Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as a reaction to their sudden popularity after the success of 'Satisfaction', 'Get Off Of My Cloud' was recorded in early September 1965. The song is noted for its drum intro by Charlie Watts and twin guitars by Brian Jones and Keith Richards. The lyrics are defiant and rebellious and according to the band deal with their aversion to people's expectations of them.
On the song, Richards said in 1971, "I never dug it as a record. The chorus was a nice idea, but we rushed it as the follow-up. We were in L.A., and it was time for another single. But how do you follow-up 'Satisfaction'? Actually, what I wanted was to do it slow like a Lee Dorsey thing. We rocked it up. I thought it was one of Andrew Loog Oldham's worst productions."
In a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone, Jagger said, "That was Keith's melody and my lyrics... It's a stop-bugging-me, post-teenage-alienation song. The grown-up world was a very ordered society in the early '60s, and I was coming out of it. America was even more ordered than anywhere else. I found it was a very restrictive society in thought and behavior and dress."

On the flip side, 'The Singer Not The Song' in the UK, and 'I'm Free' in the US [and the rest of the world], were other Jagger / Richards compositions recorded at the same session, both also featuring on the US LP December's Children.

Picture sleeves from around the world

220 editions worldwide include 'Get Off Of My Cloud' on the 7" format.

'Get Off Of My Cloud' was covered by the following artists:

• Asteroid B-612: 2002' V/A CD Standing in the Shadows - A Tribute to the Golden Days of The Rolling Stones 1963-1967

• Batdorf, John + James Lee Stanley: 2005' CD All Wood and Stones
• Boyer, Nikki: New Licks CD: A Tribute to the Rolling Stones, 2003
• Briggs, The: 2004
• Caesars Palace: 2002, Swedish colored 7"
• Camaleonti: single on Kansas Records, Italy 1966.
• Dino, Desi and Billy: LP: Our Time's Coming
• Eyes, The: 1965
• Flasharmonicas, Les: 7"PS 1960's, JBP 63338
• Flamin' Groovies, The: LP 1979, Jumpin' in the Night [UK]
• Flying Pickets, The: 1984? CD: Best Of..., '91.
• Gervy, Wendy: 2003 CD New Licks - A Tribute to The Rolling Stones .
• Hairy Ones, The: 1960's CD: V/A: The Sound Of The Sixties. France.
• Heinäsirkka: 1986 7": Artist: Grasshopper. Finland. Translated to Finnish as "Helsingin Yöt" = "Nights In Helsinki".
• Jason and The Scorchers: 1986 Album: Still Standing
• Jebadiah: 1978 LP: Rock 'N Soul = 7"
  
• Korner, Alexis: 1975 Album: Get Off Of My Cloud. w/ K. Richards.
• Little Boy Blue & The Blue Boys: 1995 CD: Various Artists: Perfectly Stoned. Norway.
• Lloyd Richard: single, Spain.
• London Symphony Orchestra: 1990 CD: The L.S.O. Plays The Music Of The Rolling Stones, '94.
• Nash The Slash: 1980 LP Children of the Night.
• New Renaissance Society: 1966 LP: Baroque And Stones. Medley.
• Pratt, Andy: 2003 LP: I'm Alright.
• Pupils, The: 1966's LP: A Tribute To The Rolling Stones.
• Raisins, The: 1983 LP of the same name.
• Ronski Gang, The: 1978 LP: Sold Out. Finland.
• Schleicher, Peter: 1979 LP: Hart Auf Hart. Austrian title: "Das Geht Net Eine Bei Mir". And 1994 CD.
• Schwabe, Paul and Co.: 1995 Cassette: V/A: Exile On The Information Superhighway.
• Songrise Orchestra: 1994-5 CD: The Music Of The Rolling Stones : 16 Instrumental Hits. EEC. Instrumental.
• Sonics, The: 1978 LP: Sounds Of The Rolling Stones.
• Standells, The: 1966 LP: Dirty Water.
• Tillberg, Dan: 1979 LP: Gatstenar. Album title = "Roadstones". Sweden. Translated to Swedish as "Kom In Och Hälsa På" = "Come On In For A Visit".
• Tuxedomoon: 1979 LP: Can You Hear Me? Live at the Deaf Club.
• Winstons, The: 1973 LP Tribute to The Rolling Stones.

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