• Writers: Bobby and Sally Womack
• Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham
• Recorded: June 10th, 1964, at Chess Studios in Chicago
• Released: June 1964
• Players:
  Mick Jagger — vocals
  Keith Richards — guitar, vocals
  Brian Jones — guitar
  Bill Wyman — bass
  Charlie Watts — drums
• Album: 12 x 5 (London/Decca, 1964)
• Also On:
  Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass) (London, 1966)
  More Hot Rocks (big hits & fazed cookies) (London, 1972)
  Singles Collection: The London Years (ABKCO, 1989)
  Forty Licks (Virgin, 2002)
• “It’s All Over Now” was the Rolling Stones‘ first Number One hit in the U.K. It reached Number 26 in the U.S.
• The group was introduced to the song by New York radio DJ Murray The K, who played them the Valentinos version of the song when they visited his studios. The Stones decided immediately that they wanted to record it.
• Bobby Womack, who co-wrote “It’s All Over Now,” was a member of the Valentinos. The Valentinos’ version of “It’s All Over Now” was first released by Sam Cooke‘s SAR Records label.
• Producer-manager Andrew Loog Oldham arranged the Stones’ first session at Chicago’s Chess Studios through Phil Spector as a kind of pick-me-up at the end of the band’s first tour of the U.S. They also worked on “Time Is On My Side” and “Good Times, Bad Times” while they were there.
• The 12 x 5 album, which contained “It’s All Over Now,” was the first Stones album to hit the Top Five in the U.S., reaching Number Three on the Billboard 200 and earning a gold album certification.

FAST FORWARD:

• Physically and emotionally wasted due to drugs and some personal issues, guitarist Brian Jones was fired by the band on June 8th, 1969, and was replaced by Mick Taylor. Jones was found dead in the swimming pool of his home less than a month later, on July 3rd, 1969.
• Bobby Womack remained friends with the Stones over the years, playing bass on “Fountain Of Love” from latter-day Stones guitarist Ron Wood‘s solo album 1 2 3 4. Womack also opened some shows on the Stones’ 1981 North American tour.
• The Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
• Bassist Bill Wyman left the Stones in 1993. His replacement Darryl Jones has worked with the Stones ever since, but hasn’t been named an official member of the band.
• The most recent album from the Stones is A Bigger Bang.
• The Stones headlined the halftime show for Super Bowl XL (40) at Ford Field in Detroit in February 2006.
• 2006 was a rough year for the Stones — Richards fell on his head while on vacation in Fiji and had to have cranial surgery, which led to European dates being rescheduled; guitarist Ronnie Wood did another stint in rehab to deal with his alcoholism; and frontman Mick Jagger had throat issues over the summer which forced the cancellation of two dates in Spain, followed by more throat problems that led the band to rework part of their fall North American tour.