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Out of Time (The Rolling Stones song)

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Released
  
15 April 1966 (UK)

Length
  
5:37

Writer(s)
  
Jagger/Richards

Genre
  
Rock

Label
  
Decca

Recorded
  
March 1966 RCA Studios, Hollywood

"Out of Time" is a song by the Rolling Stones, first released on their 1966 album Aftermath (UK version). A shorter alternative mix was released in the US in 1967 on the album Flowers. A third version featuring only Mick Jagger's vocal (and the orchestration and backing vocals from Chris Farlowe's cover version plus a new female backing vocal) was released on the 1975 compilation album Metamorphosis, which was created under the direction of former Stones manager Allen Klein and released on his ABKCO Records label. (Klein owned the rights to the pre-1971 Rolling Stones catalog.)

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The song was most famously covered by Farlowe, an English solo singer. Farlowe's single, produced by Jagger, peaked at number one in the UK Singles Chart on 28 July 1966 and stayed at the top for one week.

The Rolling Stones' recording of the song was used in Hal Ashby's 1978 film Coming Home. Farlowe's version was used in the UK TV series Heartbeat.

Song profile

The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Mick Jagger produced a version for Chris Farlowe, a fellow Immediate artist. It is distinctively known for its different versions. The first version, recorded in Los Angeles in March 1966, appeared on the UK version of 1966's Aftermath and featured a marimba part played by Brian Jones.

In this format “Out of Time” was 5:37 long. A shorter version of this recording appeared in the US on 1967’s Flowers, and later on 1972’s More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) and 2012’s GRRR! super deluxe edition. The song then appeared on the 1975 ABKCO compilation album Metamorphosis. This version was, in fact, the backing track from the Chris Farlowe version, only with a Mick Jagger lead vocal, recorded in London in April 1966 as a demo for Farlowe. The demo version was also released as a single in 1975, reaching #45 in the UK.

Like all the songs on the second side of the UK version of Aftermath, the Rolling Stones never performed “Out of Time” live.

Cover versions

  • Chris Farlowe recorded and released this as a single in 1966. It reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. and number 122 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under chart.
  • Dan McCafferty of Nazareth recorded a version on his first, self-titled solo album. It was released as a single in 1975 shortly before the album and reached No. 41, despite competition from a reissue of the Chris Farlowe version and a first-time single release of the Metamorphosis version, inaccurately credited to the Rolling Stones, as Mick Jagger was the only group member featured. These two later versions reached No. 44 and No. 45 respectively.
  • Serbian rock band Električni Orgazam did a cover of the song in Serbian in 1987, titled "Bejbe Ti Nisi Tu" ("Baby,You're Not Around"), and it became a big hit in Yugoslavia.
  • The Ramones covered the song, which was released on their 13th studio album, Acid Eaters, in 1994.
  • The Manic Street Preachers donated a cover of the track to the 2002 charity album, NME in Association With War Child Presents 1 Love
  • John Paul Young covered the song on his album, The Singer (1981).

    • Personnel

    The Rolling Stones version
  • Mick Jagger – lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Keith Richards – guitars, backing vocals
  • Brian Jones – marimba, piano
  • Bill Wyman – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Charlie Watts – drums
  • Ian Stewart - organ, organ bass pedals
  • Jack Nitzsche - percussion
    • Chris Farlowe version
  • Chris Farlowe – vocals
  • Joe Moretti – guitar
  • Big Jim Sullivan – guitar
  • Jimmy Page – acoustic guitar
  • Albert Lee – acoustic guitar
  • Ricky Chapman – bass guitar
  • Pete Solley – piano
  • Andy White – drums, percussion
  • Mick Jagger – backing vocals
  • Arthur Greenslade – string arrangement

    • Charts

    The Rolling Stones version

    References

    Out of Time (The Rolling Stones song) Wikipedia
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