Time Is on My Side
| "Time Is on My Side" | |
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| 45 rpm single B-side to "Baby Don't Come On with Me" by Kai Winding | |
| Released | October 3, 1963 (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Norman Meade |
| Producer(s) | Creed Taylor |
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| Single by The Rolling Stones | ||||
| from the album 12 X 5 | ||||
| B-side | "Congratulations" (Jagger/Richards) | |||
| Released | September 26, 1964 (United States) | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | June 24, 1964 (organ intro) November 8, 1964 (guitar intro) |
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| Genre | Rock, rhythm and blues | |||
| Length | 2:52 (organ intro) 2:58 (guitar intro) |
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| Label | London 45-LON9708 (US-only) | |||
| Writer(s) | Norman Meade, Jimmy Norman | |||
| Producer(s) | Andrew Loog Oldham | |||
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| Single by The Rolling Stones | ||||
| from the album Still Life | ||||
| Released | September 13, 1982 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:36 | |||
| Label | Rolling Stones | |||
| Writer(s) | Norman Meade, Jimmy Norman | |||
| Producer(s) | The Glimmer Twins | |||
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"Time Is on My Side" is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy (under the pseudonym of Norman Meade). First recorded by jazz trombonist Kai Winding and his Orchestra in 1963, it was covered (with additional lyrics by Jimmy Norman) by both soul singer Irma Thomas and the Rolling Stones in 1964.
Winding session arranger Garry Sherman contacted friend and colleague Ragovoy after Kai had expressed an interest in going in a more commercial and rhythmic direction (in gratitude for the gig Ragovoy granted Sherman 50% of the publishing rights, which he kept until an expensive divorce in 1983). But Ragovoy had thought of no lyrics for the song other than "time is on my side". Produced by Creed Taylor and engineered by Phil Ramone, and including background vocals by Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, the recording was released on the Verve Records label in October 1963.
In early 1964 Irma Thomas recorded a R&B cover of the song as the B-side for her single "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)", released on Imperial Records. Songwriter Jimmy Norman was enlisted by the arranger H. B. Barnum to create some more lyrics for the song, which at that time consisted only of the words "Time is on my side" and "You'll come runnin' back." He managed to finish moments before Thomas entered the studio to record it. Produced by Eddie Ray, Thomas' version of "Time Is on My Side" provided the inspiration for the title of her 1996 greatest hits release Time Is on My Side.
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