We Love You / Dandelion

Track list

Side 1

1. We Love You

   Written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

   4:38 • Studio version • A • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Handclaps John Lennon : Backing vocals, Handclaps Nicky Hopkins : Piano Brian Jones : Mellotron Eddie Kramer : Assistant engineer Mick Jagger : Handclaps, Vocals Keith Richards : Backing vocals, Electric guitars Glyn Johns : Sound engineer Bill Wyman : Bass guitar Charlie Watts : Drums Andrew Loog Oldham : Producer

   Recording : Jun 13, 1967 • Studio Olympic Sound Studios, London

   Recording : Jun 21, 1967 • Studio Olympic Sound Studios, London

   Recording : Jul 02, 1967 • Studio Olympic Sound Studios, London

   Session Recording: Jul 19, 1967 • Studio Olympic Sound Studios, London

Side 2

1. Dandelion

   Written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

   3:48 • Studio version • A • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals John Lennon : Backing vocals Nicky Hopkins : Harpsichord Brian Jones : Mellotron, Saxophone Eddie Kramer : Assistant engineer Mick Jagger : Maracas, Vocals Keith Richards : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals Glyn Johns : Sound engineer Bill Wyman : Bass Charlie Watts : Drums Andrew Loog Oldham : Producer

   Recording : Jun 12, 1967 • Studio Olympic Sound Studios, London

   Recording : Jun 13, 1967 • Studio Olympic Sound Studios, London

   Recording : Jul 02, 1967 • Studio Olympic Sound Studios, London

   Session Recording: Jul 19, 1967 • Studio Olympic Sound Studios, London

John Lennon and Paul McCartney contributed to the two sides of this 1967 single by the Rolling Stones. They contributed backing vocals and handclaps on “We Love You” and backing vocals on “Dandelion“.

We’d be hanging out with the Stones, working on their sessions; it was a very friendly scene. There must have been a bit of competition because that’s only natural, but it was always friendly. We used to say, ‘Have you got one coming out?’ and if they had we’d say, ‘Well, hold it for a couple of weeks, because we’ve got one.’ It made sense, really, to avoid each other’s releases. John and I sang on the Stones’ song ‘We Love You’ – Mick had been stuck for an idea and he asked us to come along. So we went down to Olympic Studios and made it up.

Paul McCartney – From “The Beatles Anthology” book, 2000

Paul and John are on a track called “We Love You” in the middle ’60s. And another track, “Dandelion,” that John and Paul came by to sing, you know. Because they liked the Stones too, you know.

Keith Richards – Interview with Jimmy Fallon, October 21, 2023