Single:
The double-A-sided single As Tears Go By / 19th Nervous Breakdown entered the Australian singles chart* on 19 February 1966 and peaked at #2. It was #23 on the Top 100 of 1966.
Songwriters:
As Tears Go By – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Andrew Loog Oldham
19th Nervous Breakdown – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Producer:
Andrew Loog Oldham
Record label of Australian release:
Decca
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
As Tears Go By:
19th Nervous Breakdown:
Songfacts:
The title describes how Mick Jagger felt during a US tour in 1965. He explained in the Rolling Stones Monthly magazine: “We had just done five weeks hectic work in the States and I said, ‘Dunno about you blokes, but I feel about ready for my nineteenth nervous breakdown.’ We seized on it at once as a likely song title.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-rolling-stones/19th-nervous-breakdown
Lyrics:
As Tears Go By
19th Nervous Breakdown
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