"Back Street Girl" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It first appeared on the UK version of their 1967 album Between the Buttons but was not included on the US version. It was first released in the US on the 1967 album Flowers.[2]
Rolling Stone magazine, in their 100 Greatest Rolling Stones Songs article named "Back Street Girl" at number 85.[3] Mick Jagger in an interview with Rolling Stone in 1968 was asked how he felt about Between the Buttons. Of the album, he said: "I don't know, it just isn't any good. "Back Street Girl" is about the only [song] I like."[4]
The song is a waltz which showcases Brian Jones playing vibraphone and Rolling Stones contributor Jack Nitzsche on the harpsichord. Accordion was played by Nick de Caro.[5]
Personnel
According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon:[6]
^Margotin and Guesdon are uncertain whether Jones participated in the recording, but suggest he may have played vibraphone, harpsichord, Mellotron or electronic organ. They also raise the possibility Jack Nitzsche played harpsichord in Jones' place.[6]
