[1] Released as their second single on 1 November 1963, the Stones's version was the group's first UK top-20 hit,[2] peaking at number 12 on the British chart.

Their rendition features Brian Jones's distinctive slide guitar and Bill Wyman's driving bass playing.

Hearing that the group were in need of material for a single, Lennon and McCartney went to their session at De Lane Lea Studio and finished off the song – whose verse they had already been working on – in the corner of the room while the impressed Rolling Stones watched.

It was completely crackers, but it was a hit and sounded great onstage.McCartney stated in 2016:[5] We were friends with them, and I just thought "I Wanna Be Your Man" would be good for them.

Additionally, it included the "Sixth Stone" pianist Ian Stewart, making it the first released self-penned composition, with added spoken asides by Mick Jagger.

On 1 January 1964, the Stones' "I Wanna Be Your Man" was performed on the first episode of the BBC's Top of the Pops, making them the first band to appear on the show.

[6] A performance of the song on The Arthur Haynes Show recorded on 7 February 1964 appears in the 1995 docu-series The Beatles Anthology and as part of the bonus material on the 2012 documentary film Crossfire Hurricane.

They performed the song at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and at the Hollywood Palladium.

[11] The song was parodied in 1964 by the Barron Knights on their hit single "Call Up the Groups (Medley)" (Columbia DB.7317), in which they imitated the Rolling Stones' version.

It was also recorded by Adam Faith in 1965, Count Basie and his Orchestra in 1966, the Day Brothers, Terry Manning in 1970, Suzi Quatro in 1973, The Rezillos in 1977, Roger Webb and his Trio, the Sparrows, the Merseyboys, Bob Leaper, the Flamin' Groovies in 1993, Sam Phillips in 2003, Audience in 2005, Les Baronets in French as "Oh!

Je Veux Être À Toi", the Rockin' Ramrods, the Smithereens in 2007, and the Stooges on their 2007 album The Weirdness featuring Iggy Pop.