Today in Music (1967): The Rolling Stones Between the Buttons

Between the Buttons The Rolling Stones

Released: January 20, 1967 Peak: 2 US, 3 UK, -- CN, 7 AU Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, -- UK, 2.5 world (includes US and UK), 6.31 EAS Genre: classic rock

Tracks (UK version): Click on a song title for more details. Song Title Yesterday’s Papers [2:05] My Obsession [3:18] Back Street Girl [3:22] Connection [2:10] She Smiled Sweetly [2:45] Cool, Calm and Collected [4:19] All Sold Out [2:18] Please Go Home [3:14] Who’s Been Sleeping Here? [ 3:57] Complicated [3:16] Miss Amanda Jones [2:48] Something Happened to Me Yesterday [4:55] Total Running Time: 38:41 Tracks (US version): Click on a song title for more details. Song Title Let’s Spend the Night Together [3:29] Yesterday’s Papers [2:05] Ruby Tuesday [3:12] Connection [2:10] She Smiled Sweetly [2:45] Cool, Calm and Collected [4:19] All Sold Out [2:18] My Obsession [3:18] Who’s Been Sleeping Here? [ 3:57] Complicated [3:16] Miss Amanda Jones [2:48] Something Happened to Me Yesterday [4:55] Total Running Time: 38:41 Other Songs from This Era: Song Title The Players: Mick Jagger (vocals, tambourine, harmonica) Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals) Brian Jones (guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, tambourine, maracas) Bill Wyman (bass, backing vocals) Charlie Watts (drums)

Rating: 4.066 out of 5.00 (average of 28 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album The U.K. version features "Back Street Girl" and "Please Go Home" instead of "Let's Spend the Night Together" and "Ruby Tuesday." “The Rolling Stones' 1967 recordings are a matter of some controversy; many critics felt that they were compromising their raw, rootsy power with trendy emulations of the Beatles, Kinks, Dylan, and psychedelic music. Approach this album with an open mind, though, and you'll find it to be one of their strongest, most eclectic LPs, with many fine songs that remain unknown to all but Stones devotees. The lyrics are getting better (if more savage), and the arrangements more creative, on brooding near-classics like All Sold Out, My Obsession, and Yesterday’s Papers.” RU “She Smiled Sweetly shows their hidden romantic side at its best, while Connection is one of the record's few slabs of conventionally driving rock.” RU “But the best tracks were the two songs that gave the group a double-sided #1 in early 1967: the lustful Let’s Spend the Night Together and the beautiful, melancholy Ruby Tuesday, which is as melodic as anything Jagger and Richards would ever write.” RU The Songs Here’s a breakdown of each of the individual songs.

Let’s Spend the Night Together The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: 1/13/1967 (single), Between the Buttons (U.S., 1967), Through the Past Darkly – Big Hits Vol. 2 (1969), Hot Rocks (1971), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989), Forty Licks (2002), Grrr! (2012) Peak: 55 BB, 28 CB, 44 HR, 4 CL, 3 UK Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 1.0 US -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Yesterday’s Papers The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (UK, 1967), Between the Buttons (U.S., 1967) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Ruby Tuesday The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (U.S., 1967), Through the Past Darkly – Big Hits Vol. 2 (1969), Hot Rocks (1971), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989), Forty Licks (2002), Grrr! (2012) Peak: 1 BB, 1 CB, 1 HR, 3 UK, 2 CN, 3 AU Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 1.0 US 3.0 radio, -- video, -- streaming

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Song: A

My Obsession The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (UK, 1967), Between the Buttons (U.S., 1967) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Back Street Girl The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (UK, 1967) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Song: A

Connection The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (UK, 1967), Between the Buttons (U.S., 1967) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Song: A

She Smiled Sweetly The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (UK, 1967), Between the Buttons (U.S., 1967) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Cool, Calm & Collected The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (UK, 1967), Between the Buttons (U.S., 1967) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

All Sold Out The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (UK, 1967), Between the Buttons (U.S., 1967) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Please Go Home The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (UK, 1967) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Who’s Been Sleeping Here? The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (UK, 1967), Between the Buttons (U.S., 1967) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Complicated The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (UK, 1967), Between the Buttons (U.S., 1967) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Miss Amanda Jones The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (UK, 1967), Between the Buttons (U.S., 1967) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Something Happened to Me Yesterday The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Between the Buttons (UK, 1967), Between the Buttons (U.S., 1967) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Resources/References: RU AllMusic.com review by Richie Unterberger MG Philippe Margotin & Jean-Michel Guesdon (2022). The Rolling Stones: All the Songs. Hachette Book Group: New York, NY. Related DMDB Pages: First posted 3/6/2011; last updated 12/13/2025.