December's Children (And Everybody's) is the fifth American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in late 1965. Drawn largely from two days of sessions recorded in September to finish the British edition of Out of Our Heads and to record their new single—"Get Off of My Cloud"—December's Children (And Everybody's) also included tracks recorded as early as 1963.
Half of the songs appearing on the album were written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, as they penned strong album cuts like "I'm Free" and "The Singer Not the Song" as well as such major hits as "As Tears Go By" and "Get off of My Cloud".
December's Children (And Everybody's) reached No. 4 in the US and went gold.[2] Bassist Bill Wyman quotes Jagger in 1968 calling the record "[not] an album, it's just a collection of songs." Accordingly, it is only briefly detailed in his otherwise exhaustive book Rolling With the Stones.
In August 2002 December's Children (And Everybody's) was reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records with "Look What You've Done" again being the album's only cut issued in true stereo.
The title of the album came from the band's manager, Andrew Loog Oldham. According to Jagger, it was Oldham's idea of hip, Beat poetry.[3]
Contents[]
Track listing[edit][]
All songs written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
| Side one | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "She Said Yeah" (from UK version of "Out of Our Heads") (Sonny Bono/Roddy Jackson) | 1:34 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Talkin' About You" (from UK version of "Out of Our Heads") (Chuck Berry) | 2:32 | ||||||||
| 3. | "You Better Move On" (from UK release "The Rolling Stones EP") (Arthur Alexander) | 2:41 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Look What You've Done" (McKinley Morganfield) | 2:16 | ||||||||
| 5. | "The Singer, Not the Song" (UK b-side of "Get Off of My Cloud") | 2:22 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Route 66" (from UK release "Got Live If You Want It! EP" (Live) (Bobby Troup) | 2:39 | ||||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 7. | "Get Off of My Cloud" (single) | 2:54 | ||||||||
| 8. | "I'm Free" (from UK version of "Out of Our Heads") | 2:23 | ||||||||
| 9. | "As Tears Go By" (single) (Jagger/Richards/Andrew Loog Oldham) | 2:45 | ||||||||
| 10. | "Gotta Get Away" (from UK version of "Out of Our Heads") | 2:06 | ||||||||
| 11. | "Blue Turns to Grey" | 2:30 | ||||||||
| 12. | "I'm Moving On" (from UK release "Got Live If You Want It! EP") (Live) (Hank Snow) | 2:13 | ||||||||
Personnel[edit][]
- The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica on "I'm Moving On," percussion
- Keith Richards – guitars, backing vocals
- Brian Jones – guitars, backing vocals, harmonica on "Look What You've Done," piano, and organ
- Charlie Watts – drums and percussion
- Bill Wyman – bass guitar and backing vocals
- Additional personnel
- Ian Stewart – piano, organ
- Mike Leander – string arrangement
- Jack Nitzsche – organ and percussion
Chart positions[edit][]
- Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Billboard 200[4] | 4 |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | "Get Off of My Cloud" | Billboard Hot 100[5] | 1 |
| 1966 | "As Tears Go By" | Billboard Hot 100[5] | 6 |
Certifications[edit][]
| Country | Provider | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| United States | RIAA | Gold |