Today in Music (1967): The Rolling Stones Their Satanic Majesties Request released

Their Satanic Majesties Request The Rolling Stones

Released: December 8, 1967 Peak: 2 US, 3 UK, -- CN, 13 AU Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, 0.06 UK, 2.50 world (includes US and UK), 4.24 EAS Genre: classic rock

Tracks: Sing This All Together [3:46] Citadel [2:50] In Another Land (Wyman) [3:15] 2000 Man [3:07] Sing This All Together (See What Happens) [8:33] She's a Rainbow [4:35] The Lantern [4:23] Gomper [5:08] 2000 Light Years from Home [4:45] On with the Show [3:39] Songs written by Jagger/Richards unless indicated otherwise. Total Running Time: 43:28 The Players: Mick Jagger (vocals, tambourine, harmonica, maracas) Keith Richards (guitar, backing vocals) Brian Jones (guitar, backing vocals, harmonica, tambourine) Bill Wyman (bass, backing vocals) Charlie Watts (drums) Ian Stewart (keyboards)

Rating: 3.713 out of 5.00 (average of 26 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album “Without a doubt, no Rolling Stones album--and, indeed, very few rock albums from any era--split critical opinion as much as the Rolling Stones' psychedelic outing. Many dismiss the record as sub-Sgt. Pepper posturing; others confess, if only in private, to a fascination with the album's inventive arrangements, which incorporated some African rhythms, mellotrons, and full orchestration. Never before or since did the Stones take so many chances in the studio. This writer, at least, feels that the record has been unfairly undervalued, partly because purists expect the Stones to constantly champion a blues ‘n’ raunch worldview.” AM “About half the material is very strong, particularly the glorious She's a Rainbow, with its beautiful harmonies, piano, and strings; the riff-driven Citadel; the hazy, dream-like In Another Land, Bill Wyman's debut writing (and singing) credit on a Stones release; and the majestically dark and doomy cosmic rocker 2000 Light Years from Home, with some of the creepiest synthesizer effects (devised by Brian Jones) ever to grace a rock record.” AM “The downfall of the album was caused by some weak songwriting on the lesser tracks, particularly the interminable psychedelic jam Sing This All Together (See What Happens).” AM “It's a much better record than most people give it credit for being, though, with a strong current of creeping uneasiness that undercuts the gaudy psychedelic flourishes. In 1968, the Stones would go back to the basics, and never wander down these paths again, making this all the more of a fascinating anomaly in the group’s discography.” AM

Resources/References: AM 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 4/1/2008; last updated 12/16/2025.

Today in Music (1965): The Rolling Stones December’s Children (And Everybody’s) releeased

December’s Children (And Everybody’s) The Rolling Stones

Released: December 11, 1965 Peak: 4 US, -- UK, -- CN, -- AU Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, -- UK, 1.0 world (includes US and UK), 4.39 EAS Genre: classic rock

Tracks: Click on a song title for more details. She Said Yeah [1:35] Talkin’ ‘Bout You [2:31] You Better Move On [2:40] Look What You’ve Done [2:16] The Singer Not the Song [2:23] Route 66 (live) [2:40] Get Off of My Cloud [2:56] I’m Free [2:24] As Tears Go By [2:46] Gotta Get Away [2:07] Blue Turns to Grey [2:29] I’m Movin’ On (live) [2:13] Total Running Time: 29:04 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: 3.807 out of 5.00 (average of 23 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album In the first half of the sixties, the UK and United States approached albums differently. While the UK treated them as separate entities from singles, the United States included singles on the albums. This meant that American versions of albums from British groups were cobbled together collections of singles, B-sides, and album cuts that sometimes adhered fairly close to the original UK and sometimes veered greatly. In the U.S., there were two albums that didn’t have UK counterparts – 12 x 5 in 1964 and December’s Children (And Everybody’s) in 1965. “Haphazard assembly aside, much of it’s great.” AM The latter included four cuts from the UK version of Out of Our Heads – “a breathless run-though of Larry Williams’ ‘She Said Yeah,’” AM “Gotta Get Away,” “a sultry Chuck Berry cover” AM of “Talkin’ ‘Bout You,” and “I’m Free.” There was also a live version of “Route 66;” the original studio version first appeared on the Rolling Stones’ self-titled UK debut in 1964. The album also pulled “one of their best and most tender soul covers,” AM “You Better Move On,” from the Stones’ 1964 self-titled EP. The album also included the singles “Get Off of My Cloud” and the B-sides “The Singer Not the Song” and “the controversial, string-laden acoustic ballad ‘As Tears Go By.’” AM Rounding out the album were “Look What You’ve Done,” “Blue Turns to Grey,” and a live version of Hank Snow’s “I’m Moving On” that first appeared on the UK live EP Got Live if You Want It! This was the last Stones’ album in which 50% of the material consisted of covers. AM However, the “Jagger-Richards' songwriting partnership had now developed to the extent that several non-A-side tracks were reasonably strong in their own right, such as ‘I’m Free’ and ‘The Singer Not the Song.’” AM The Songs Here’s a breakdown of each of the individual songs.

