Legacy
"Play With Fire" has been cited as the first song the supergroup West, Bruce and Laing played together upon their formation in 1972. The band regularly played the song live – a rendition of it appears on West, Bruce and Laing's 1974 album Live 'n' Kickin' – and also included a thinly veiled rewrite of the song (with new lyrics) as "Love is Worth the Blues" on their first album Why Dontcha (1972).
In 1980, The Fleshtones released a version of the song on their EP Up-Front.
Dick Taylor, an early bass guitarist for the Stones, covered "Play with Fire" as a member of The Pretty Things on their 1999 album, Rage...Before Beauty.
Gov't Mule covered "Play with Fire" in a reggae style on their 2007 album Mighty High and directly reference the Rolling Stones 1965 version in the intro.
Manfred Mann's Earth Band covered the song on their 1996 album "Soft Vengeance" (track 2).
Cobra Verde's cover of "Play with Fire" was featured on the HBO series 'True Blood' and appears on the shows' CD; it also appears on their "Copycat Killers" album.
"Play with Fire" was covered by Dum Dum Girls in 2009 as a B-Side to the Jail La La single and as a Japanese bonus track for their debut album I Will Be.
Jonee Earthquake Band have made this a regular part of their act, usually closing with it. They play it in a much faster punk rock style.
Tír na nÓg conceived an acoustic folk version of the song with a guitar/violin arrangement that they played live on their 2010 album Live at Sirius.
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