Ruby Tuesday ( song ) - wikipedia Ruby Tuesday ( song ) `` Ruby Tuesday '' 7 - inch single picture sleeve Single by The Rolling Stones A-side `` Let 's Spend the Night Together '' ( double A-side ) Released 13 January 1967 Recorded 8 November -- 3 December 1966, London Genre Baroque pop Length 3 : 16 Label Decca / ABKCO ( UK ) London ( North America ) Songwriter ( s ) Jagger / Richards Producer ( s ) Andrew Loog Oldham The Rolling Stones singles chronology `` Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow ? '' ( 1966 ) `` Ruby Tuesday '' ( 1967 ) `` We Love You / Dandelion '' ( 1967 ) `` Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow ? '' ( 1966 ) `` Ruby Tuesday '' ( 1967 ) `` We Love You / Dandelion '' ( 1967 ) `` Ruby Tuesday '' is a song recorded by the Rolling Stones in 1966, released in January 1967. The song, coupled with `` Let 's Spend the Night Together '', was a number - one hit in the United States and reached number three in the United Kingdom. The song was included in the American version of Between the Buttons ( in the UK, singles were often excluded from studio albums ). Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song number 310 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song title was the source of the restaurant chain of the same name. Contents 1 Music and inspiration 2 Release 3 Personnel 4 Charts and certifications 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 4.3 Certifications 5 Notable cover versions 6 Animated film 7 References Music and inspiration Multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones played recorder, and the double bass was played jointly by bassist Bill Wyman ( pressing the strings against the fingerboard ) and Keith Richards ( bowing the strings ). According to Keith Richards in a 1971 Rolling Stone interview, he wrote the song in a Los Angeles hotel room in early 1966 about a groupie he knew ; he has also stated that it was about Linda Keith, his girlfriend in the mid-1960s. The song 's lyrics concern an apparently free - spirited woman, with Jagger singing : `` Who could hang a name on you ? When you change with every new day Still I 'm gon na miss you. '' `` That 's a wonderful song, '' Mick Jagger told Jann Wenner in 1995. `` It 's just a nice melody, really. And a lovely lyric. Neither of which I wrote, but I always enjoy singing it. '' Bill Wyman states in Rolling with the Stones that the lyrics were completely written by Keith Richards with help from Brian Jones on the musical composition. However, Marianne Faithfull recalls it differently ; according to her, Brian Jones presented an early version of this melody to the rest of the Rolling Stones. According to Victor Bockris, Richards came up with the basic track and the words and finished the song with Jones in the studio. From Richards 's autobiography, Life, the song was written about his girlfriend Linda Keith. Linda had taken up with Jimi Hendrix, and had got involved with drugs. She left Richards, and he tried to get her back. He eventually went to her parents and told them she was going down a dark path. Linda 's father went to New York City to collect her, and by order of court she was grounded. Richards reports that Linda regarded this as a betrayal, and they did not speak again for many years. According to Richards 's autobiography, Linda Keith survived, brought up a family, and now lives in New Orleans. Release This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2017 ) `` Ruby Tuesday '' was released as the B - side to `` Let 's Spend the Night Together '' on 13 January 1967. Due to the controversial nature of the A-side's lyrics, `` Ruby Tuesday '' earned more airplay and ended up charting higher in both the UK and the US. The song topped the American Billboard Hot 100 chart, while reaching number 3 in the UK 's Record Retailer chart, although `` Let 's Spend The Night Together '' was listed instead. `` Ruby Tuesday '' was included on the US version of the 1967 album Between the Buttons, while being left out of the British edition, as was common practice with singles in the UK at that time. That summer, the song appeared on the US compilation album Flowers. Due to its success, the song became a staple of the band 's compilations, being included on Through the Past, Darkly ( Big Hits Vol. 2 ) ( 1969 ), Hot Rocks 1964 -- 1971 ( 1971 ), Rolled Gold ( 1975 ), and 30 Greatest Hits ( 