You Better Move On (song)

"You Better Move On" is a song by Arthur Alexander from 1961 that reached #24 on the US charts in March 1962.^[1] The song was recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The session musicians on the recording included David Briggs, piano, Terry Thompson, guitar, Forest Riley, acoustic guitar, Norbert Putnam, bass, Jerry Carrigan, drums and unknown back up singers.^[2]

It was covered by both the The Hollies and The Rolling Stones in 1964.

Rolling Stones version

"You Better Move On" was first released on 17 January 1964, on the EP, The Rolling Stones (EP). It was also on the US album, December's Children (And Everybody's), released in 1965.

Personnel

• Mick Jagger - Lead vocals
• Keith Richards - Electric guitar
• Brian Jones - Acoustic guitar, backing vocal
• Charlie Watts - Drums
• Bill Wyman - Bass guitar, backing vocal

Other versions

• The Hollies, 1964, on the album Stay with The Hollies
• The Leaves, 1965, single
• Billy "Crash" Craddock, 1973, on the album of the same title. Craddock's version was a Top 10 hit on the country charts.
• Dean Martin, 1973, on the album You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
• Johnny Rivers, 1975, on the album New Lovers and Old Friends
• Mink DeVille, 1981, on the album Coup de Grâce
• Katy Moffatt, 1990, on the album Child Bride

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