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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Dandelion
| name = Dandelion
| cover = dandelionstones.jpg
| cover = DandelionWeLoveYouUS.jpg
| caption = US picture sleeve
| alt =
| alt =
| type = single
| type = single
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| A-side = "[[We Love You]]" (UK)
| A-side = "[[We Love You]]" (UK)
| B-side = "We Love You" (US)
| B-side = "We Love You" (US)
| released = *{{Start date|1967|08|18|df=y}} (UK)<ref name="Margotin"/>
| released = *{{Start date|1967|08|18|df=y}} (UK){{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|p=244}}
*{{Start date|1967|09|02|df=y}} (US){{sfn|Babiuk|Prevost|2013|p=265}}
*September 1967 (US)
| recorded = 13, 21 June, 2 and 19 July 1967{{sfn|Babiuk|Prevost|2013|p=264}}
| recorded = June–July 1967<ref name="Margotin"/>
| studio = [[Olympic Studios|Olympic]], London
| studio = [[Olympic Studios|Olympic]], London
| genre = {{hlist|[[Psychedelic pop]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=Biography & History |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-rolling-stones-mn0000894465 |website=AllMusic |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>|[[psychedelic rock]]<ref>{{cite book |first= Jim |last= DeRogatis |author-link= Jim DeRogatis |year= 2003 |title= Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock |chapter= The Stones' Ten Best Psychedelic Rock Songs |publisher= [[Hal Leonard Corporation]] |page= 54 |isbn= 0-634-05548-8 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=U7cQmRsLgN8C&pg=PA54}}</ref>}}
| genre = {{hlist|[[Psychedelic pop]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=Biography & History |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-rolling-stones-mn0000894465 |website=AllMusic |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>|[[psychedelic rock]]<ref>{{cite book |first= Jim |last= DeRogatis |author-link= Jim DeRogatis |year= 2003 |title= Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock |chapter= The Stones' Ten Best Psychedelic Rock Songs |publisher= [[Hal Leonard Corporation]] |page= 54 |isbn= 0-634-05548-8 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=U7cQmRsLgN8C&pg=PA54}}</ref>}}
| length = 3:48<ref name="Margotin"/>
| length = 3:48
| label = *[[Decca Records|Decca]] (UK)
| label = *[[Decca Records|Decca]] (UK)
*[[London Records|London]] (US)
*[[London Records|London]] (US)
| writer = [[Jagger/Richards]]
| writer = [[Jagger–Richards]]
| producer = [[Andrew Loog Oldham]]
| producer = [[Andrew Loog Oldham]]
| chronology = The Rolling Stones UK
| chronology = The Rolling Stones UK
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| prev_title2 = [[Ruby Tuesday (song)|Ruby Tuesday]]
| prev_title2 = [[Ruby Tuesday (song)|Ruby Tuesday]]
| prev_year = 1967
| prev_year = 1967
| title = [[We Love You]]
| title2 = Dandelion
| next_title = [[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]
| next_title = [[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]
| next_year = 1968
| next_year = 1968
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}}
}}


