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Get Off of My Cloud

January 01, 1970

"Get Off of My Cloud" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones.[5] It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for a single to follow the successful "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction". Recorded in Hollywood, California, in early September 1965, the song was released in September in the United States and October in the United Kingdom. It topped the charts in the US, UK, Canada, and Germany and reached number two in several other countries.

"Get Off of My Cloud"
US single picture sleeve
Single by the Rolling Stones
B-side
  • "I'm Free" (US)
  • "The Singer Not the Song" (UK)
Released
  • 24 September 1965 (1965-09-24) (US)[1]
  • 22 October 1965 (UK)[2]
Recorded6–7 September 1965
StudioRCA, Hollywood, California
GenreBlues rock[3]
Length2:55
Label
Songwriter(s)Jagger/Richards[4]
Producer(s)Andrew Loog Oldham[4]
Rolling Stones US singles chronology
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
(1965) 		"Get Off of My Cloud"
(1965) 		"As Tears Go By"
(1965)
Rolling Stones UK singles chronology
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
(1965) 		"Get Off of My Cloud"
(1965) 		"19th Nervous Breakdown"
(1966)
Alternative cover
UK single

Composition edit

The Stones have said that the song is a reaction to their suddenly greatly enhanced popularity and deals with their aversion to people's expectations of them after the success of "Satisfaction". Richards commented: "'Get Off of My Cloud' was basically a response to people knocking on our door asking us for the follow-up to 'Satisfaction' ... We thought 'At last. We can sit back and maybe think about events'. Suddenly there's the knock at the door and of course what came out of that was 'Get Off of My Cloud'".[6] In 1971 he added:

I never dug it as a record. The chorus was a nice idea, but we rushed it as the follow-up. We were in L.A. [Los Angeles, where "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was recorded], and it was time for another single. But how do you follow-up "Satisfaction"? Actually, what I wanted was to do it slow, like a Lee Dorsey thing. We rocked it up. I thought it was one of Andrew Loog Oldham's worst productions.[7]

In a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone, Jagger said, "That was Keith's melody and my lyrics ... It's a stop-bugging-me, post-teenage-alienation song. The grown-up world was a very ordered society in the early '60s, and I was coming out of it. America was even more ordered than anywhere else. I found it was a very restrictive society in thought and behavior and dress."[8]

I was sick and tired, fed up with this and decided to take a drive downtown
It was so very quiet and peaceful, there was nobody, not a soul around
I laid myself out, I was so tired and I started to dream
In the morning the parking tickets were just like flags stuck on my windscreen[5]

The song opens with a drum intro by Charlie Watts and twin guitars by Brian Jones and Richards.[3] Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci called this Watts' best drumming performance, saying that it has "one of the most unconventional drum structures ever employed in a Top 40 hit" in which Watts basically :plays the same 4/4-beat-fill-4/4-beat-fill pattern throughout the song" and does not break the beat even once.[9]

Personnel edit

According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon,[10] except where noted:

The Rolling Stones

Additional musicians

  • Ian Stewart – piano
  • Unidentified musician(s) – hand claps

Release edit

The 1965 single release was a major success for the Rolling Stones. In the US, the single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 6 November 1965, and remained there for two weeks.[13] The song was included on the band's next American album, December's Children (And Everybody's), released in December 1965.[14] The song stayed at number one in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in November that year.[15] Billboard described the song as a "wild, far out beat number which will have no trouble topping their 'Satisfaction' smash."[16] Cash Box described it as a "rollicking, fast-moving blues-soaked thumper with an infectious danceable beat" that should be another success after "Satisfaction."[17] Record World said that "The Rolling Stones dispense some more of their very thick and funky rock."[18]

Appearances on later Stones releases include:

Chart history edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Rolling Stones singles".
  2. ^ "1965 timeline".
  3. ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "Rolling Stones: Get Off of My Cloud – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 June 2007.
  4. ^ a b c Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives. pp. 96–7. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  5. ^ a b Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 38 – The Rubberization of Soul: The great pop music renaissance. [Part 4]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
  6. ^ According to the Rolling Stones (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2003)
  7. ^ Greenfield, Robert. "Keith Richards – Interview". Rolling Stone (magazine) 19 August 1971.
  8. ^ . Rolling Stone. 14 December 1995. Archived from the original on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2007.
  9. ^ Gallucci, Michael (24 August 2021). "Top 10 Charlie Watts Rolling Stones Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  10. ^ Margotin & Guesdon 2016, p. 124.
  11. ^ Babiuk & Prevost 2013, pp. 186, 239.
  12. ^ a b Babiuk & Prevost 2013, p. 186.
  13. ^ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits. New York City: Billboard Books. p. 186. ISBN 0823076776. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  14. ^ December's Children (And Everybody's ) at AllMusic
  15. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 184. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  16. ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. 2 October 1965. p. 16. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  17. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 2 October 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Single Picks of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 2 October 1965. p. 1. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  19. ^ "The Rolling Stones – Get Off of My Cloud" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  20. ^ "The Rolling Stones – Get Off of My Cloud" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  21. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5605." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  22. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 240. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  23. ^ "The Rolling Stones – Get Off of My Cloud" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  24. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Get Off of My Cloud". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  25. ^ "The Rolling Stones – Get Off of My Cloud" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  26. ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 20 January 1966
  27. ^ "The Rolling Stones – Get Off of My Cloud". VG-lista. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  28. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  29. ^ Hallberg, Eric (1993). Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975. Drift Musik. p. 243. ISBN 9163021404.
  30. ^ Hallberg, Eric; Henningsson, Ulf (1998). Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74. Premium Publishing. p. 313. ISBN 919727125X.
  31. ^ "Rolling Stones: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  32. ^ "The Rolling Stones Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  33. ^ . Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  34. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