She Said Yeah The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Sonny Bono, Roddy Jackson Recorded: ? Released: Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Talkin’ ‘Bout You The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Chuck Berry Recorded: ? Released: Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

You Better Move On The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Arthur Alexander Recorded: ? Released: The Rolling Stones (EP, 1964), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Look What You’ve Done The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Muddy Waters Recorded: ? Released: December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

The Singer Not the Song The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): ? Recorded: ? Released: 10/22/1965 (UK B-side of “Get Off of My Cloud”), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Get Off of My Cloud The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: 9/25/1965 (US single), 10/22/1965 (UK single), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965), Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass) (1966), Hot Rocks (1971), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989), Forty Licks (2002), Grrr! (2012) Peak: 1 BB, 1 CB, 2 HR, 1 CL, 1 UK, 1 CN, 2 AU Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 3.0 radio, -- video, -- streaming

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I’m Free The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: 9/24/1965 (US, B-side of “Get Off of My Cloud”), Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965) Peak: 41 CL Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

As Tears Go By The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Andrew Loog Oldham Recorded: ? Released: 12/18/1965 (US single), 2/4/1966 (UK B-side of “19th Nervous Breakdown”), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965), Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass) (1966), Hot Rocks (1971), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989), Grrr! (2012) Peak: 12/18/65, 6 BB, 10 AC Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 2.0 radio, -- video, -- streaming

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Gotta Get Away The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Blue Turns to Grey The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

I’m Moving On (live) The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Hank Snow Recorded: ? Released: Got Live if You Want It (UK live EP, 1965), December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming About the Song: A

Resources/References: AM 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 4/1/2008; last updated 12/12/2025.

 

Today in Music (1965): The Rolling Stones Out of Our Heads released in the U.S.

Out of Our Heads The Rolling Stones

Released: 7/30/1965 (US), 9/24/1965 (UK) Peak: 13 US, 2 UK, -- CN, 2 AU Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): 1.2 US, -- UK, 2.5 world (includes US and UK), 16.81 EAS Genre: classic rock

Tracks (U.S. version): Click on a song title for more details. Mercy, Mercy [2:45] Hitch Hike [2:22] The Last Time [3:35] That’s How Strong My Love Is [2:23] Good Times [1:57] I’m All Right [2:21] I Can’t Get No Satisfaction [3:45] Cry to Me [3:08] The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man [3:10] Play with Fire [2:15] The Spider and the Fly [3:30] One More Try [1:58] Total Running Time: 33:24 Tracks (UK version): Click on a song title for more details. She Said Yeah [1:35] Mercy, Mercy [2:45] Hitch Hike [2:22] That’s How Strong My Love Is [2:23] Good Times [1:57] Gotta Get Away [2:07] Talkin’ ‘Bout You [2:31] Cry to Me [3:08] Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin’) [2:09] Heart of Stone [2:49] The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man [3:10] I’m Free [2:24] Total Running Time: 29:21 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: 4.173 out of 5.00 (average of 26 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album Not only was the U.K. album of the same name a mess (its 12 songs were spread out over three U.S. albums – see above), but even the album cover was confusing. The U.K. cover for Out of Our Heads was later used for the U.S. version of December's Children. “Things moved fast back in the day: The Rolling Stones' first four albums came out between May 1964 and July 1965, and all four are essential to an understanding of the origins of blues-based rock & roll. Out of Our Heads was the last in that series, and it culminated the Stones' commercial breakthrough in America.” AD “To make the album, the Stones returned in May 1965 to Chess Studios, in Chicago, home of their blues idols and the place where the Stones themselves had recorded parts of 12 x 5 the year before. They completed Out of Our Heads at sessions in Hollywood and London.” AD “Like its three predecessors, Out of Our Heads draws heavily on the work of American R&B musicians who were all but unknown to white teenagers both in this country and in the United Kingdom. The Stones delivered raw covers of Don Covay's Mercy Mercy, Otis Redding's That's How Strong My Love Is (an apex of Stones live shows of the period), Sam Cooke's Good Times, Solomon Burke's Cry to Me and Marvin Gaye's Hitch Hike.” AD “I'm All Right (based on a Bo Diddley sound) showed their '65 sound at its rawest, and there are a couple of fun, though derivative, bluesy originals in The Spider and the Fly and The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man.” RU The album’s breakthrough, however, was that “the Stones finally proved themselves capable of writing classic rock singles that mined their R&B/blues roots, but updated them into a more guitar-based, thoroughly contemporary context.” RU On The Last Time and “the riff-driven” RU Satisfaction “Jagger found the theme – petulant dissatisfaction – that best suited the persona he had been developing, and Keith Richards assumed his mantle as King of the Riff.” AD The latter “made them superstars in the States and defined their sound and rebellious attitude better than any other single song.” RU It “pegged the Stones as the bad boys of rock. The song's sexual references triggered hand-wringing in the mainstream media, bringing down precisely the kind of heat the band thrived on. Their defiance made the Stones heroes of the then-burgeoning counterculture.” AD Also included is the “menacing, folky” RU Play with Fire. However, this and the aforementioned singles didn’t make the cut on the British version of the album. “The usual assumption is that the British-issued Rolling Stones albums of the mid-'60s are, like the Beatles' British LPs of the same era, more accurate representations of the group and their work than their American equivalents; the latter were tailored to the U.S. market and usually had singles that had been recorded and released separately added to their programming. The reality, however, is that the group's British LPs were almost as much of a hodgepodge, but just devised differently.” BE Only six songs appear on both albums; the other half dozen tunes from the U.K. edition of Out of Our Heads show up on the U.S. albums Now! and December’s Children (And Everybody’s). The Songs Here’s a breakdown of each of the individual songs.