"'''Dandelion'''" is a song by the English rock band [[the Rolling Stones]], written by [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]], and first released as a B-side to "[[We Love You]]" in August 1967. [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] sing backing vocals.<ref>In a journal entry for 18 July 1967, poet [[Allen Ginsberg]] describes Lennon and McCartney’s participation in the recording session: ''The Fall of America Journals'', ed. Michael Schumacher (University of Minnesota Press, 2020), 262-63.</ref>
"'''Dandelion'''" is a song by the English rock band [[the Rolling Stones]], written by [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]], and first released as a B-side to "[[We Love You]]" in August 1967. As recently as October 2023 <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmQ_xZPvaYo | title=Keith Richards on the Rolling Stones' Album and the Beatles Giving Them Their First Hit (Extended) | website=[[YouTube]] | date=20 October 2023 }}</ref> Keith Richards confirmed that [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] sing backing vocals.<ref>In a journal entry for 18 July 1967, poet [[Allen Ginsberg]] describes Lennon and McCartney’s participation in the recording session: ''The Fall of America Journals'', ed. Michael Schumacher (University of Minnesota Press, 2020), 262-63.</ref>
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the single as "an easy beat rocker with good story line."<ref name=bb>{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2021-02-25|date=September 2, 1967|page=18|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1967/Billboard%201967-09-02.pdf}}</ref>
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the single as "an easy beat rocker with good story line."<ref name=bb>{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2021-02-25|date=September 2, 1967|page=18|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1967/Billboard%201967-09-02.pdf}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
The song has lyrical references to British counting or nursery rhymes,<ref name="Margotin"/> The first demo version of “Dandelion” was recorded in November 1966. Originally titled “Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Blue”, it had different lyrics and was sung and played by Keith Richards.<ref name="Margotin"/> On the released version, Mick Jagger sings the lead vocal.
The song has lyrical references to British counting or nursery rhymes. The first demo version of "Dandelion" was recorded in November 1966. Originally titled "Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Blue", it had different lyrics and was sung and played by Keith Richards. On the released version, Mick Jagger sings the lead vocal.{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|p=244}}


The recording's arrangement makes use of [[baroque]] instrumentation; [[Brian Jones]] contributed a distinctive melodic figure played on oboe, while [[Nicky Hopkins]] performed on harpsichord. The two parts move in [[contrary motion]], with Jones' melody ascending against Hopkins' descending [[pedal point]]. The song is in the key of [[B-flat major]] and in the 4/4 [[time signature]].
The recording's arrangement makes use of [[baroque]] instrumentation; [[Brian Jones]] contributed a distinctive melodic figure played on [[Mellotron]], while [[Nicky Hopkins]] performed on harpsichord.{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|p=245}} The two parts move in [[contrary motion]], with Jones' melody ascending against Hopkins' descending [[pedal point]]. The song is in the key of [[B-flat major]] and in the 4/4 [[time signature]].{{cn|date=November 2021}}

In a letter to [[Robert Creeley]] dated 28 November 1967, [[Allen Ginsberg]] describes watching the recording: "spent a lot of evenings with Mick Jagger singing mantras and talking economics and law-politics during his court crisis — found him very delicate and friendly, reading [[Edgar Allan Poe|Poe]] and [[Aleister Crowley]] — on thick carpets with incense and wearing ruffled lace at home — later spent nite in recording studio with Jagger, Lennon and McCartney composing and fixing voices on pretty song “Dandelion Fly Away” everybody exhilarated with hashish – all of them drest in paisley and velvet and earnestly absorbed in heightening the harmonic sounds inch by inch on tape, turning to piano to figure out sweeter variations and returning to microphone to try it out – lovely scene thru control booth window, I got so happy I began conducting like a madman thru the plate glass."<ref>Morgan, Bill (ed.), ''The Letters of Allen Ginsberg'' (Philadelphia, PA: [[Perseus Books Group|Da Capo Press]], 2008), p. 338.</ref>


The Rolling Stones have never performed "Dandelion" live;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocksoff.org/debuts.htm|title=ROCKS OFF SETLISTS|website=Rocksoff.org|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> nonetheless it has been included on several compilations, including ''[[Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)]]'', ''[[More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)]]'', ''[[Singles Collection: The London Years]]'', and ''[[Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones]]''.
The Rolling Stones have never performed "Dandelion" live;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocksoff.org/debuts.htm|title=ROCKS OFF SETLISTS|website=Rocksoff.org|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> nonetheless it has been included on several compilations, including ''[[Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)]]'', ''[[More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)]]'', ''[[Singles Collection: The London Years]]'', and ''[[Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones]]''.


