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"The Last Time" is a song by the British rock 'n roll band The Rolling Stones. This was the first Rolling Stones single written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to reach # 1 in the UK, where it stayed for four straight weeks.

"The Last Time" was recorded at RCA Studios in Hollywood, California in early 1965. Released in early 1965, "The Last Time" reached # 1 in the U.K. and # 9 in the U.S.

A performance of this song by the Stones is one of the few recordings from the early years of the popular British music television show Top of the Pops to still exist, and is therefore often shown on nostalgia shows in the UK (most early TOTP performances have long been wiped). There is also a performance of the song that exists of the Stones appearance on the annual New Musical Express Poll Winners Concert from 1965. The Stones' performed this song on several American TV shows in 1965 such as The Ed Sullivan Show, Shindig, Shivaree, and Hollywood A Go-Go.

Although the song is credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Keith Richards has mentioned it is influenced by a traditional gospel song called "This May Be The Last Time" first recorded by the Staple Singers in 1955.

In 1967, The Who rush-recorded a version of this song along with "Under My Thumb", reportedly to show support for Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, who were being detained in England for alleged drug possession. The day the single was released, however, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were released from prison.

In 1997, former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham sued English rock band the Verve for using a sample of The Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of "The Last Time" in their hit song "Bitter Sweet Symphony". While the Verve had worked out an agreement to use the sample, Oldham successfully argued that the band used more than the amount they had legally agreed upon. This led to Allen Klein suing the Verve on behalf of his ABKCO Records, which owns the rights to all Stones material from the 1960s. Before the suit could reach courts, the Verve settled out of court, eventually relinquishing all writing credits to Jagger and Richards, even though they didn't write one line of verse. The same 'hook' was sampled in several other subsequent recordings by other artists, most notably in Number 1 (Tinchy Stryder song) by Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz, which reached number one in the UK singles chart in the week of its official release on 20 April 2009.

A fan favourite and popular song in the Stones' canon, it was only performed live during its inception on the 1965-67 tours. It was left off the band's setlists thereafter until being dusted off for the 1997-98 Bridges to Babylon Tour.

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Selected list of recorded versions

Many bands have recorded renditions and covered this song over the years.


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