Back Street Girl

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"Back Street Girl"
Song by The Rolling Stones
from the album Between the Buttons (UK)
Released20 January 1967 (UK) 26 June 1967 (US)
RecordedAugust – November 1966
GenreBaroque pop, rock
Length3:27
LabelDecca/ABKCO (UK)
Songwriter(s)Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
Producer(s)Andrew Loog Oldham
Between the Buttons (UK) track listing
12 tracks
Side one
  1. "Yesterday's Papers"
  2. "My Obsession"
  3. "Back Street Girl"
  4. "Connection"
  5. "She Smiled Sweetly"
  6. "Cool, Calm & Collected"
Side two
  2. "All Sold Out"
  3. "Please Go Home"
  4. "Who's Been Sleeping Here?"
  5. "Complicated"
  6. "Miss Amanda Jones"
  7. "Something Happened to Me Yesterday"

"Back Street Girl" is a song by British rock and roll band The Rolling Stones written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It first appeared on the UK version of their 1967 album Between the Buttons but was not included on the US version. It was first released in the US on the 1967 album Flowers.[1]

Rolling Stone magazine, in their 100 Greatest Rolling Stones Songs article named "Back Street Girl" at number 85.[2] Mick Jagger in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 1968 was asked how he felt about the Between the Buttons. Of the album, he said: "I don't know, it just isn't any good. "Back Street Girl" is about the only [song] I like."[3]

The song is a waltz which showcases Brian Jones playing vibraphone and Rolling Stones contributor Jack Nitzsche on the harpsichord. Accordion was played by Nick de Caro.[4]

Personnel[edit]

Covers of the song appeared on Don Nix album Gone Too Long with George Harrison (1976), alt-country band Golden Smog's debut EP On Golden Smog, Social Distortion's album Prison Bound, Bobby Darin's album Inside Out, and Jennifer Warnes's second album See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me (1969).

References[edit]

  1. ^ Show 46 - Sergeant Pepper at the Summit: The very best of a very good year. [Part 2] : UNT Digital Library
  2. ^ "100 Greatest Rolling Stones Songs". Rolling Stone.
  3. ^ Cott, Johnathan. "Mick Jagger: The Rolling Stone Interview". Rolling Stone.
  4. ^ "Back Street Girl". Retrieved 13 September 2012.

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External links[edit]



  1. ^ "100 Greatest Rolling Stones Songs". Rolling Stone.
  2. ^ Cott, Johnathan. "Mick Jagger: The Rolling Stone Interview". Rolling Stone.
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