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Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
1966 single by the Rolling Stones
1966 single by the Rolling Stones
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? |
| cover | HaveYouSeenYourMotherBabyUS45PicSleeve.jpg |
| caption | US picture sleeve |
| type | single |
| artist | the Rolling Stones |
| B-side | Who's Driving Your Plane? |
| released | |
| recorded | 3–11, 31 August and 8 September 1966 |
| studio | *RCA, Hollywood, California |
| length | |
| label | *Decca (UK) |
| writer | Jagger/Richards |
| producer | Andrew Loog Oldham |
| chronology | Rolling Stones UK singles |
| prev_title | Paint It Black |
| prev_year | 1966 |
| next_title | Ruby Tuesday |
| next_title2 | Let's Spend the Night Together |
| next_year | 1967 |
| misc | {{Extra chronology |
| artist | Rolling Stones US singles |
| type | single |
| prev_title | Mother's Little Helper |
| prev_year | 1966 |
| title | Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? |
| year | 1966 |
| next_title | Let's Spend the Night Together |
| next_title2 | Ruby Tuesday |
| next_year | 1967 |
| header | Rear cover |
| type | single |
| cover | HaveYouSeenYourMotherBabyUK45PicSleeve.jpg |
| caption | US picture sleeve (rear) |
| B-side = Who's Driving Your Plane?
- IBC, London
- London (US)
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was recorded in the late summer of 1966 during early sessions for what would become their Between the Buttons album. It was the first Stones single to be released simultaneously (23 September 1966) in both the UK and the US, and reached number five and number nine on those countries' charts, respectively.
Recording and releases
It is the first Rolling Stones song to feature a 1920s-influenced horn section, which was arranged by Mike Leander. The group have said that they were unhappy with the final cut, bemoaning the loss of the original cut's strong rhythm section. It is also the first song Richards is said to have written on piano even though he does not play piano on the final cut. Jack Nitzsche, friend of the band and their occasional pianist, is credited in the session logs to piano, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones is also credited in the logs for playing the piano. However, when the band mimed the song on The Ed Sullivan Show on 11 September 1966, shortly before its release, Richards mimed the piano with Jones miming the guitar.
The American picture sleeve includes a photo of the band dressed in drag, shot by Jerry Schatzberg. Peter Whitehead's promotional film for the single was one of the first music videos. The Stones only performed the song live over a span of twelve days during their 1966 tour. One live recording appears on Got Live If You Want It! (1966, US). In 1993, Jagger performed it in New York City during his only show promoting his solo album Wandering Spirit.
The song is included on several Rolling Stones compilation albums, such as the British edition of Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966, UK), Flowers (1967, US), Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969 US edition), More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972), Singles Collection: The London Years (1989), and Forty Licks (2002, with the abbreviated title "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby?").
Reception
Cash Box said that it "the hard rocking, infectious sound is laced with a husky Jagger solo that builds back to a frenzied shout." Record World called it a "different, fast, funky, strange new side."
Personnel
According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon, except where noted:
The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger lead vocals, backing vocals, finger snaps
- Keith Richards backing vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, piano
- Brian Jones rhythm guitar
- Bill Wyman bass
- Charlie Watts drums
Additional musicians and production
- Jack Nitzsche piano
- Andrew Loog Oldham producer, backing vocals
- Mike Leander orchestration (trumpets)
- Mike Leander Orchestra trumpets
- David Hassinger sound engineer
- Glyn Johns sound engineer
Charts
| Chart (1966) | Peak |
|---|---|
| position | |
| Finland (Soumen Virallinen) | 30 |
| New Zealand (Listener) | 8 |
| Sweden (Kvällstoppen) | 9 |
| Sweden (Tio i Topp) | 9 |
Notes
References
Sources
References
- TV.com. "The Ed Sullivan Show: September 11, 1966: The Rolling Stones, Louis Armstrong, Red Skelton".
- (October 1, 1966). "CashBox Record Reviews".
- (October 1, 1966). "Single Picks of the Week".
- Nyman, Jake. (2005). "Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja". Tammi.
- http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=NZ%20listener%20charts&qyear=1966&qmonth=Dec&qweek=16-Dec-1966#n_view_location
- Hallberg, Eric. (1993). "Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975". Drift Musik.
- (1998). "Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74". Premium Publishing.
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