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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Yesterday's_Papers > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Yesterday's_Papers.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday's_Papers > Source revision: 1323429846 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{More citations needed|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox song | name = Yesterday's Papers | type = song | artist = [the Rolling Stones](/source/the_Rolling_Stones) | album = [Between the Buttons](/source/Between_the_Buttons) | released = {{Start date|1967|01|20|df=y}} | recorded = November 1966 | genre = [Psychedelic pop](/source/Psychedelic_pop) | length = *{{Duration|m=2|s=04}} (stereo version) *2:28 (mono version) | writer = [Mick Jagger/Keith Richards](/source/Jagger%2FRichards) | label = *[Decca](/source/Decca_Records) (UK) *[London](/source/London_Records) (US) | producer = [Andrew Loog Oldham](/source/Andrew_Loog_Oldham) | tracks = {{Between the Buttons tracks}} }} '''Yesterday's Papers''' is a song by [the Rolling Stones](/source/the_Rolling_Stones) from their 1967 album, ''[Between the Buttons](/source/Between_the_Buttons)''. It was the first song that [Mick Jagger](/source/Mick_Jagger) wrote by himself for the group.{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|p=192}} It appears as the opening track on the UK version of the album and on the US version as the second track. ==Background== In the song, recorded in late 1966, [Brian Jones](/source/Brian_Jones)'s [vibraphone](/source/vibraphone) and [Jack Nitzsche](/source/Jack_Nitzsche)'s [harpsichord](/source/harpsichord) are prominent: [Keith Richards](/source/Keith_Richards) plays a distorted guitar with [Charlie Watts](/source/Charlie_Watts) on drums and [Bill Wyman](/source/Bill_Wyman) on bass. A [bootleg recording](/source/bootleg_recording) exists of an alternate backing track that includes strings. There is also a stripped-down demo version with an early vocal track known. Whereas the stereo mix fades after one chorus, the mono mix continues for one more full chorus. Additionally, the mono version is at one point near the end missing some of the backing vocals heard on the stereo version. The song is supposedly directed at Jagger's ex-girlfriend [Chrissie Shrimpton](/source/Chrissie_Shrimpton), whose relationship with Jagger at the time turned sour. It is noted for suggesting a negative treatment of women, comparing "yesterday's girl" to "yesterday's papers", as something that can be just thrown out, in similar fashion to a track on their previous album [''Aftermath''](/source/Aftermath_(Rolling_Stones_album)), "[Under My Thumb](/source/Under_My_Thumb)".{{Cite book|last=Malvinni|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SEaLCwAAQBAJ&q=%22yesterday%27s+papers%22+%22rolling+stones%22&pg=PA253|title=Experiencing the Rolling Stones: A Listener's Companion|date=2016-02-25|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8108-8920-0}} [Chris Farlowe](/source/Chris_Farlowe) recorded the song, which was released as a single. ==Personnel== {{col-begin}}{{col-2}} === Rolling Stones version === According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon,{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|p=192}} except where noted: '''The Rolling Stones''' *[Mick Jagger](/source/Mick_Jagger){{snd}} vocals, tambourine *[Keith Richards](/source/Keith_Richards){{snd}} backing vocals, lead guitar, bass, [fuzz guitar](/source/Distortion_(music)), acoustic [twelve-string guitar](/source/twelve-string_guitar){{sfn|Babiuk|Prevost|2013|p=242}} *[Brian Jones](/source/Brian_Jones){{snd}} backing vocals, [vibraphone](/source/vibraphone) *[Bill Wyman](/source/Bill_Wyman){{snd}} backing vocals, bass *[Charlie Watts](/source/Charlie_Watts){{snd}} drums '''Additional musician''' *[Jack Nitzsche](/source/Jack_Nitzsche){{snd}} [harpsichord](/source/harpsichord) {{col-2}} === Chris Farlowe version === * [Chris Farlowe](/source/Chris_Farlowe){{snd}} lead vocals, tambourine * The Thunderbirds{{snd}} backing instrumentals * Mick Jagger{{snd}} producer {{col-end}} ==References== {{Reflist|refs= {{AllMusic | class = song | id = mt0030397500 | tab = overview | label = Yesterday's Papers | first = Richie | last = Unterberger | access-date = 2016-05-15}} {{cite book | last1 = Heatley | first1 = Michael | author-link1 = Michael Heatley | last2 = Hopkinson | first2 = Frank | date = 2010-10-01 | title = The Girl in the Song: The Real Stories Behind 50 Rock Classics | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bsC_CAAAQBAJ&q=%22yesterday%27s+papers%22+Chrissie+Shrimpton&pg=PT212 | publisher = Portico | isbn = 978-1907554032 | access-date = 2016-05-15}} {{Discogs release | id = 2449238 | name = Chris Farlowe's version | type = single}} }} ===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](/source/Black_Dog_%26_Leventhal_Publishers) |location=New York |isbn=978-0-316-31774-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5eTCwAAQBAJ}} {{refend}} {{The Rolling Stones singles}} {{Authority control}} Category:The Rolling Stones songs Category:1967 songs Category:1967 singles Category:Immediate Records singles Category:Songs written by Jagger–Richards Category:Song recordings produced by Andrew Loog Oldham Category:Chris Farlowe songs --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Yesterday's Papers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday's_Papers) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday's_Papers?action=history)). 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