Stoned (Rolling Stones song)

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"Stoned"
Single by the Rolling Stones
A-side "I Wanna Be Your Man"
Released
  • 1 November 1963 (1963-11-01) (UK)
Recorded7 October 1963
Studio Kingsway, London
Genre
Length2:07
Label
Composer Nanker Phelge
Producers
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"Come On"
(1963)		"I Wanna Be Your Man" / "Stoned"
(1963)		"Not Fade Away"
(1964)

"Stoned" was released in the United Kingdom by the Rolling Stones on the Decca label on 1 November 1963, as the B-side to their version of "I Wanna Be Your Man". [2] Recorded in early October 1963, it was the first song released to be credited to "Nanker Phelge", and the band's first original composition, derivative of "Green Onions" by Booker T. & the M.G.s.[ citation needed ] This bluesy quasi-instrumental [3] features Jones on harmonica and Stewart on tack piano, with occasional vocals from Jagger who huskily recites "Stoned .... outa mah mind .... where am I at?" [4]

The single was briefly released in the United States on the London Records label in March 1964, [4] but was quickly withdrawn on "moral grounds" [3] until its inclusion on Singles Collection: The London Years in 1989. [5] It also appeared on the 1973 UK-only compilation No Stone Unturned , and on Singles 1963-1965 (2004). [2]

The title was altered to "Stones" on some copies of the British release. The title "Stones" also appears on some foreign E.P.s.

Personnel

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "Stoned by the Rolling Stones - Track Info". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 Zentgraf, Nico. "The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones 1962-2008" . Retrieved 2008-05-16.
  3. 1 2 per the liner notes for Singles Collection: The London Years.
  4. 1 2 The Rolling Stones, an illustrated record (1976) Roy Carr, New English Library, London. pp. 14, 104
  5. ↑ McPherson, Ian. "Time Is On Our Side - Stoned" . Retrieved 2008-05-16.


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