Back Street Girl

"Back Street Girl" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It first appeared on the UK version of their 1967 album Between the Buttons but was not included on the US version. It was first released in the US on the 1967 album Flowers.^[2]

"Back Street Girl"
Song by The Rolling Stones
from the album Between the Buttons (UK)
Released	20 January 1967 (UK) 26 June 1967 (US)
Recorded	August – November 1966
Studio	RCA Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Baroque pop folk[1]
Length	3:27
Label	Decca/ABKCO (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Jagger–Richards
Producer(s)	Andrew Loog Oldham
Between the Buttons (UK) track listing
12 tracks Side one "Yesterday's Papers" "My Obsession" "Back Street Girl" "Connection" "She Smiled Sweetly" "Cool, Calm & Collected" Side two "All Sold Out" "Please Go Home" "Who's Been Sleeping Here?" "Complicated" "Miss Amanda Jones" "Something Happened to Me Yesterday"

Rolling Stone magazine, in their 100 Greatest Rolling Stones Songs article named "Back Street Girl" at number 85.^[3] Mick Jagger in an interview with Rolling Stone in 1968 was asked how he felt about Between the Buttons. Of the album, he said: "I don't know, it just isn't any good. "Back Street Girl" is about the only [song] I like."^[4]

The song is a waltz which showcases Brian Jones playing vibraphone and Rolling Stones contributor Jack Nitzsche on the harpsichord. Accordion was played by Nick de Caro.^[5]

Personnel

According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon:^[6]

The Rolling Stones

• Mick Jagger – vocals
• Keith Richards – acoustic guitar
• Brian Jones – vibraphone, keyboard^{[note 1]}
• Bill Wyman – bass
• Charlie Watts – bell, castanets

Additional musicians

• Nick de Caro – accordion

Notes

1. Margotin and Guesdon are uncertain whether Jones participated in the recording, but suggest he may have played vibraphone, harpsichord, Mellotron or electronic organ. They also raise the possibility Jack Nitzsche played harpsichord in Jones' place.^[6]