The original single release fades out with a brief section of the Nicky Hopkins piano intro from the A-side, “We Love You”.<ref>{{cite book|last=Everett|first=Walter|title=The Foundations of Rock: From "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"|year=2009| publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0-19-531024-5|page=154}}</ref> The coda is missing on most versions of “Dandelion” appearing on compilation albums, which include the song in a 3:32 edit, but it may be heard, for example, in the 3:48 version included on ''Singles Collection: The London Years''{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} and ''Through The Past, Darkly''.
The original single release fades out with a brief section of the Nicky Hopkins piano intro from the A-side, "We Love You".<ref>{{cite book|last=Everett|first=Walter|title=The Foundations of Rock: From "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"|year=2009| publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-0-19-531024-5|page=154}}</ref> The coda is missing on most versions of "Dandelion" appearing on compilation albums, which include the song in a 3:32 edit, but it may be heard, for example, in the 3:48 version included on ''Singles Collection: The London Years'' but not ''Through The Past, Darkly''.


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon,{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|pp=244–245}} except where noted:
'''The Rolling Stones'''<ref name="Margotin">

{{cite book
'''The Rolling Stones'''
| last1 = Margotin
* [[Mick Jagger]]{{snd}} vocals, [[maraca]]s
| first1 = Philippe
* [[Keith Richards]]{{snd}} backing vocals, acoustic guitar
| last2 = Guesdon
* [[Brian Jones]]{{snd}} [[Mellotron]], saxophone
| first2 = Jean-Michel
* [[Bill Wyman]]{{snd}} bass
| year = 2016
* [[Charlie Watts]]{{snd}} drums
| title = The Rolling Stones All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
| location = eBook
| publisher = [[Hachette Book Group|Hachette Books]]
| isbn = 978-0316317733
}}</ref>
* [[Mick Jagger]] vocals, maracas
* [[Keith Richards]] acoustic guitar, backing vocals
* [[Brian Jones]] [[Mellotron]], [[oboe]]
* [[Bill Wyman]] bass guitar
* [[Charlie Watts]] drums


'''Additional personnel'''
'''Additional personnel'''
* [[Nicky Hopkins]] [[harpsichord]]
* [[Nicky Hopkins]]{{snd}} [[harpsichord]]
* [[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]] – backing vocals
* [[John Lennon]]{{snd}} backing vocals{{sfn|Babiuk|Prevost|2013|p=265}}
* [[Paul McCartney]]{{snd}} backing vocals{{sfn|Babiuk|Prevost|2013|p=265}}


==Charts==
==Charts==
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

===Sources===
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |last1=Babiuk |first1=Andy |last2=Prevost |first2=Greg |author1-link=Andy Babiuk |title=Rolling Stones Gear: All the Stones' Instruments from Stage to Studio |date=2013 |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=Milwaukee |isbn=978-1-61713-092-2}}
* {{cite book |last1=Margotin |first1=Philippe |last2=Guesdon |first2=Jean-Michel |title=The Rolling Stones All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track |date=2016 |publisher=[[Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-316-31774-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5eTCwAAQBAJ}}
{{refend}}



{{The Rolling Stones}}
{{The Rolling Stones}}

Latest revision as of 20:20, 9 December 2024

"Dandelion"
US picture sleeve
Single by the Rolling Stones
A-side"We Love You" (UK)
B-side"We Love You" (US)
Released
  • 18 August 1967 (1967-08-18) (UK)[1]
  • 2 September 1967 (1967-09-02) (US)[2]
Recorded13, 21 June, 2 and 19 July 1967[3]
StudioOlympic, London
Genre
Length3:48
Label
Songwriter(s)Jagger–Richards
Producer(s)Andrew Loog Oldham
The Rolling Stones UK singles chronology
"Let's Spend the Night Together" / "Ruby Tuesday"
(1967)
"We Love You" / "Dandelion"
(1967)
"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
(1968)
The Rolling Stones US singles chronology
"Let's Spend the Night Together" / "Ruby Tuesday"
(1967)
"Dandelion"
(1967)
"She's a Rainbow"
(1967)

