Ruby Tuesday (song)
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| Template:Infobox song/link by the Rolling Stones | ||||
| from the album Between the Buttons (US release) | ||||
| A-side | "Let's Spend the Night Together" (double A-side) | |||
| Released | 13 January 1967 | |||
| Recorded | November 1966 | |||
| Studio | Olympic, London | |||
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| [[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Jagger–Richards | |||
| [[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Andrew Loog Oldham | |||
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"Ruby Tuesday" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released in January 1967. The song became the band's fourth number-one hit in the United States and reached number three in the United Kingdom as a double A-side with "Let's Spend the Night Together". The song was included in the American version of Between the Buttons (in the UK, singles were often excluded from studio albums).
Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song number 310 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[4]
Composition and recording
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Richards explained that the lyrics are about Linda Keith, his girlfriend in the mid-1960s: Template:Poemquote "That's a wonderful song," Mick Jagger told Jann Wenner in 1995. "It's just a nice melody, really. And a lovely lyric. Neither of which I wrote, but I always enjoy singing it."[5] Wyman states in Rolling with the Stones that the lyrics were completely written by Richards with help from Jones on the musical composition.[page needed] However, Marianne Faithfull recalls it differently; according to her, Jones presented an early version of this melody to the rest of the Rolling Stones.[6][full citation needed] According to Victor Bockris, Richards came up with the basic track and the words and finished the song with Jones in the studio.[7]
Cash Box described the single as a "smooth ballad ballad á là baroque".[8]
Release
"Ruby Tuesday" was released as the B-side to "Let's Spend the Night Together" in January 1967.[9] Due to the controversial nature of the A-side's lyrics, "Ruby Tuesday" earned more airplay and ended up charting higher in the US.[10] The song topped the American Billboard Hot 100 chart, while reaching number three in the UK's Record Retailer chart, which listed "Let's Spend The Night Together"/"Ruby Tuesday" as a double A-side.
"Ruby Tuesday" was included on the US version of the 1967 album Between the Buttons, while being left out of the British edition, as was common practice with singles in the UK at that time. That summer, the song appeared on the US compilation album Flowers.[11] Due to its success, the song became a staple of the band's compilations, being included on Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969), Hot Rocks 1964–1971 (1971), Rolled Gold (1975), and 30 Greatest Hits (1977), and, in mono, on Singles Collection: The London Years (1989).
Personnel
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- Mick Jagger – vocals, tambourine
- Keith Richards – acoustic guitar, double bass (bowing)
- Brian Jones – alto recorder
- Jack Nitzsche and/or Brian Jones – piano[note 2]
- Bill Wyman – double bass (fingering), bass guitar
- Charlie Watts – drums
Charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[24] | Gold | 35,000 |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[25] | Gold | 0 |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[26] | Silver | 200,000 |
| United States (RIAA)[27] | Gold | 1,000,000 |
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Live version
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| from the album Flashpoint | ||||
| B-side | "Play with Fire (live)" | |||
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| Recorded | 27 February 1990 | |||
| Venue | Korakuen Dome, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
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| Label | Rolling Stones | |||
| [[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Jagger/Richards | |||
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"Ruby Tuesday" was first played live on Brian Jones' last concert tour The Rolling Stones European Tour 1967. The next time was on the Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour in 1989/1990. A concert rendition from this tour was featured on the band's 1991 live album Flashpoint and released as a single.[28] This live version was recorded in Japan in 1990 and can be seen on the video release Live at the Tokyo Dome. The B-side was "Play with Fire (live)" recorded in 1989 but not included on the Flashpoint album.
A July 2013 live performance is featured on Sweet Summer Sun: Hyde Park Live.
Melanie version
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| B-side | "Merry Christmas" |
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| [[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Jagger/Richards |
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American folk and pop singer Melanie recorded "Ruby Tuesday" for her 1970 album Candles in the Rain. Her version was released as a single in the UK, where it became a Top Ten hit that year. It also reached number seven in New Zealand.[29] She recorded a second cover version for her 1978 album Ballroom Streets.
| Chart (1970–71) | Peak position |
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| Canada RPM Top Singles[30] | 25 |
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| New Zealand (Listener) [31] | 7 |
| South Africa (Springbok)[32] | 10 |
| UK (The Official Charts Company)[33] | 9 |
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| US Cash Box Top 100 [34] | 34 |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[35] | 70 |
| Quebec (ADISQ)[36] | 29 |
Other versions
- 1968: Rotary Connection, with singer Minnie Riperton, released a cover of the song on their debut album Rotary Connection.[37]
- 1969: Oliver released a version of the song on his album Good Morning Starshine.[38]
- 1984: Scottish rock band Nazareth cover the song on their album The Catch.
- 1989: Julian Lennon released a version of the song on the compilation album entitled The Wonder Years: Music from the Emmy Award-Winning Show & Its Era, a soundtrack for The Wonder Years TV series.[39]
- 1991: The September When used the chorus of Ruby Tuesday in the intro and the bridge of the song Same Slave on their second album Mother I’ve Been Kissed.
- 1993: Rod Stewart recorded a version for his 1993 compilation album, Lead Vocalist, and released it as a single through Warner Bros. Records on 8 February 1993.[40][41] His cover reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart.[42] Across the rest of Europe, the song entered the top 40 in Belgium, Iceland, Ireland, and the Netherlands.[43][44][45] In Denmark, it became a top-10 hit, reaching number seven.[46]
- 2006: The Corrs recorded a version for the Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection compilation album with Ron Wood.[47]
Restaurant chain
Samuel E. Beall III used the title of the song when he started his restaurant chain Ruby Tuesday. The name was suggested by one of several fraternity brothers who were co-investors.[48]
Notes
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