Composers:
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Recording date: August
& November 1966
Recording locations: RCA
Studios, Los Angeles, USA; Olympic Studios, London, England
Producer: Andrew
Oldham Engineers:
Dave
Hassinger & Glyn Johns
Performed onstage: 1967
Probable line-up:
Drums: Charlie
Watts
Bass: Bill
Wyman
Electric guitar: Keith
Richards
Lead vocal: Mick
Jagger
Background vocals: Mick
Jagger & Keith Richards
Harpsichord: Jack
Nitzsche
Marimbas: Brian
Jones
Tambourine: Mick
Jagger
Who wants yesterday's papers?
Who wants yesterday's girl?
Who wants yesterday's papers?
Nobody in the world
Well after this time I've finally learned
After pain and hurt
After all this what have I achieved?
I've realized it's time to leave
Cause...
I'm living a life of constant change
Every day means a turn of the page
Yesterday's papers is such bad news
The same thing applies to me and you
It seems very hard to have just one girl
When there's a million in the world
All of these people just can't wait
To fall right into their big mistake
TrackTalk
This was going to be very straight but it's ended up donging about all over the place. All tinkling and weird. Charlie said he wanted to think up a weird drum rhythm for it and brought about two dozen different drums into the studio. This has been covered by someone else - the way I originally saw it.
I think the first song I wrote melodically
was Yesterday's Papers.
(T)he first song I ever wrote completely on
my own for a Rolling Stones record.