100 Great Songs From The British Invasion: 1963-1966. ‘Time Is On My Side’- The Rolling Stones.
The Rolling Stones in 1964 had three Hot 100 singles on the US Billboard Pop chart- with two making the Top 40-‘Tell Me’ #24 and ‘It’s All Over Now’ #26 before they had their first Top 10 hit- which came in late 1964- ‘Time Is On My Side” #6. The Stones started out as an R&B cover band and compared with some of the other bands that rode The Beatles wave onto the American charts- it took them a while to hit their stride- which came when Mick Jagger and Keith Richards got down to writing their own songs instead of covering others- which isn’t to say that their covers aren’t interesting. ‘Time Is On My Side’ was a cover-which was first recorded in 1963 as a jazz song by trombonist Kai Winding. In early 1964 Irma Thomas released an R&B cover- in which more words were added to the song-which at that point consisted of only ‘time is on my side’ and ‘you’ll come running back.’ The Rolling Stones would incorporate the changes that were made for the Irma Thomas cover into their own. The distinctive lead guitar on The Rolling Stones version- was played by Brian Wilson. ‘Time Is On My Side’ wasn’t released as a single in the UK- it was an album track. In the US it would be their biggest hit until mid 1965 when they had their big breakthrough with a #1 ‘Satisfaction.’
Single:’Time Is On My Side’- The Rolling Stones/ Written by Jerry Ragvovoy/ Record Company- London/ Recorded June 24-26, 1964/ Time: 2:50/ Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham/ Released September 25, 1964/ Peaked at #6 in US Billboard Hot 100. Was not released in UK as a single.
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Dang the girls were screaming pretty loud there. Mick is a real cutie on this one, which the camera would have panned to each of the guys. Do you know how it was that Brian Wilson played guitar on the album?
I was gonna to ask the same thing. The Beach Boys and the Stones seem worlds apart
which = wish
This Brit Invasion fly-by-night band even did covers pretty well, for a young still raw band. They coulda been contenders… Whatever happened to ’em????
faded into obscurity… what might have been…we will never know..
Love this cut Hans. A fave Stone song. Just a fave song period.
Seeing a young Charlie Watts – little twinge in the heart ☹️
Great song. Ed Sullivan seemed to be a bit distracted by all the screaming girls when announced the Stones – or was it frustration they didn’t scream for him? 🙂
Ed was an awkward acting guy wasn’t he!
I understand he was ultra conservative. At the same time, he understood TV ratings. It must have been tough for him to reconcile the two!
He wouldn’t ‘pass the audition’ in today’s world- no way would he get television work– he was a columnist before- he had the face for print. He didn’t live long after his show was cancelled. He was big in the day.
Great song.
Hans….I don’t do this much….but I like the 81 live version of this song the best. I always thought it was more clear.