"Lets Spend the Night Together" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and originally released as a single by The Rolling Stones in 1967. It also appeared as the opening track on the American version of their album Between the Buttons. It has been covered by various artists, most famously David Bowie in 1973. Released in the United Kingdom as a single in January 1967, "Lets Spend the Night Together" reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was included on the American version of the Stones album Between the Buttons, and was also released there as a single. However, due to the then-controversial nature of the lyrics (with its suggestion of casual sex) most radio stations opted to play the flip side "Ruby Tuesday" instead.[2] The two songs charted separately on the US Billboard Hot 100, "Lets Spend the Night Together" stalling at #55 while "Ruby Tuesday" became a #1 hit. "Lets Spend the Night Together" features piano by both Jack Nitzsche and Keith Richards, organ by Brian Jones, Drums from Charlie Watts, electric guitar and bass by Keith Richards, lead vocals by Mick Jagger and backing vocals from both Jagger and Richards. Bassist Bill Wyman does not appear on this track. On The Ed Sullivan Show, the band was initially refused permission to perform the number. Sullivan himself told Jagger, "Either the song goes or you go".[3] A compromise was reached to substitute the words "lets spend some time together" in place of "lets spend the night together <b>…<b>