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Goin' Home (Rolling Stones song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Goin' Home
| cover =
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| artist = the Rolling Stones
| album = Aftermath
| released = 15 April 1966 (UK)
2 July 1966 (US)
| recorded = 810 December 1965
| studio = RCA (Los Angeles)
| genre = Blues rock
| length = 11:35
| label = Decca/ABKCO (UK)
London/ABKCO (US and Canada)
| writer = Jagger/Richards
| producer = Andrew Loog Oldham
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"'Goin' Home'" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it was the longest popular music song at the time, coming in at 11 minutes and 35 seconds, and was the first extended rock improvisation released by a major recording act. It was included as the sixth track on side one of the United Kingdom version and the fifth track on side two of the American version of the band's 1966 studio album 'Aftermath'.
Writing and recording
"Goin Home" was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood from 8 to 10 December 1965. The recording is a long blues-inspired track that is notable as one of the first songs by a rock and roll band to break the ten-minute mark and the longest recorded song on any Stones album. While many bands had stretched a song's duration in live performances, and Bob Dylan was known to write long songs, "Goin' Home" was the first "jam" recorded expressly for an album. In an interview with the magazine 'Rolling Stone', Richards said:
Jack Nitzsche, a regular Stones contributor throughout the 1960s, here performs percussion.
The song, while lengthy, is built around a common theme, as opposed to later Stones songs of great length like "Midnight Rambler" or "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" which are divided into distinct sections punctuated by differing instrumentations. "Goin' Home" plays as a long jam, eventually deconstructing Richards' guitar piece, Jagger's lyrics, and Watts' drum lines which build in power as the song progresses. Jagger's lyrics are called "a basic expression of [his] pining for his girl and determining to go home and get him some. It's the bumpety-bump, ascending chorus of announcing his intentions to go home that's the most 'pop' element of the song."
Legacy
According to the music historian Nicholas Schaffner, at 11 minutes and 35 seconds, "Goin' Home" displaced the 1965 Bob Dylan song "Desolation Row" (11:21) as the longest recording in popular music. He also cites it as "the first extended improvisation released by a major rock groupthough by no means the last."
Personnel
According to authors Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon, except where noted:
'The Rolling Stones'
*Mick Jagger vocals
*Keith Richards lead guitar, rhythm guitar
*Brian Jones harmonica
*Bill Wyman bass
*Charlie Watts brushed bass drum
'Additional musicians'
*Ian Stewart piano
*Jack Nitzsche tambourine
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