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-| Name = Citadel
-| Artist = [[the Rolling Stones]]
-| Album = [[Their Satanic Majesties Request]]
-| Released = 8 December 1967 <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small><br/>9 December 1967 <small> ([[United States|US]])</small>
-| track_no = 2
-| Recorded = 9 February - 23 October 1967 at [[Olympic Studios]], [[London, England]]
-| Genre =
-| Length = 2:50
-| Writer = [[Jagger/Richards]]
-| Label = [[Decca Records|Decca]]/[[ABKCO Records|ABKCO]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small> <br>[[London Records|London]]/[[ABKCO Records|ABKCO]]<small> ([[United States|US]] and [[Canada]])
-| Producer = [[The Rolling Stones]]
-| Tracks = {{Their Satanic Majesties Request tracks}}
-}}
-"'''Citadel'''" is a song by English [[rock music|rock]] band [[the Rolling Stones]], released as the second track on their 1968
- album ''[[Their Satanic Majesties Request]]''. The guitar [[riff]] is played by [[Keith Richards]].
-The chorus refers to actress [[Candy Darling]] and her friend Taffy, who The Rolling Stones had previously met at the Hotel Albert in New York City. According to Darling: {{Quote|We met them in the Hotel Albert. We were on the floor above them and we dangled a bunch of grapes down on a string outside their window. You see, the Citadel is New York and the song is a message to ''us'' – Taffy and me.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Paytress|first1=Mark|title=Rolling Stones: Off the Record|date=2009|publisher=Omnibus Press|location=London|isbn=978-0-85712-113-4}}</ref>}}
-==Musicians==
-*[[Charlie Watts]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
-*[[Bill Wyman]] – [[bass guitar]]
-*[[Keith Richards]] – [[electric guitar]]s
-*[[Mick Jagger]] – [[vocals]], [[maracas]]
-*[[Brian Jones]] – [[mellotron]], [[soprano saxophone]], [[flute]]
-*[[Nicky Hopkins]] – [[piano]], [[mellotron]] (mandolin setting), [[harpsichord]]
-==References==
-{{Reflist}}
-==External links==
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090714093719/http://www.rollingstones.com/archive/index.php?av=lal&v=so&a=1&id=97 Lyrics on the Rolling Stones' official website]
-[[Category:1967 songs]]
-[[Category:The Rolling Stones songs]]
-[[Category:Decca Records singles]]
-[[Category:London Records singles]]
-[[Category:Songs written by Jagger/Richards]]