The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / Pretty And Uncharacteristic Stone's Song Was Number #1 This Day 1968

**Posted by paterson1** January 8, 2025 7:31 pm

Some critics didn't think She's A Rainbow sounded like any other Rolling Stones tune. The song had a string quartet, almost bubblegum backing vocals, and a psychedelic feel. It reached #25 on Billboard but a big hit in Toronto and number #1 on CHUM...
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**Posted by Paul Jeffries** January 8, 2025 8:55 pm

I like the end part with the out-of-tune strings and the roaring electric guitar chord. It's almost as if the band was thinking, "Okay, this song can't be too pretty, because after all, we're The Rolling Stones..."

Another one of their songs which I thought had a similar feel, "Dandelion" had charted the year before, peaking at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1967 and also hitting the #1 spot on the CHUM Chart for one week.

PJ

**Posted by paterson1** January 8, 2025 9:16 pm

Paul Jeffries wrote:
I like the end part with the out-of-tune strings and the roaring electric guitar chord. It's almost as if the band was thinking, "Okay, this song can't be too pretty, because after all, we're The Rolling Stones..."

Another one of their songs which I thought had a similar feel, "Dandelion" had charted the year before, peaking at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1967 and also hitting the #1 spot on the CHUM Chart for one week.

PJ

Right on Paul! Dandelion definitely had the same airy feeling of She's a Rainbow. Maybe even more. Did Lennon and McCartney sing background on this 1967 classic? Nice that the lads got along together!

**Posted by Paul Jeffries** January 8, 2025 9:31 pm

paterson1 wrote:
Paul Jeffries wrote:
I like the end part with the out-of-tune strings and the roaring electric guitar chord. It's almost as if the band was thinking, "Okay, this song can't be too pretty, because after all, we're The Rolling Stones..."

Another one of their songs which I thought had a similar feel, "Dandelion" had charted the year before, peaking at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1967 and also hitting the #1 spot on the CHUM Chart for one week.

PJ
Right on Paul! Dandelion definitely had the same airy feeling of She's a Rainbow. Maybe even more. Did Lennon and McCartney sing background on this 1967 classic? Nice that the lads got along together!

They did, in fact. Turns out the two bands weren't always "competing with one another", as the media would often claim. It shows they could make beautiful music together, too.

PJ

**Posted by RadioActive** January 8, 2025 9:44 pm

"As Tears Go By" was another soft Stones song that Marianne Faithfull (Mick Jagger's one time girlfriend) also had a hit with.

**Posted by Shorty Wave** January 9, 2025 9:34 am

Paul Jeffries wrote:
I like the end part with the out-of-tune strings and the roaring electric guitar chord. It's almost as if the band was thinking, "Okay, this song can't be too pretty, because after all, we're The Rolling Stones..."

Another one of their songs which I thought had a similar feel, "Dandelion" had charted the year before, peaking at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1967 and also hitting the #1 spot on the CHUM Chart for one week.

PJ

How odd, I heard “Dandelion” for the first time last week on 740 and wondered why I hadn’t heard it before as I was pretty sure that I had heard all the Stones’ hits!

**Posted by RadioActive** January 9, 2025 11:30 am

There's one other Rolling Stones tune that fits this "quieter" category. It's "Lady Jane" from 1966. Not a huge hit and not one of their best. But it's definitely a more subdued side of the band.

**Posted by mace** January 9, 2025 11:49 am

RadioActive wrote:
There's one other Rolling Stones tune that fits this "quieter" category. It's "Lady Jane" from 1966. Not a huge hit and not one of their best. But it's definitely a more subdued side of the band.

Lady Jane was the "B" side of Mother's Little Helper. Billboard charted them separately probably because of airplay. Jane peaked at #24, Helper at #8. On the CHUM Chart, both songs were listed and peaked at #5.

**Posted by Paul Jeffries** January 9, 2025 12:28 pm

"Lady Jane" gets played on Zoomer Radio fairly regularly...and on ClassicHitsOnline.com.

PJ

**Posted by Fitz** January 9, 2025 12:41 pm

Rainbow was the second single released from Their Satanic Majesties Request. Their supposed response to Sgt Pepper. The Beatles can be seen on the 3D cover of the album. The B Side was 2000 Light Years from Home.

Dandelion was actually the B-side to We Love You which the Stones recorded as a thank you to fans for their support following a 1967 drug bust. One interesting fact about the single is that at the end of each song you hear a brief snip of the flip. Unfortunately I have the Canadians single where you don't hear that and the trick was left off most comps but I do have it on two separate comps.

The effect can be heard at the very end: