Carol (Chuck Berry song)#The Rolling Stones version

{{Short description|Song written by Chuck Berry}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Carol

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Chuck Berry

| album =

| B-side = Hey Pedro

| released = {{Start date|1958|08}}

| format =

| recorded = 12 June 1958

| studio = Chess (Chicago){{cite web |title=The Chuck Berry Database: Details For Recording Session: 12. 6. 1958|url=http://www.crlf.de/ChuckBerry/cbdb/session/13-1958-06-12%2000:00:00.html |website=A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry |publisher=Dietmar Rudolph |access-date=28 September 2021}}

| venue =

| genre = Rock and roll

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=21}}

| writer = Chuck Berry

| label = Chess

| prev_title = Beautiful Delilah

| prev_year = 1958

| next_title = Jo Jo Gunne

| next_year = 1958

}}

"Carol" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry, first released by Chess Records in 1958, with "Hey Pedro" as the B-side. The single reached number 18 on Billboard's Hot 100 and number 9 on the magazine's R&B chart.

{{cite book

| last = Whitburn

| first = Joel

| author-link = Joel Whitburn

| title = Top R&B Singles 1942–1988

| year = 1988

| location = Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

| publisher = Record Research

| isbn = 0-89820-068-7

| page = [https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whit/page/42 42]

| url-access = registration

| url = https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whit/page/42

}} In 1959, it was included on his first compilation album, Berry Is on Top.

Berry employs his well-known guitar figure, which AllMusic critic Matthew Greenwald describes as "a guitar lick that indeed propelled not just Berry's greatest works, but the rock & roll genre itself."

{{cite web

| url = https://www.allmusic.com/song/carol-mt0000239464

| title = Chuck Berry: Carol – Review

| last = Greenwald

| first = Matthew

| website = AllMusic

| accessdate = May 12, 2018

}} The Rolling Stones recorded it in 1964 for their debut album and a live version was released on Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (1969). A live recording from Oakland in November 1969 is included in the bootleg album, Live'r Than You'll Ever Be. Their recordings were preceded by a performance by the Beatles in 1963, later included on Live at the BBC (1994). Several other artists have also recorded the song.

{{cite web

| url = https://www.allmusic.com/song/carol-mt0000239464/also-performed-by

| title = Carol – Also Performed By

| website = AllMusic

| accessdate = May 12, 2018

}}