954 Fender Telecaster – and that was the beginning of that slide thing I tried to develop with the Stones . " Two different concert versions are included as bonus tracks on the group 's '' Get Yer Ya-Ya 's Out ! '' ( 1970 ) and another on '' Love You Live '' ( 1977 ) . The latter features Billy Preston , who plays on Sam Cooke 's version
1969 US tour
The Rolling Stones American Tour 1969
You Gotta Move (song)