Let’s Spend the Night Together

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LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER
 
 
“Let’s Spend the Night Together”  is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and originally released by the Rolling Stones as a double A-sided single together with “Ruby Tuesday” in January 1967.  It also appears as the opening track on the American version of their album Between the Buttons.  It has been covered by various artists, including David Bowie in 1973.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 
According to the promotional material by Bomp! Records for the band’s EP, Amanda JonesAmanda Jones was born in March 1995 as a collaboration of Amanda (Mandy) Brix and Jeff Drake, previously in the punk rock band the Joneses.  The combination of her first name and his former band name clearly brought about the band name Amanda Jones, but they were almost certainly mindful of the Rolling Stones connection also:  Their sound has the same kind of playful spirit as early mid-period Stones albums like Between the Buttons (released in January 1967); besides Miss Amanda Jones and Ruby Tuesday, the album also includes the song “Let’s Spend the Night Together” that got the band into so much trouble with The Ed Sullivan Show – Mick Jagger sung the title lyric as “let’s spend some time together” as Ed Sullivan insisted, though he and bassist Bill Wyman were rolling their eyes at the time.  A few months back, I discussed the controversial lyrics in their first big hit (I Can’t Get No) Satisfactionthe Rolling Stones were able to sing that number on The Ed Sullivan Show with no censorship. 
 
(December 2015)
 
Last edited: March 22, 2021