I Wanna Be Your Man – The Rolling Stones

“I Wanna Be Your Man” – Single by the Rolling Stones
Released 1 November 1963 (UK) and March 1964 (US)

“I Wanna Be Your Man” is a Lennon–McCartney-penned song first recorded and released as a single by the Rolling Stones, and then recorded by the Beatles for their second studio album With the Beatles. The song was primarily written by Paul McCartney, and finished by McCartney with John Lennon in the corner of a Richmond, London, club while Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were talking.

Released as their second single on 1 November 1963, the Stones’s version was the group’s first UK top-20 hit, peaking at number 12 on the British chart. Their rendition features Brian Jones’s distinctive slide guitar and Bill Wyman’s driving bass playing. It is one of the few Rolling Stones songs to feature only Brian Jones on backing vocals. In the US, the song was initially released as London 45-LON 9641 (with “Stoned” on the B-side) without any success and was soon after re-released on 6 March 1964 as the B-side to “Not Fade Away”.

This was the second Stones single released in England. Their first was a cover of a Chuck Berry song called “Come On.”

This was the first song performed on the first episode of the BBC music show Top Of The Pops. The debut show was January 1, 1964, and The Stones were followed by Dusty Springfield, The Dave Clark Five and The Hollies.

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I Wanna Be Your Man fost în principal scris de McCartney, finalizat de Lennon și McCartney. Melodia a fost destinată lui Ringo, dar mai înainte ei s-au întâlnit cu Andrew Oldham, managerul Stones-ilor (care lucrase anterior cu Brian Epstein, managerul Beatles-ilor). Acesta i-a invitat la locul unde Rolling Stones făceau repetiții, acolo ei au terminat compoziția, pe care le-au dat-o la Rolling Stones să o înregistreze.

Înregistrarea a avut loc pe 7 Octombrie 1963, iar discul a fost lansat la 1 Noiembrie, 1963, cu trei săptămâni inaite de a apare pe albumul Beatlesilor “With the Beatles”.

Acesta a fost cel de al doilea single al lor în Anglia, primul fiind un cover după Chuck Berry, “Come On”.

Privindu-i pe Lennon și McCartney compunând acest cântec i-a inspirat pe Mick Jagger și Keith Richards să compună cântece originale. La aceea vreme The Stones cântau covers după blues-urile americane, ceea cea a reprezentat pentru ei un mare pas, deorece nu se considerau compozitori.

Aceasta a fost prima piesă la deschiderea show-ului TV britanic “Top Of The Pops”. Show-l a debutat la 1 Ianuarie 1964. După The Stones au urmat Dusty Springfield, The Dave Clark Five și The Hollies.