Let's Spend the Night Together
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"Let's Spend the Night Together" | ||
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Single by The Rolling Stones | ||
from the album Between the Buttons | ||
Released | 1967 | |
Format | 7" single | |
Recorded | 1967 | |
Genre | Rock and roll | |
Label | London Records | |
Writer(s) | Mick Jagger Keith Richards |
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Producer(s) | Andrew Loog Oldham | |
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The Rolling Stones singles chronology | ||
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" (1966) |
"Let's Spend the Night Together" (1967) |
"Ruby Tuesday" (1967) |
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French 7-inch single cover |
"Let's Spend the Night Together" | ||
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Single by David Bowie | ||
from the album Aladdin Sane | ||
Released | 1973 | |
Format | 7" single | |
Recorded | 1972 | |
Genre | Glam rock | |
Length | 3:48 | |
Label | RCA Records | |
Writer(s) | Mick Jagger Keith Richards |
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Producer(s) | Ken Scott David Bowie |
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David Bowie singles chronology | ||
"Time" (1973) |
"Let's Spend the Night Together" (1973) |
"Life on Mars?" (1973) |
"Let's Spend the Night Together" is a 1967 song by The Rolling Stones. Released in the UK as a single in January 1967, it reached number three on the UK singles chart. The song was included on the U.S. version of the Stones' album Between the Buttons, and was also released as a single in the U.S., but due to the (then) controversial nature of the lyrics (proposing a sexual encounter) most radio stations opted to play the flip side "Ruby Tuesday" instead. The two songs charted separately on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 — "Let's Spend the Night Together" stalling at fifty-five while "Ruby Tuesday" became a number-one hit.
In one of the more famous examples of musical censorship, when the band performed the song on The Ed Sullivan Show, Sullivan made them instead sing "let's spend some time together" (Jagger famously rolls his eyes whilst singing the changed lyrics). In April 2006, for their first-ever performance in China, authorities prohibited the group from performing the song as it was considered to be "too suggestive."
David Bowie recorded a glam rock cover version of this song for his Aladdin Sane album in 1973. His version was also released as a single by RCA Records in the U.S. in June 1973 with "Lady Grinning Soul" on the B-side (the Italian release of the Bowie single had "Watch That Man" as the B-side). Bowie's version did not chart.
A live version recorded by Bowie at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3, 1973 appears in Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture.
[edit] Musicians (Bowie version)
- David Bowie: vocals, guitar
- Mick Ronson: guitar
- Trevor Bolder: bass
- Mick Woodmansey: drums
- Mike Garson: piano
- Ken Fordham: saxophone