"Dandelion" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and first released as a B-side to "We Love You" in August 1967. As recently as October 2023 [6] Keith Richards confirmed that John Lennon and Paul McCartney sing backing vocals.[7] Billboard described the single as "an easy beat rocker with good story line."[8]

Background

[edit]

The song has lyrical references to British counting or nursery rhymes. The first demo version of "Dandelion" was recorded in November 1966. Originally titled "Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Blue", it had different lyrics and was sung and played by Keith Richards. On the released version, Mick Jagger sings the lead vocal.[1]

The recording's arrangement makes use of baroque instrumentation; Brian Jones contributed a distinctive melodic figure played on Mellotron, while Nicky Hopkins performed on harpsichord.[9] The two parts move in contrary motion, with Jones' melody ascending against Hopkins' descending pedal point. The song is in the key of B-flat major and in the 4/4 time signature.[citation needed]

In a letter to Robert Creeley dated 28 November 1967, Allen Ginsberg describes watching the recording: "spent a lot of evenings with Mick Jagger singing mantras and talking economics and law-politics during his court crisis — found him very delicate and friendly, reading Poe and Aleister Crowley — on thick carpets with incense and wearing ruffled lace at home — later spent nite in recording studio with Jagger, Lennon and McCartney composing and fixing voices on pretty song “Dandelion Fly Away” everybody exhilarated with hashish – all of them drest in paisley and velvet and earnestly absorbed in heightening the harmonic sounds inch by inch on tape, turning to piano to figure out sweeter variations and returning to microphone to try it out – lovely scene thru control booth window, I got so happy I began conducting like a madman thru the plate glass."[10]

The Rolling Stones have never performed "Dandelion" live;[11] nonetheless it has been included on several compilations, including Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2), More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies), Singles Collection: The London Years, and Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones.

The original single release fades out with a brief section of the Nicky Hopkins piano intro from the A-side, "We Love You".[12] The coda is missing on most versions of "Dandelion" appearing on compilation albums, which include the song in a 3:32 edit, but it may be heard, for example, in the 3:48 version included on Singles Collection: The London Years but not Through The Past, Darkly.

Personnel

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According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon,[13] except where noted:

The Rolling Stones

Additional personnel

Charts

[edit]

"Dandelion" reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart and number 14 on the US Billboard 100 singles chart.

Chart (1967) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[14] 8
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 14

References

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  1. ^ a b Margotin & Guesdon 2016, p. 244.
  2. ^ a b c Babiuk & Prevost 2013, p. 265.
  3. ^ Babiuk & Prevost 2013, p. 264.
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  5. ^ DeRogatis, Jim (2003). "The Stones' Ten Best Psychedelic Rock Songs". Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 54. ISBN 0-634-05548-8.
  6. ^ "Keith Richards on the Rolling Stones' Album and the Beatles Giving Them Their First Hit (Extended)". YouTube. 20 October 2023.
  7. ^ In a journal entry for 18 July 1967, poet Allen Ginsberg describes Lennon and McCartney’s participation in the recording session: The Fall of America Journals, ed. Michael Schumacher (University of Minnesota Press, 2020), 262-63.
  8. ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. September 2, 1967. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  9. ^ Margotin & Guesdon 2016, p. 245.
  10. ^ Morgan, Bill (ed.), The Letters of Allen Ginsberg (Philadelphia, PA: Da Capo Press, 2008), p. 338.
  11. ^ "ROCKS OFF SETLISTS". Rocksoff.org. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  12. ^ Everett, Walter (2009). The Foundations of Rock: From "Blue Suede Shoes" to "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes". New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-19-531024-5.
  13. ^ Margotin & Guesdon 2016, pp. 244–245.
  14. ^ "Rolling Stones: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  15. ^ "The Rolling Stones Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

Sources

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