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"As Tears Go By"
Cover of Dutch single release
Single by Marianne Faithfull
B-side
"Greensleeves"
Released
June 1964
Format
7" single
Recorded
1964
Genre
Baroque pop
Length
2:33
Label
Decca Records
Songwriter(s)
Jagger/Richards/Oldham
Producer(s)
Andrew Loog Oldham
Marianne Faithfull singles chronology
"As Tears Go By"
(1964) "Blowin' in the Wind"
(1964)
"As Tears Go By"
(1964) "Blowin' in the Wind"
(1964)
"As Tears Go By"
Single by The Rolling Stones
from the album December's Children (And Everybody's)
A-side
"19th Nervous Breakdown" (UK)
B-side
"Gotta Get Away" (US)
Released
December 1965 (US)
4 February 1966 (UK)
Format
7"
Recorded
26 October 1965, IBC Studios, London
Genre
Baroque pop[1]
Length
2:45
Label
London 45-LON9808
Songwriter(s)
Jagger/Richards/Oldham
Producer(s)
Andrew Loog Oldham; engineer: Glyn Johns
The Rolling Stones US singles chronology
"Get Off of My Cloud"
(1965) "As Tears Go By"
(1965) "19th Nervous Breakdown"
(1966)
"Get Off of My Cloud"
(1965) "As Tears Go By"
(1965) "19th Nervous Breakdown"
(1966)
The Rolling Stones UK singles chronology
"Get Off of My Cloud"
(1965) Get Off of My Cloud1965 "19th Nervous Breakdown" / "As Tears Go By"
(1966) 19th Nervous BreakdownAs Tears Go By1966 "Paint It Black"
(1966) Paint It Black1966
"As Tears Go By" is a song written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham. It was released as a single by Marianne Faithfull in 1964 and peaked at number 9 in the United Kingdom.[2] The Rolling Stones recorded their own version later, releasing the track in late 1965 on the album December's Children (And Everybody's) and subsequently as a single in North America.[1]
Contents
1 History
2 Personnel
3 Charts
4 Cover versions
5 References
6 External links
History[edit]
"As Tears Go By" was one of the first original compositions by Jagger and Richards, as until that point The Rolling Stones had chiefly been performing blues standards. A story surrounding the song's genesis has it that Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham locked Jagger and Richards in a kitchen in order to force them to write a song together, even suggesting what type of song he wanted: "I want a song with brick walls all around it, high windows and no sex." The result was initially named "As Time Goes By", the title of the song Dooley Wilson sings in the film Casablanca. It was Oldham who replaced "Time" with "Tears".
"We thought, what a terrible piece of tripe. We came out and played it to Andrew [Oldham], and he said 'It's a hit.' We actually sold this stuff, and it actually made money. Mick and I were thinking, this is money for old rope!"[3]
According to Jagger biographer Philip Norman, the song was mainly created by Jagger, in co-operation with session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan.[4]
Oldham subsequently gave the ballad (a format that the Stones were not yet known for) to Faithfull, then 17, for her to record as a B-side. The success of the recording caused the record company, Decca, to switch the song to an A-side, where it became a very popular single. The melody features a distinctive oboe line.[5] The demo had Mick Jagger singing and Big Jim Sullivan playing 12-string guitar. It reached no. 9 in the British charts and launched Faithfull's career as a major singer. The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 in America the week ending 28 November 1964, where it stayed for nine weeks peaking at no. 22. In Canada, the song peaked at no. 2 on the RPM charts.[6] Faithfull also performed the song on the television show Hullabaloo, in the segment presented by Beatles manager Brian Epstein from London.
It is sometimes said that the song was written as an answer to the Beatles' "Yesterday", a strings-driven ballad that became one of the band's biggest hits in 1965. However, this is false: "As Tears Go By" was written at least one year before "Yesterday"'s parent album, Help!, was even released. However, the Rolling Stones may have been influenced by "Yesterday'"s particular arrangement. The Rolling Stones changed the arrangement from Faithful's 1964 version to one that more closely resembled the arrangement of "Yesterday", which may have been intentional given that the new arrangement was recorded while the Beatles' song was topping charts all over the world, including the US Billboard Hot 100. Marianne Faithful's 1964 version of "As Tears Go By" features percussion and strings throughout; the Rolling Stones' version completely lacks percussion and opens with acoustic guitar followed by strings entering in the second verse, just as in "Yesterday".
The Rolling Stones recorded their own version of "As Tears Go By" in 1965. This recording is notable for its heavy string arrangement by Mike Leander. It was one of the three songs (including "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "19th Nervous Breakdown") that the band performed live during their third appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was released as a single in December 1965 by their North American record label, London Records, due to popular demand after radio DJs across the country started playing it from the band's recently released album December's Children (And Everybody's). It peaked at no. 6 on the American Billboard Charts, and also had great success on the Billboard Easy Listening chart (no. 10 peak) years before the seemingly more wholesome Beatles would see their first entry. The song was later released in the UK in 1966 as the B-side to the single, "19th Nervous Breakdown".
The Stones released a version with Italian lyrics as a single in Italy, under the title "Con Le Mie Lacrime".[7]
The song was performed live on tour for the first time in November 2005 on the Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour. A performance from the 2006 leg of the tour was captured for the 2008 concert film Shine a Light and the accompanying soundtrack album. On 11 July in Milan the Stones performed the song with the Italian lyrics.[8] The song was performed as a duet between Jagger and Taylor Swift on 3 June 2013 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, for the band's 50 & Counting tour.[9]
Personnel[edit]
Mick Jagger – lead vocals
Keith Richards – 12-string acoustic guitar
Mike Leander – string arrangement
Charts[edit]
Chart (1966)
Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 6
Cover versions[edit]
The cover version by the British project Georgia II was released as a 12" maxi-single on "Presicion Records & Tapes Ltd." label (catalogue number: 12P 274). On CD, this song was released on "Voiceprint" label on "View with Suspicion" compilation by Random Hold in 2009 (catalogue number: VP511CD).
The song was translated into Italian ("Con le mie lacrime") and released in 1965 as the B-side of "As Tears Go By" single record in Italy. It was also performed live the Stones in the Bigger Bang tour in Milan, in July 2006.
The Vitamin String Quartet's cover was used for the Season 5 finale of House, Both Sides Now, directed by Greg Yaitanes.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Mick Jagger interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
Jump up ^ UK Chart History database Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Richards, Keith (2010), Life, p. 172
Jump up ^ Philip Norman, Mick Jagger, biography, 2012, p. 143, Dutch translation
Jump up ^ Everett, Walter, 2009, The Foundations of Rock : From "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", Oxford: OUP, ISBN 0-1953-102-41 p.95
Jump up ^ "RPM Magazine". RPM Weekly.
Jump up ^ Prato, Paolo (2007). "Selling Italy by the sound: cross-cultural interchanges through cover records". Popular Music (26): 441–462. doi:10.1017/S0261143007001377.
Jump up ^ "The Rolling Stones cover The White Stripes!". NME News. New Musical Express. 12 July 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
Jump up ^ Blistein, Jon (4 June 2013). "Taylor Swift Joins Rolling Stones for 'As Tears Go By'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
Jump up ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5695." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
Jump up ^ "The Rolling Stones Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
External links[edit]
"Complete Official Lyrics". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
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