1977 ), and, in monophonic, on Singles Collection : The London Years ( 1989 ). The 2002 ABKCO reissues of the song -- including on reissued albums and a new compilation, Forty Licks -- have a remastering error ; a vocal overdub is missing in the chorus. This was subsequently remedied, and the versions on 2007 's Rolled Gold+, 2012 's GRRR !, and the 2013 iTunes remasters contain the overdub. A concert rendition of the song from the Rolling Stones ' Steel Wheels / Urban Jungle Tour was released on the band 's 1991 concert album Flashpoint. A July 2013 live performance is featured on Sweet Summer Sun : Hyde Park Live. Personnel Mick Jagger -- lead vocals, backing vocals, tambourine Keith Richards -- double bass ( bowing strings ), 12 string acoustic guitar, backing vocals Brian Jones -- recorder, piano Bill Wyman -- double bass ( fingers on fingerboard ), bass guitar Charlie Watts - drums Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 1967 ) Peak position Australia Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Ireland ( IRMA ) 6 UK US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1967 ) Rank Canada 5 US Billboard Hot 100 24 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) Gold 1,000,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone Notable cover versions This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2013 ) 1967 : Richard Anthony recorded a French version called `` fille sauvage '' 1967 : Rotary Connection 's rendition, with Minnie Riperton on vocals, appeared on their album Rotary Connection. 1969 : Oliver released a version of the song on his album Good Morning Starshine. 1970 : Melanie Safka released a version of the song on her album Candles in the Rain ; her version was a UK Top Ten hit that year. It also reached # 7 in New Zealand, the only version of the song to chart there. She recorded a second cover version on her 1978 album Ballroom Streets. 1979 : Pozo - Seco Singers featuring Don Williams released a version of the song on their album Spend Some Time With Me. 1984 : Nazareth released a version of the song on their album The Catch. 1989 : Julian Lennon released a version of the song on the compilation album entitled The Wonder Years : Music from the Emmy Award - Winning Show & Its Era, a soundtrack for The Wonder Years TV series. 1989 : `` Weird Al '' Yankovic recorded this song and 11 other Rolling Stones songs in his polka medley, `` The Hot Rocks Polka ''. 1993 : Rod Stewart recorded a version of the song that was included on his 1993 compilation album Lead Vocalist. 1994 : Marianne Faithfull released a version of the song on the album Symphonic Music of The Rolling Stones by the London Symphony Orchestra. 1996 : Dick Gaughan recorded a version on his solo album Sail On. 1999 : DJ Miko released a Eurodance cover of the song as a single. 1999 : Franco Battiato released a version of the song on his album Fleurs and it was prominently featured in the 2006 film Children of Men. 2002 : The Corrs recorded a version of the song with Ronnie Wood on their album VH1 Live in Dublin and also included it on their 2006 greatest hits album Dreams : The Ultimate Corrs Collection. 2002 : Gotthard released a version of the song on their album One Life One Soul. 2007 : Sylvie Vartan released a version of the song on her album Nouvelle Vague. 2007 : Declan Galbraith released a cover version of the song in his third album You and Me. 2011 : Scorpions released a version of the song on their album Comeblack. 2011 : Yanokami released a version of the song on their album Tohku wa Chikai. 2016 : Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle recorded a version for their collaborative duets album Colvin & Earle. A snippet of the song is often sung by Bono along with `` Sympathy for the Devil '' during performances of `` Bad '' at U2 concerts. An example of this is in the U2 documentary / concert footage film Rattle and Hum from 1988. Katey Sagal, who portrays Gemma Teller Morrow on the FX drama Sons of Anarchy, recorded a cover of the song for the show 's second EP, Shelter. Lacey Brown covered the song during the ninth season of American Idol during The Rolling Stones theme week. Her full - length recording of the song was available for purchase as `` Ruby Tuesday ( American Idol Studio Version ) - Single '' on the iTunes Store during the season 's run. Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine make significant reference to the song in their 1991 single `` After The Watershed ''. Crosby, Stills, & Nash performed a cover of `` Ruby Tuesday '' on 31 August 2010, during their performance at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts ( The original Woodstock site in Sullivan County, New York ). Mick Jagger performed it with Win Butler and Regine Chassagne of Arcade Fire in a medley with `` She 's a Rainbow '' on the 19 May 2012 episode of Saturday Night Live as longtime cast member Kristen Wiig bid farewell to the show. Darby Walker, performed this song on Season 11 of The Voice, coached by Miley Cyrus. 2016 : Shawn Colvin & Steve Earl recorded a version of the song on their album, Colvin And Earle. Animated film In September 2006, Jagger will co-produce an animated movie based on the song with EuropaCorp and directed by Paul and Gaetan Brizzi. In January 2008, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais will write the film. References Jump up ^ `` Steve Smith : Wyman and Taylor join the Rolling Stones onstage ; Coldplay takes a break ''. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2016... Pasadena Star - News. 29 November 2012. Jump up ^ `` Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ''. Rolling Stone. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2015. Jump up ^ Greenfield, Robert ( 19 August 1971 ). `` The Rolling Stone Interview : Keith Richards ''. Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Jump up ^ McPherson, Ian. `` Track Talk : Ruby Tuesday ''. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 17. ^ Jump up to : `` Show 46 - Sergeant Pepper at the Summit : The very best of a very good year. ( Part 2 ) : UNT Digital Library ''. Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ Wenner, Jann S. ( 14 December 1995 ). `` Jagger Remembers ''. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Brian Jones '', Mojo Magazine, July 1999, p. 75 Jump up ^ Bockris, Keith Richards, 1993, p. 93 - 94 Jump up ^ Life ( 2010 ), Keith Richards, pp. 186 -- 187 Jump up ^ `` Let 's Spend the Night Together '' at AllMusic Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 16. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 10044. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 17 June 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Ruby Tuesday ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 June 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Rolling Stones Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved 17 June 2016. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 2 / 25 / 67 ''. Tropicalglen.com. 1967 - 02 - 25. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1967 / Top 100 Songs of 1967 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- The Rolling Stones -- Ruby Tuesday ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 17 June 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH Jump up ^ Joe Viglione. `` Good Morning Starshine - Oliver Songs, Reviews, Credits ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ `` flavour of new zealand - search listener ''. Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ Mathew, Leslie. `` The Wonder Years : Music From the Emmy Award - Winning Show & Its Era - Original Tv Soundtrack : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 8 March 2013. Jump up ^ `` Sail On - Dick Gaughan 's Discography ''. Dickgaughan.co.uk. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 01. Jump up ^ Sean. `` Mick Jagger To Co-Produce Animated Film Ruby Tuesday ''. filmjunk.com. Retrieved 18 January 2017. Jump up ^ Rodrigo Perez. `` ' Across The Universe ' Writers At It Again : Animated ' Ruby Tuesday ' Film To Feature Rolling Stones Tunes ''. theplaylist. Retrieved 18 January 2017. Preceded by `` Kind of a Drag '' by The Buckinghams Billboard Hot 100 number one single 4 March 1967 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Love Is Here and Now You 're Gone '' by The Supremes The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger Keith Richards Charlie Watts Ronnie Wood Brian Jones Ian Stewart Mick Taylor Bill Wyman Mick Avory Tony Chapman Ricky Fenson Colin Golding Carlo Little Dick Taylor Video releases Let 's Spend the Night Together ( 1983 ) Stones at the Max ( 1992 ) The Rolling Stones : Voodoo Lounge Live ( 1995 ) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus ( 1996 ) Bridges to Babylon