"I Wanna Be Your Man" | ||||
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Cover of the 1963 UK single
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Single by The Rolling Stones | ||||
B-side | "Stoned" | |||
Released | 1 November 1963 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Recorded | 7 October 1963 | |||
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Length | 1:43 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Producer(s) | Andrew Loog Oldham | |||
The Rolling Stones singles chronology | ||||
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"I Wanna Be Your Man" | |
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Song by The Beatles from the album With the Beatles | |
Released | 22 November 1963 |
Recorded | 11-12, 30 September and 3, 23 October 1963 |
Genre | Merseybeat, rock and roll |
Length | 1:58 |
Label | Parlophone |
Writer(s) | Lennon–McCartney |
Producer(s) | George Martin |
"I Wanna Be Your Man" is a Lennon–McCartney-penned song recorded and released as a single by the Rolling Stones, and then recorded by the Beatles. The song was primarily written by Paul McCartney, and finished by Lennon and McCartney in the corner of a room while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were talking.
Released as their second single on 1 November 1963, the Stones' version was an early hit, peaking at No. 12 on the British chart. Their rendition features Brian Jones' distinctive slide guitar and Bill Wyman's driving bass playing. It is one of the few Rolling Stones songs to feature only Brian Jones on backing vocals. In the US, the song was initially released as London 45-LON 9641 (with "Stoned" on the B side) without any success and was soon after re-released on 6 March 1964 as the B-side to "Not Fade Away".
According to various accounts, either the Rolling Stones' manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham or the Rolling Stones themselves ran into Lennon and McCartney on the street as the two were returning from an awards luncheon. Hearing that the band were in need of material for a single, Lennon and McCartney went to their session at De Lane Lea Studio and finished off the song – whose verse they had already been working on – in the corner of the room while the impressed Rolling Stones watched.
Mick Jagger recalled the song in 1968:
We knew [the Beatles] by then and we were rehearsing and Andrew brought Paul and John down to the rehearsal. They said they had this tune, they were really hustlers then. I mean the way they used to hustle tunes was great: 'Hey Mick, we've got this great song.' So they played it and we thought it sounded pretty commercial, which is what we were looking for, so we did it like Elmore James or something. I haven't heard it for ages but it must be pretty freaky 'cause nobody really produced it. It was completely crackers, but it was a hit and sounded great onstage.