"I Got the Blues" is a song from the Rolling Stones' 1971 album Sticky Fingers. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "I Got the Blues" is a slow-paced, ravished song. It features languid guitars with heavy influence of both blues and soul feel. Recorded during the months of March through May 1970, the song features Jagger on lead vocals, Richards and Mick Taylor on guitars, Bill Wyman on bass, Charlie Watts on drums, and Billy Preston on Hammond organ. Stones' recording veterans Bobby Keys and Jim Price performed on the saxophone and trumpet, respectively.