Tour ' 97 -- 98 ( 1998 ) Four Flicks ( 2003 ) The Biggest Bang ( 2007 ) Ladies and Gentlemen : The Rolling Stones ( 2010 ) Some Girls : Live in Texas ' 78 ( 2011 ) Sweet Summer Sun : Live in Hyde Park ( 2013 ) The Rolling Stones : Havana Moon ( 2016 ) Documentaries The Stones in the Park ( 1969 ) Gimme Shelter ( 1970 ) Cocksucker Blues ( 1972 ) Video Rewind ( 1984 ) 25 × 5 : the Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones ( 1989 ) Shine a Light ( 2008 ) Stones in Exile ( 2010 ) Crossfire Hurricane ( 2012 ) Olé Olé Olé ! : A Trip Across Latin America ( 2017 ) Tours British Tour 1963 1964 tours 1965 tours 1966 tours European Tour 1967 American Tour 1969 European Tour 1970 UK Tour 1971 American Tour 1972 Pacific Tour 1973 European Tour 1973 Tour of the Americas ' 75 Tour of Europe ' 76 US Tour 1978 American Tour 1981 European Tour 1982 Steel Wheels / Urban Jungle Tour Voodoo Lounge Tour Bridges to Babylon Tour No Security Tour Licks Tour A Bigger Bang 50 & Counting 14 On Fire Zip Code Tour América Latina Olé Tour 2016 Fall 2016 US Tour No Filter Tour Associated places Redlands Stargroves Nellcôte The Wick Downe House The Mick Jagger Centre Related Discography Songs The Rolling Stones concerts Jagger / Richards Nanker Phelge Rolling Stones Records Promotone The Stones in the Park Altamont Free Concert Rolling Stones Mobile Studio The Rolling Stones : An Illustrated Record The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus Andrew Loog Oldham Allen Klein Peter Meaden John Pasche Instruments played Book Category Portal The Rolling Stones discography Decca ( UK ) and London ( US ) singles `` Come On '' `` I Wanna Be Your Man '' / `` Stoned '' `` Not Fade Away '' / `` Little by Little '' `` It 's All Over Now '' `` Tell Me '' / `` I Just Want to Make Love to You '' `` Time Is on My Side '' `` Little Red Rooster '' `` Heart of Stone '' `` The Last Time '' / `` Play with Fire '' `` ( I Ca n't Get No ) Satisfaction '' / `` The Spider and the Fly '' `` Get Off of My Cloud '' / `` I 'm Free '' `` As Tears Go By '' `` 19th Nervous Breakdown '' / `` As Tears Go By '' `` Paint It Black '' / `` Stupid Girl '' `` Mother 's Little Helper '' / `` Lady Jane '' `` Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow ? '' `` Let 's Spend the Night Together '' / `` Ruby Tuesday '' `` We Love You '' / `` Dandelion '' `` In Another Land '' `` She 's a Rainbow '' / `` 2000 Light Years from Home '' `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' `` Street Fighting Man '' / `` No Expectations '' `` Honky Tonk Women '' / `` You Ca n't Always Get What You Want '' Rolling Stones / Atlantic singles `` Brown Sugar '' / `` Bitch '' / `` Let It Rock '' `` Wild Horses '' / `` Sway '' `` Tumbling Dice '' / `` Sweet Black Angel '' `` Happy '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` Angie '' / `` Silver Train '' `` Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo ( Heartbreaker ) '' / `` Dancing with Mr. D '' `` It 's Only Rock ' n Roll ( But I Like It ) '' `` Ai n't Too Proud to Beg '' / `` Dance Little Sister '' `` Fool to Cry '' `` Hot Stuff '' Rolling Stones `` Miss You '' / `` Far Away Eyes '' `` Beast of Burden '' / `` When the Whip Comes Down '' `` Respectable '' / `` When the Whip Comes Down '' `` Shattered '' `` Emotional Rescue '' `` She 's So Cold '' / `` Send It to Me '' `` Start Me Up '' `` Waiting on a Friend '' / `` Little T&A '' `` Hang Fire '' / `` Neighbours '' `` Going to a Go - Go '' ( live ) / `` Beast of Burden '' ( live ) `` Time Is on My Side '' ( live ) / `` Twenty Flight Rock '' ( live ) `` Undercover of the Night '' `` She Was Hot '' `` Too Much Blood '' `` Harlem Shuffle '' `` One Hit ( To the Body ) '' `` Mixed Emotions '' `` Rock and a Hard Place '' `` Almost Hear You Sigh '' `` Highwire '' / `` 2000 Light Years from Home '' ( live ) `` Ruby Tuesday '' ( live ) / `` Play with Fire '' ( live ) `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' ( live ) / `` Tumbling Dice '' ( live ) Virgin singles `` Love Is Strong '' `` You Got Me Rocking '' `` Out of Tears '' `` I Go Wild '' `` Like a Rolling Stone '' ( live ) / `` Black Limousine '' / `` All Down the Line '' `` Wild Horses '' ( live ) / `` Live with Me '' ( live ) / `` Tumbling Dice '' ( live ) `` Anybody Seen My Baby ? 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Question: who was the original singer of ruby tuesday
Answer: the Rolling Stones