December's Children (And Everybody's)

December's Children (And Everybody's)
Studio album by The Rolling Stones
Released	4 December 1965 (US)
Recorded	5–6 September 1965, except "You Better Move On": 8 August 1963, "Look What You've Done": 11 June 1964, "Route 66" and "I'm Moving On": 5–7 March 1965
Genre	Rock
Length	29:04
Language	English
Label	London
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham
The Rolling Stones American chronology
Out of Our Heads (1965) December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965) Aftermath (1966)
Singles from December's Children (And Everybody's)
"Get off of My Cloud" Released: 25 September 1965 "As Tears Go By" Released: 18 December 1965

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Allmusic	[1]

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 #4 in the US and went gold.^{[citation needed]}

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" being issued in 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.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Jagger/Richards, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"She Said Yeah" (Sonny Bono/Roddy Jackson)	1:34
2.	"Talkin' About You" (Chuck Berry)	2:32
3.	"You Better Move On" (Arthur Alexander)	2:41
4.	"Look What You've Done" (McKinley Morganfield)	2:16
5.	"The Singer, Not the Song"	2:22
6.	"Route 66 (Live)" (Bobby Troup)	2:39

Side two
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Get Off of My Cloud"	2:54
8.	"I'm Free"	2:23
9.	"As Tears Go By" (Jagger/Richards/Andrew Loog Oldham)	2:45
10.	"Gotta Get Away"	2:06
11.	"Blue Turns to Grey"	2:30
12.	"I'm Moving On (Live)" (Hank Snow)	2:13

Personnel

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica on "I'm Moving On," percussion
• Keith Richards – guitars, backing vocals, and string arrangement
• 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, marimba, and percussion
• Mike Leander – string arrangement
• Jack Nitzsche – piano, organ and percussion
• J. W. Alexander – percussion

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1966	Billboard 200	#4[3]

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1965	"Get Off of My Cloud"	Billboard Hot 100	#1[4]
1966	"As Tears Go By"	Billboard Hot 100	#6[4]

Certifications

Country	Provider	Certification (sales thresholds)
United States	RIAA	Gold

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Wenner, Jann S.. "Archives | The Rolling Stone Interview: Jagger Remembers". Jann S. Wenner. http://www.jannswenner.com/Archives/Jagger_Remembers.aspx. Retrieved 2011-09-15. 
3. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5298/charts-awards/billboard-albums
4. ^ ^{a b} http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5298/charts-awards/billboard-singles