Record #0794: We Love You / Dandelion – THE ROLLING STONES

Decca 45-F 12654 (original Finnish release) Finland, August or September 1967
Words & Music by:  Side A – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards; Side B – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Musicians: Brian Jones (mellotron, saxophone on side B), Mick Jagger (lead vocals, maracas on side B), Keith Richards (guitars, backing vocals), Bill Wyman (bass), Charlie Watts (drums), Nicky Hopkins (piano on side A, harpsicord on side B), Paul McCartney and John Lennon (backing vocals)
Recording sessions: Produced by AndrewLoog Oldham at Olympic Studios, London, UK; Side A -  2. & 19. July 1967; Side B – 12., 13. & 21. June 1967
Highest chart positions:  Finland #31 (September 1967), UK #8, US #50, Netherlands #1, Germany #2, Norway #9, Sweden #5.

This stayed in the Finnish Top 40 just for one month.

Jagger and Richards were singing backing vocals on the Beatles’ live broadcast of “All You Need Is Love” on 25. June 1967. Some claim that the inspiration for the lyrics of “We Love You” would have originated there. This is very unlikely, as the Rolling Stones worked on the song well before the broadcast and did their first studio take of it already in May 1967.

The flip did better than the A-side in the States (US #14).

List price:  Finnish release, not found in my US catalogs. I found two copies sold in eBay: one for 29 euros and the other for 63 euros (with picture sleeve).