“Beast of Burden”  is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, featured on the 1978 album Some Girls.  In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song #435 on their list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” and #433 on “The 500 Greatest Rock and Roll Songs of All Time”.  In 1984, the song was covered by Bette Midler.  Her version, which reached #71 on Billboard’s Hot 100, modified several lines of lyric (for example, changing “Pretty, pretty, girls” to “my little sister is a pretty, pretty girl”).  The track appeared on Bette Midler’s No Frills album.  (More from Wikipedia)