Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? - Stereo Version

This song is shadowy indeed. "Mother" could be code for "girlfriend," or something else entirely. Keith Richards asks that we don't read too much into it. "You must listen to it and place your own interpretation on the lyric," he said. "There is no attempt to present a controversial 'Mother' theme."

The American single has a picture of The Stones in women's clothes on the sleeve. According to legend, after the photo session, they kept their costumes on and went to a bar in New York.

Footage of the band dressed as women for the single photo shoot was compiled into a promotional film for the song that was distributed to various broadcast outlets. This was an early example of a music video, although they were still using film back then. The Beatles made them for some of their songs as well.