Ride On, Baby
"Ride On, Baby" | |
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Song by the Rolling Stones | |
from the album Flowers | |
Released | June 1967 (1967-06) |
Recorded | 4 December 1965 |
Genre | Baroque pop[1] |
Label | London (US) |
Songwriter(s) | Jagger/Richards |
Producer(s) | Andrew Loog Oldham |
"Ride On, Baby" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in 1965. It was first released as a single by Chris Farlowe in October 1966 and reached No. 31 on the British charts.[2] The Rolling Stones' own version appeared a few months later on Flowers, an album released only in the US in June 1967. It was recorded during the Aftermath sessions in December 1965.
Personnel
According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon,[3] except where noted:
The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – vocals
- Keith Richards – backing vocals, lead guitar, autoharp
- Brian Jones – harpsichord, marimba, koto (inaudible)
- Bill Wyman – bass
- Charlie Watts – drums, bongos[4]
Additional musician
- Jack Nitzsche – piano
Chris Farlowe version
"Ride On, Baby" | ||||
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Single by Chris Farlowe | ||||
from the album The Art of Chris Farlowe | ||||
B-side | "Headlines" | |||
Released | 27 October 1966 (1966-10-27) | |||
Recorded | 1966 | |||
Genre | Baroque pop, soul | |||
Length | 3:10 | |||
Label | Immediate | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jagger/Richards | |||
Producer(s) | Mick Jagger | |||
Chris Farlowe singles chronology | ||||
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British singer Chris Farlowe recorded a version of "Ride On, Baby", produced by Mick Jagger, which was released in October 1966, almost 9 months before the Rolling Stones version.[2] Despite the success of its predecessor "Out of Time", which reached number one,[5] "Ride On Baby" did not even breach the top twenty, peaking at number 31 for two weeks in late 1966.[6] It became his penultimate single release to reach the top 40, the later being "Handbags and Gladrags" in 1967. The track is included on his album The Art of Chris Farlowe.[7]
Perhaps the song wasn't issued in the U.K. because it might have been being saved for Chris Farlowe, who covered a bunch of Rolling Stones songs on his singles and put "Ride On, Baby" on the A-side of a British 45 in October 1966, with Mick Jagger producing. Predictably, it was inferior to the Rolling Stones' version, with a poppier orchestral arrangement, a stop-start tempo not present in the Stones' arrangement in the verse, backup female singers, and a more strained vocal, though it did reach number 31 in the British charts.
— Richie Unterberger, Ride On, Baby AllMusic review
References
- ^ "Steve Smith: Wyman and Taylor join the Rolling Stones onstage; Coldplay takes a break". Pasadena Star-News. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Richie Unterberger (2004-02-03). "Ride on Baby - The Rolling Stones | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
- ^ Margotin & Guesdon 2016, p. 209.
- ^ Babiuk & Prevost 2013, p. 204.
- ^ "out of time | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ "ride on baby | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ^ "The Art of Chris Farlowe - Chris Farlowe | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
Sources
- Babiuk, Andy; Prevost, Greg (2013). Rolling Stones Gear: All the Stones' Instruments from Stage to Studio. Milwaukee: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-1-61713-092-2.
- Margotin, Philippe; Guesdon, Jean-Michel (2016). The Rolling Stones All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBN 978-0-316-31774-0.
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