Written by bassist Bill Wyman, it is the only Rolling Stones song to feature Wyman on lead vocals, and one of only three Rolling Stones songs to be written by him - the other being 'Downtown Suzie' and the unreleased 'Goodbye Girl'. Released with the Stones' 'The Lantern' as the B-side, it peaked at number 87 on the US pop chart.
The song was recorded on a night when Wyman had shown up to the studio and found that the session had been cancelled. Feeling frustrated that he had potentially wasted time in driving to the studio, engineer Glyn Johns asked him if he had anything that he'd like to record. "...I'd been messing with this song. It was a bit... what I thought was kind of spacy, you know... a bit kind of Satanic Majesties-like. And psychedelic in a way."
Lyrically, Wyman stated that "The idea for the song is about this guy who wakes up from a dream and finds himself in another dream." Johns showed the song to Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Brian Jones who all liked it and decided to include it on the record.

The musicians on the song included Small Faces vocalist Steve Marriott on 12-string acoustic guitar and Ronnie Lane on backing vocals.
At the conclusion of the track as heard on the album, Wyman himself can be heard snoring. He was unaware this had been tagged onto his song until he first played the completed album. He learned later that one night when he had fallen asleep in the studio, Jagger and Richards miked him up and recorded him snoring, and stuck it onto his track as a joke.
This does not appear on the single.

This single was unreleased in Europe - a Turkish release exists on London though! - but was released in Japan in a unique PS, as well as in New Zealand.
Beyond a couple of picture sleeves, more than 25 editions of singles and EPs worldwide include 'In Another Land'.

The Lantern
[Mick Jagger / Keith Richards]

We, on our present life,
Knew that the stars were right.
That if you are the first to go,
You'll leave a sign to let me know,
Tell me so.
Please, carry the Lantern lights.

You crossed the sea of night,
Free from the spell of fright
Your cloak it is a spirit shroud.
You'll wake me in my sleeping hours,
Like a cloud.
So, please, carry the Lantern high.

Me, in my sorry plight,
You waiting ev'ry night.
My face it turns a deathly pale,
You're talking to me, through your veil,
I hear you wail.
So, please carry the Lantern light.

The servants sleep,
The door's are barred.
You hear the stopping of my heart-we never part.
So, please carry the Lantern high

Recorded in July and October 1967 at Olympic Sound Studios, London
Producer: The Rolling Stones
Sound engineer: Glyn Johns

Mick Jagger: lead vocals
Keith Richards: acoustic & electric guitar, background vocals
Brian Jones: acoustic guitar, brass
Bill Wyman: bass
Charlie Watts: drums
Nicky Hopkins: piano