Sources edit

External links edit

  • Rolling Stones - Get Off of My Cloud on YouTube

January 01, 1970
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Get Off of My Cloud is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones 5 It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for a single to follow the successful I Can t Get No Satisfaction Recorded in Hollywood California in early September 1965 the song was released in September in the United States and October in the United Kingdom It topped the charts in the US UK Canada and Germany and reached number two in several other countries Get Off of My Cloud US single picture sleeveSingle by the Rolling StonesB side I m Free US The Singer Not the Song UK Released24 September 1965 1965 09 24 US 1 22 October 1965 UK 2 Recorded6 7 September 1965StudioRCA Hollywood CaliforniaGenreBlues rock 3 Length2 55LabelLondon US 4 Decca UK Songwriter s Jagger Richards 4 Producer s Andrew Loog Oldham 4 Rolling Stones US singles chronology I Can t Get No Satisfaction 1965 Get Off of My Cloud 1965 As Tears Go By 1965 Rolling Stones UK singles chronology I Can t Get No Satisfaction 1965 Get Off of My Cloud 1965 19th Nervous Breakdown 1966 Alternative coverUK single Contents 1 Composition 2 Personnel 3 Release 4 Chart history 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 References 5 1 Sources 6 External linksComposition editThe Stones have said that the song is a reaction to their suddenly greatly enhanced popularity and deals with their aversion to people s expectations of them after the success of Satisfaction Richards commented Get Off of My Cloud was basically a response to people knocking on our door asking us for the follow up to Satisfaction We thought At last We can sit back and maybe think about events Suddenly there s the knock at the door and of course what came out of that was Get Off of My Cloud 6 In 1971 he added I never dug it as a record The chorus was a nice idea but we rushed it as the follow up We were in L A Los Angeles where I Can t Get No Satisfaction was recorded and it was time for another single But how do you follow up Satisfaction Actually what I wanted was to do it slow like a Lee Dorsey thing We rocked it up I thought it was one of Andrew Loog Oldham s worst productions 7 In a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone Jagger said That was Keith s melody and my lyrics It s a stop bugging me post teenage alienation song The grown up world was a very ordered society in the early 60s and I was coming out of it America was even more ordered than anywhere else I found it was a very restrictive society in thought and behavior and dress 8 I was sick and tired fed up with this and decided to take a drive downtown It was so very quiet and peaceful there was nobody not a soul around I laid myself out I was so tired and I started to dream In the morning the parking tickets were just like flags stuck on my windscreen 5 The song opens with a drum intro by Charlie Watts and twin guitars by Brian Jones and Richards 3 Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci called this Watts best drumming performance saying that it has one of the most unconventional drum structures ever employed in a Top 40 hit in which Watts basically plays the same 4 4 beat fill 4 4 beat fill pattern throughout the song and does not break the beat even once 9 Personnel editAccording to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean Michel Guesdon 10 except where noted The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger vocals Keith Richards rhythm guitar backing vocals Brian Jones twelve string electric guitar 11 lead guitar 12 acoustic guitar 12 Bill Wyman bass backing vocals Charlie Watts drums Additional musicians Ian Stewart piano Unidentified musician s hand clapsRelease editThe 1965 single release was a major success for the Rolling Stones In the US the single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 6 November 1965 and remained there for two weeks 13 The song was included on the band s next American album December s Children And Everybody s released in December 1965 14 The song stayed at number one in the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in November that year 15 Billboard described the song as a wild far out beat number which will have no trouble topping their Satisfaction smash 16 Cash Box described it as a rollicking fast moving blues soaked thumper with an infectious danceable beat that should be another success after Satisfaction 17 Record World said that The Rolling Stones dispense some more of their very thick and funky rock 18 Appearances on later Stones