Money

Composers: Berry Gordy Jr. & Janie Bradford       Original performer: Barrett Strong (1960)
First release: UK EP, January 1964         First US release: More Hot Rocks, 1972
Recording date: November 1963        Recording location: De Lane Lea Studios, Holborn (London), England

Producer: Andrew Oldham

Performed onstage: 1963-64

Probable line-up:

Drums: Charlie Watts
Bass: Bill Wyman
Electric guitar: Keith Richards
Lead vocal: Mick Jagger
Background vocals: Keith Richards & Brian Jones
Harmonica: Brian Jones
Tambourine: Mick Jagger
 

The best things in life are free
You can give them to the birds and bees

I want money (that's what I want)
Yeah, that's what I want
That's what I want, oh yeah
That's what I want

Money don't buy everything, it's true
What it don't buy I can't use

I want money (that's what I want)
Oh come on, baby
That's what I want, oh-oh
That's what I want

Yeah, yeah, yeah


Your love give me such a thrill
But your love won't pay my bills

I want money (that's what I want)

Yeah
That's what I want, oh yeah
That's what I want

Yeah, give me money
(that's what I want)
Lots of money - yeah, yeah
If you want me to love you, give me money

If you want me to squeeze you, give me money
That's what I want, oh yeah
That's what I want

Yeah, give me money (that's what I want)
Come on, baby, lots of money - yeah
If you want me to love you, give me money

If you want me to hold...
That's what I want, come on baby
Give me what I want
 

 

TrackTalk

We are surprised that the EP has sold so well. We do Poison Ivy and Money on the record, but they have already been hits. Money is on a Beatles EP (sic) and it has sold fantastically by other people. So we couldn't have been more surprised when the disc made the charts.

  - Mick Jagger, February 1964


I can remember buying Barrett Strong's Money, which was a really big R&B hit in America, but didn't happen when it came out in England. When we saw that those things were popular, we said, well, let's do that. So we did.

  - Mick Jagger



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