It's All Over Now

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"It's All Over Now" is a song written by Bobby Womack and his sister-in-law Shirley Womack.^[1] 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 recorded the song at United Recording in Hollywood on March 24, 1964,^[2] and released it two months later.^[3] It entered the Billboard Hot 100 on June 27, 1964, and stayed on the chart for two weeks, peaking at number 94.^[4]

• Bobby Womack – lead vocals, guitar, co-writer
• Cecil Womack – background vocals
• Harry Womack – background vocals
• Friendly Womack Jr. – background vocals
• Curtis Womack – background vocals
• Sam Cooke – producer

"It's All Over Now"
R&B, rock and roll
Length	3:27
Label	Decca F11934
Songwriter(s)	Bobby Womack, Shirley Womack[1]
Producer(s)	Andrew Loog Oldham[1]
Rolling Stones UK singles chronology
"Not Fade Away" (1964) "It's All Over Now" (1964) "Little Red Rooster" (1964)
Rolling Stones US singles chronology
" Tell Me " (1964) "It's All Over Now" (1964) "Time Is on My Side" (1964)

The Rolling Stones landed in New York on June 1, 1964, for their

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, 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

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]

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals
• Keith Richards – electric lead guitar, backing vocals
• Brian Jones – 12-string electric rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Bill Wyman – bass
• Charlie Watts – drums
• Ian Stewart – piano

Chart (1964)	Peak position
Australia (Kent)[8]	9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9]	8
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10]	26
Finland ( Soumen Virallinen)[11]	11
Germany (GfK)[12]	14
Ireland (IRMA)[13]	2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14]	1
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[15]	2
Norway (VG-lista)[16]	5
Sweden ( Kvällstoppen)[17]	3
Sweden (Tio i Topp)[18]	2
UK Singles (OCC)[19]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[20]	26

• Tokyo, Oklahoma. His version peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[21]
• Crveni Koralji on Otiđi od nje^[22]
• Tunel on Do poslednje kapi...^[23]

• List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)

External links

• Official lyric video to the Rolling Stones' version: The Rolling Stones - It's All Over Now (Official Lyric Video)