releases include Got Live If You Want It live album 1966 Big Hits High Tide and Green Grass compilation album 1966 Hot Rocks 1964 1971 compilation album 1971 30 Greatest Hits compilation album 1977 Singles Collection The London Years compilation album 1989 Forty Licks compilation album 2002 The Biggest Bang live DVD set 2007 GRRR compilation album 2012 Chart history editWeekly charts edit Chart 1965 1966 Peakposition Australia Kent Music Report 2 Austria O3 Austria Top 40 19 5 Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 20 6 Canada Top Singles RPM 21 1 Finland Soumen Virallinen 22 2 Germany Official German Charts 23 1 Ireland IRMA 24 2 Netherlands Single Top 100 25 2 New Zealand Lever Hit Parade 26 2 Norway VG lista 27 2 South Africa Springbok 28 1 Sweden Kvallstoppen 29 2 Sweden Tio i Topp 30 2 UK Singles OCC 31 1 US Billboard Hot 100 32 1 US Cash Box Top 100 33 1 Year end charts edit Chart 1965 Rank US Joel Whitburn s Pop Annual 34 13References edit Rolling Stones singles 1965 timeline a b Unterberger Richie Rolling Stones Get Off of My Cloud Song Review AllMusic Retrieved 15 June 2007 a b c Rice Jo 1982 The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits 1st ed Enfield Middlesex Guinness Superlatives pp 96 7 ISBN 0 85112 250 7 a b Gilliland John 1969 Show 38 The Rubberization of Soul The great pop music renaissance Part 4 audio Pop Chronicles University of North Texas Libraries According to the Rolling Stones San Francisco Chronicle Books 2003 Greenfield Robert Keith Richards Interview Rolling Stone magazine 19 August 1971 Jagger Remembers Rolling Stone 14 December 1995 Archived from the original on 14 July 2007 Retrieved 12 June 2007 Gallucci Michael 24 August 2021 Top 10 Charlie Watts Rolling Stones Songs Ultimate Classic Rock Retrieved 2 June 2022 Margotin amp Guesdon 2016 p 124 Babiuk amp Prevost 2013 pp 186 239 a b Babiuk amp Prevost 2013 p 186 Bronson Fred 2003 The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits New York City Billboard Books p 186 ISBN 0823076776 Retrieved 8 July 2012 December s Children And Everybody s at AllMusic Roberts David 2006 British Hit Singles amp Albums 19th ed London Guinness World Records Limited p 184 ISBN 1 904994 10 5 Spotlight Singles PDF Billboard 2 October 1965 p 16 Retrieved 9 March 2021 CashBox Record Reviews PDF Cash Box 2 October 1965 p 12 Retrieved 12 January 2022 Single Picks of the Week PDF Record World 2 October 1965 p 1 Retrieved 19 July 2023 The Rolling Stones Get Off of My Cloud in German O3 Austria Top 40 Retrieved 17 June 2016 The Rolling Stones Get Off of My Cloud in Dutch Ultratop 50 Retrieved 17 June 2016 Top RPM Singles Issue 5605 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved 17 June 2016 Nyman Jake 2005 Suomi soi 4 Suuri suomalainen listakirja in Finnish 1st ed Helsinki Tammi p 240 ISBN 951 31 2503 3 The Rolling Stones Get Off of My Cloud in German GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved 17 June 2016 The Irish Charts Search Results Get Off of My Cloud Irish Singles Chart Retrieved 18 June 2016 The Rolling Stones Get Off of My Cloud in Dutch Single Top 100 Retrieved 17 June 2016 Flavour of New Zealand 20 January 1966 The Rolling Stones Get Off of My Cloud VG lista Retrieved 17 June 2016 SA Charts 1965 March 1989 Retrieved 5 September 2018 Hallberg Eric 1993 Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvallstoppen i P 3 Sveriges radios topplista over veckans 20 mest salda skivor 10 7 1962 19 8 1975 Drift Musik p 243 ISBN 9163021404 Hallberg Eric Henningsson Ulf 1998 Eric Hallberg Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna pa forsok 1961 74 Premium Publishing p 313 ISBN 919727125X Rolling Stones Artist Chart History Official Charts Company Retrieved 17 June 2016 The Rolling Stones Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved 17 June 2016 Cash Box Top 100 Singles November 13 1965 Archived from the original on 11 May 2015 Retrieved 16 February 2018 Whitburn Joel 1999 Pop Annual Menomonee Falls Wisconsin Record Research Inc ISBN 0 89820 142 X Sources edit Babiuk Andy Prevost Greg 2013 Rolling Stones Gear All the Stones Instruments from Stage to Studio Milwaukee Backbeat Books ISBN 978 1 61713 092 2 Margotin Philippe Guesdon Jean Michel 2016 The Rolling Stones All the Songs The Story Behind Every Track New York Black Dog amp Leventhal Publishers ISBN 978 0 316 31774 0 External links editComplete Official Lyrics Rolling Stones Get Off of My Cloud on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Get Off of My Cloud amp oldid 1189006309, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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