Dandelion (Rolling Stones song)

For other songs named "Dandelion", see Dandelion (disambiguation).

"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]

  1. ^ Margotin & Guesdon 2016, p. 244.
  2. ^ 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.