It's All Over Now Explained

"It's All Over Now" is a song written by Bobby Womack and his sister-in-law Shirley Womack. It was first released by The Valentinos, featuring Bobby Womack, in 1964. The Rolling Stones heard it on its release and quickly recorded a cover version, which became their first number-one hit in the United Kingdom, in July 1964.

The Valentinos version

The Valentinos recorded the song at United Recording in Hollywood on March 24, 1964,[1] and released it two months later.[2] It entered the Billboard Hot 100 on June 27, 1964, and stayed on the chart for two weeks, peaking at number 94.[3]

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The Rolling Stones version

It's All Over Now
Cover:It's all over now.jpg
Type:single
Artist:the Rolling Stones
B-Side:Good Times, Bad Times
Released:26 June 1964
Recorded:10 June 1964
Studio:Chess (Chicago)
Genre:R&B, rock and roll
Length:3:27
Label:Decca F11934
Producer:Andrew Loog Oldham[4]
Chronology:Rolling Stones UK
Prev Title:Not Fade Away
Prev Year:1964
Next Title:Little Red Rooster
Next Year:1964

The Rolling Stones landed in New York on June 1, 1964, for their first North American tour, around the time the Valentinos' recording was released. New York radio DJ Murray the K played the song to the Rolling Stones. He also played the Stones' "King Bee" (their Slim Harpo cover) the same night and remarked on their ability to achieve an authentic blues sound. After hearing "It's All Over Now" on that WINS show, the band recorded their version nine days later at Chess Studios in Chicago. Years later, Bobby Womack said in an interview that he had told Sam Cooke he did not want the Rolling Stones to record their version of the song, and that he had told Mick Jagger to get his own song. Cooke convinced him to let the Rolling Stones record the song. Six months later on, after receiving the royalty check for the song, Womack told Cooke that Mick Jagger could have any song he wanted.

The Rolling Stones' version of "It's All Over Now" is the most famous version of the song. It was first released as a single in the UK, where it peaked at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, giving the Rolling Stones their first number one hit.[5] It was the band's third single released in America, and stayed in the Billboard Hot 100 for ten weeks, peaking at number 26. Months later it appeared on their second American album 12 X 5. The song was a big hit in Europe and was part of the band's live set in the 1960s. Cash Box described it as a "contagious cover of the Valentinos' click" and "an infectious thumper that should head right for chartsville."[6]

In his 2010 autobiography, Life, Keith Richards says that John Lennon criticized his guitar solo on this song and Richards agreed that it was not one of his best.

In 1964 Bill Wyman said, "We just liked the sound of it. We didn't think it sounded country and western until we read it somewhere. It's the 12-string guitar and harmonising that do it. Every one of our records has been different. We don't want to do the same old thing every time or people will get fed up with it."[7]

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Charts

Chart (1964)Peak
position
Australia (Kent)[8] 9
Finland (Soumen Virallinen)[9] 11
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[10] 2
Sweden (Kvällstoppen)[11] 3
Sweden (Tio i Topp)[12] 2

Other versions

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valentinos' day . Richard . Williams . January 27, 2015 . thebluemoment.com . March 6, 2022.
  2. Web site: The Valentinos - Lookin' for a Love - The Complete SAR Recordings . Derek . Anderson . February 4, 2015 . March 6, 2022.
  3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 877.

  4. Book: Rice , Jo . 1982. The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits. 1st. Guinness Superlatives Ltd . Enfield, Middlesex. 80–2. 0-85112-250-7.
  5. Book: Roberts, David . 2006 . . 19th . Guinness World Records Limited . London . 1-904994-10-5 . 165.
  6. CashBox Record Reviews . July 18, 1964 . 12 . 2022-01-12 . Cash Box.
  7. Web site: It's All Over Now . TimeIsOnOurSide.com.
  8. Book: Kent , David . 2009. 205. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book: Australian Chart Chronicles (1940–2008). Australian Chart Book. Turramurra. 9780646512037.
  9. Book: Nyman, Jake . Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja . Tammi . 2005 . 951-31-2503-3 . 1st . Helsinki . 240. fi.
  10. Web site: flavour of new zealand - search lever. Flavourofnz.co.nz. 2 June 2021.
  11. Book: Hallberg, Eric. Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975. Drift Musik. 1993. 243. 9163021404.
  12. Book: Hallberg . Eric . Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74 . Henningsson . Ulf . Premium Publishing . 1998 . 919727125X . 313.
  13. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 25.
  14. Book: Janjatović, Petar. EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. 2007. self-released. Belgrade. 48.
  15. Book: Janjatović, Petar. EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. 2007. self-released. Belgrade. 229.
  16. Web site: It's All Over Now by The Valentinos song statistics . Setlist.fm. 2 June 2021.
  17. Web site: Insignia 'All Over' Advert. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/Vqu6QYCs3DY . 2021-12-15 . live. 2 June 2021. YouTube.

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