Every Picture Tells a Story (song)

"Every Picture Tells a Story"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Every Picture Tells a Story
B-side"Reason to Believe"
Released1972
GenreRock
Length5:59
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"Reason to Believe"
(1971)
"Every Picture Tells a Story"
(1972)
"(I Know) I'm Losing You"
(1971)

"Every Picture Tells a Story" is a song written by Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood and initially released as the title track of Stewart's 1971 album Every Picture Tells a Story. It has since become one of Stewart's signature songs and released on numerous Stewart compilation and live albums, including The Best of Rod Stewart, Storyteller – The Complete Anthology: 1964–1990 and Unplugged...and Seated.[1] It was released as a single in Spain, Portugal and Japan, backed with "Reason to Believe". It has also been covered by the Georgia Satellites on their 1986 album Georgia Satellites and by Robin McAuley on Forever Mod: A Tribute to Rod Stewart.[2][3]

  1. ^ Sullivan, D. "Every Picture Tells a Story". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  2. ^ Ruhlmann, W. "Georgia Satellites". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  3. ^ Huey, S. "Forever Mod: A Tribute to Rod Stewart". Allmusic. Retrieved 11 August 2011.