Out of Our Heads

Out of Our Heads
UK cover
Studio album by The Rolling Stones
Released	24 September 1965 (UK) 30 July 1965 (US)
Recorded	2 November 1964 – 6 September 1965
Genre	Rock
Length	33:24
Language	English
Label	Decca
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham
Professional reviews
Allmusic link (American) Allmusic link (British)
The Rolling Stones American chronology
The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965) Out of Our Heads (1965) December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)
The Rolling Stones British chronology
The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965) Out of Our Heads (1965) Aftermath (1966)
Singles from Out of Our Heads
"The Last Time" Released: 13 March 1965 (US) "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Released: 6 June 1965 (US)
US cover

Out of Our Heads is The Rolling Stones' third British album and their fourth in the United States. It was released in 1965 through London Records in the US on 30 July 1965, and Decca Records in the UK on 24 September 1965 (in both mono—catalogue number LL3429; and in stereo—PS429), although with significant track listing differences in both territories.

Recording and releases

Initially issued in July 1965 in America (featuring an alternate shot from the same photo session that graced the cover of 12 X 5 and The Rolling Stones No. 2), Out of Our Heads was a mish-mash of studio recordings over a six month period. It including the Top 10 hit "The Last Time", the worldwide number 1 smash "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", as well as a sampling from the UK-only live EP Got LIVE if you want it!. Riding the wave of "Satisfaction"'s success, Out of Our Heads became The Rolling Stones' first US #1 album, eventually going platinum. In 2003, this US edition was listed as number 114 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

With the benefit of new songs being recorded that September, the British Out of Our Heads—with a different album cover—dropped the live track and recent hit singles (as singles rarely featured on albums in the UK in those times), and added exclusive songs that would surface later in the US on December's Children (And Everybody's), in addition to songs that hadn't been released in the UK thus far (such as Heart Of Stone). Issued later that September, Out of Our Heads reached #2 in the UK charts behind The Beatles' Help!. It would also be The Rolling Stones' last UK album to predominantly feature R&B covers, with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards becoming far more prolific writers before 1965 was out.

In August 2002 both the US and UK editions of Out of Our Heads were reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

American track listing

1. "Mercy, Mercy" (Don Covay, Ronnie Miller) – 2:45
2. "Hitch Hike" (Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Clarence Paul) – 2:25
3. "The Last Time" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:41
4. "That's How Strong My Love Is" (Roosevelt Jamison) – 2:25
5. "Good Times" (Sam Cooke) – 1:59
6. "I'm All Right" (Live) (Ellas McDaniel) – 2:25
7. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:42
8. "Cry to Me" (Bert Russell) – 3:08
9. "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (Nanker Phelge) – 3:07
10. "Play with Fire" (Nanker Phelge) – 2:13
11. "The Spider and the Fly" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:39
12. "One More Try" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 1:58

British track listing

Side one

1. "She Said Yeah" (Sonny Christy, Roddy Jackson) – 1:34
2. "Mercy, Mercy" (Don Covay, Ronnie Miller) – 2:45
3. "Hitch Hike" (Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Clarence Paul) – 2:25
4. "That's How Strong My Love Is" (Roosevelt Jamison) – 2:25
5. "Good Times" (Sam Cooke) – 1:58
6. "Gotta Get Away" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:06

Side two

1. "Talkin' 'Bout You" (Chuck Berry) – 2:31
2. "Cry to Me" (Bert Russell) – 3:09
3. "Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin')" (Barbara Lynn Ozen) – 2:08
4. "Heart of Stone" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:50
5. "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (Nanker Phelge) – 3:07
6. "I'm Free" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:24

Personnel

• Mick Jagger – vocals, harmonica, and percussion
• Brian Jones – electric and acoustic guitar, harmonica, organ and backing vocals
• Keith Richards – guitar and backing vocals
• Charlie Watts – drums and percussion
• Bill Wyman – bass guitar and backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Jack Nitzsche – organ, piano, and percussion
• Phil Spector – bass guitar on "Play with Fire"
• Ian Stewart – piano

Chart positions

Album

Singles