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Ride On, Baby

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"Ride On, Baby"
Song by the Rolling Stones
from the album Flowers
ReleasedJune 1967 (1967-06)
Recorded4 December 1965
GenreBaroque pop[1]
LabelLondon (US)
Songwriter(s)Jagger/Richards
Producer(s)Andrew Loog Oldham

"Ride On, Baby" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in 1965. It was first released as a single by Chris Farlowe in October 1966 and reached No. 31 on the British charts.[2] The Rolling Stones' own version appeared a few months later on Flowers, an album released only in the US in June 1967. It was recorded during the Aftermath sessions in December 1965.

Personnel

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According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon,[3] except where noted:

The Rolling Stones

Additional musician

Chris Farlowe version

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"Ride On, Baby"
Single by Chris Farlowe
from the album The Art of Chris Farlowe
B-side"Headlines"
Released27 October 1966 (1966-10-27)
Recorded1966
GenreBaroque pop, soul
Length3:10
LabelImmediate
Songwriter(s)Jagger/Richards
Producer(s)Mick Jagger
Chris Farlowe singles chronology
"Out of Time"
(1966)
"Ride On, Baby"
(1966)
"My Way of Giving"
(1967)

British singer Chris Farlowe recorded a version of "Ride On, Baby", produced by Mick Jagger, which was released in October 1966, almost 9 months before the Rolling Stones version.[2] Despite the success of its predecessor "Out of Time", which reached number one,[5] "Ride On Baby" did not even breach the top twenty, peaking at number 31 for two weeks in late 1966.[6] It became his penultimate single release to reach the top 40, the later being "Handbags and Gladrags" in 1967. The track is included on his album The Art of Chris Farlowe.[7]

Perhaps the song wasn't issued in the U.K. because it might have been being saved for Chris Farlowe, who covered a bunch of Rolling Stones songs on his singles and put "Ride On, Baby" on the A-side of a British 45 in October 1966, with Mick Jagger producing. Predictably, it was inferior to the Rolling Stones' version, with a poppier orchestral arrangement, a stop-start tempo not present in the Stones' arrangement in the verse, backup female singers, and a more strained vocal, though it did reach number 31 in the British charts.

— Richie Unterberger, Ride On, Baby AllMusic review

References

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  1. ^ "Steve Smith: Wyman and Taylor join the Rolling Stones onstage; Coldplay takes a break". Pasadena Star-News. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Richie Unterberger (2004-02-03). "Ride on Baby - The Rolling Stones | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  3. ^ Margotin & Guesdon 2016, p. 209.
  4. ^ Babiuk & Prevost 2013, p. 204.
  5. ^ "out of time | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  6. ^ "ride on baby | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  7. ^ "The Art of Chris Farlowe - Chris Farlowe | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-09-27.

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