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

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Song: A

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

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Song: A

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 “Get Off of My Cloud” hit #1

Get Off of My Coud The Rolling Stones

Writer(s): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (see lyrics here) Released: September 25, 1965 First Charted: October 1, 1965 Peak: 12 BB, 12 CB, 11 GR, 2 HR, 1 CL, 13 UK, 11 CN, 2 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 3.0 radio, 7.2 video, -- streaming

Awards: Click on award for more details.

About the Song: The Rolling Stones followed up “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” their first American #1 single, with “Get Off of My Cloud – their second chart-topper in the U.S. and their eighth single in the states overall. Lead singer Mick Jagger said the pressure to better yourself was enormous. “Every eight weeks you had to come up with a red-hot song that said it all in two minutes, 30 seconds.” FB “Cloud” is “a raucous dismissal of modern life in all its most annoying guises.” DT After the success of “Satisfaction,” “the Rolling Stones suddenly found themselves public property. This single was their reaction to that intrusion and, ironically, made their problems considerably worse” XFM given that it was another #1 hit. The “sequel is basically just a knockoff. So what makes it great? The most explosive drumming Charlie Watts (or damn near anybody else) has ever done; a lyric that’s twice as funny and just as true as its model; production so dense you could fall into it and never resurface – or want to.” DM Guitarist Keith Richards didn’t like the production and said, “The chorus was a nice idea, but we rushed it.” XFM The song was the first Stones’ release after they had renegotiated their contract with Decca Records for a better royalty rate. Reportedly, it gave them the best rate of the day. FB The song also lifted the Stones “into the rarefied strata of British supergroups,” FB second in popularity only to the Beatles. Resources: DMDB encyclopedia entry for The Rolling Stones FB Fred Bronson (2007). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (4th edition). Billboard Books: New York, NY. Page 186. DM Dave Marsh (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. New American Library: New York, NY. Page 41. DT Dave Thompson (2011). 1000 Songs That Rock Your World. Krause Publications: Iola, WI. Page 139. XFM Mike Walsh (editor) (2010). The XFM Top 1000 Songs of All Time. Elliott & Thompson Limited: London, England. Page 364. Related Links: First posted 9/16/2023.