Mercy, Mercy The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Don Covay, Ronnie Miller Recorded: ? Released: Out of Our Heads (US, 1965), Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965) 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

Hitch Hike The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Marvin Gaye, Clarence Paul, William “Mickey” Stevenson Recorded: ? Released: Out of Our Heads (US, 1965), Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965) 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

The Last Time The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: 2/26/1965 (single), Out of Our Heads (US, 1965), Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass) (1966), More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989), Forty Licks (2002), Grrr! (2012) Peak: 9 BB, 10 CB, 10 HR, 5 CL, 1 UK, 9 CN, 2 AU Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming

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That’s How Strong My Love Is The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Roosevelt Jamison Recorded: ? Released: Out of Our Heads (US, 1965), Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965), Grrr! (2012) 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

Good Times The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Sam Cooke Recorded: ? Released: Out of Our Heads (US, 1965), Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965) 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

I’m Alright The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Bo Diddley Recorded: ? Released: Out of Our Heads (US, 1965) 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

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: May 12, 1965 at RCA in Hollywood, California Released: 6/4/1965 (US single), 8/20/1965 (UK single), Out of Our Heads (US, 1965), Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass) (1966), Hot Rocks (1971), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989), Forty Licks (2002), Grrr! (2012) Peak: 1 BB, 1 CB, 1 HR, 19 RB, 1 CL, 1 UK, 3 CN, 1 AU Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 6.0 radio, -- video, -- streaming

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Cry to Me The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Berns Recorded: ? Released: Out of Our Heads (US, 1965), Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965) 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

The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): The Rolling Stones as Nanker Phelge Recorded: ? Released: 6/4/1965 (B-side of “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction,” US), Out of Our Heads (US, 1965), Out of Our Heads (UK, 1965), The The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989) 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

Play with Fire The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): The Rolling Stones as Nanker Phelge Recorded: 1/11/1965 to 2/18/1965 at RCA in Hollywood, California Released: 2/26/1965 (B-side of “The Last Time”), Out of Our Heads (US, 1965), Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass) (1966), Hot Rocks (1971), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989), Grrr! (2012) Peak: 96 BB, 10 CL Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming

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The Spider and the Fly The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: 8/20/1965 (B-side of “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction,” UK), Out of Our Heads (US, 1965), The Singles Collection: The London Years (1989) 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

One More Try The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Recorded: ? Released: Out of Our Heads (US, 1965) 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

Resources/References: AD Anthony DeCurtis, RollingStone.com BE All Music Guide review of UK version by Bruce Eder MG Philippe Margotin & Jean-Michel Guesdon (2022). The Rolling Stones: All the Songs. Hachette Book Group: New York, NY. RU All Music Guide review of US version by Richie Unterberger US Related DMDB Pages: First posted 4/1/2008; last updated 12/12/2025.