Out of Time (The Rolling Stones song)

"Out of Time"
Song by The Rolling Stones from the album Aftermath (UK)
Released 15 April 1966 (UK)
Recorded March 1966
RCA Studios, Hollywood
Genre Rock
Length 5:37
Label Decca
Writer Jagger/Richards
Producer Andrew Loog Oldham
Aftermath (UK) track listing
"Out of Time"
Single by The Rolling Stones
from the album Metamorphosis
B-side "Jiving Sister Fanny"
Released August 1975
Recorded March 1966
RCA Studios, Hollywood
Genre Baroque pop
Length 3:29
Label ABKCO (US and Canada), Decca (UK)
Writer(s) Jagger/Richards[1]
Producer(s) Andrew Loog Oldham

"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.)[2]

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.[3]

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.

"Out of Time"
Single by Chris Farlowe
from the album The Art of Chris Farlowe
B-side "Baby Make It Soon"
Released 12 July 1966
Format 7-inch
Recorded Olympic Studios, London, England
Genre Rock, Soul
Length 3:14
Label Immediate IM 035
Writer(s) Jagger/Richards[1]
Producer(s) Mick Jagger[1]
Chris Farlowe singles chronology
"Think"
(1966)
"Out of Time"
(1966)
"Ride On Baby"
(1966)

Song profile

The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Mick Jagger produced a version for Chris Farlowe, a fellow Immediate artist.[4] 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.[5]

Cover versions

Personnel (Rolling Stones version)

Personnel (Chris Farlowe version)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 102–3. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. "Stones Settle With Allen Klein: Four More Albums; Klein will get rights to Rock & Roll Circus, Greatest Hits albums". 5 June 1975. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  3. "Official Singles Chart UK Top 100". Theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  4. "Chris Farlowe". 45-rpm.org.uk. 1940-10-13. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
  5. Rocks Off Setlists – Rolling Stones song live debuts
  6. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 193. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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Preceded by
"Get Away"
by Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
UK number one single
by Chris Farlowe

28 July 1966 for one week
Succeeded by
"With a Girl Like You" by The Troggs
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