Bill Wyman's Songwriting and 'In Another Land' – The Rolling Stones' Bassist's Solo Spot

Bill Wyman wrote and sang lead on “In Another Land”, the only track in The Rolling Stones’ catalog where a non-Jagger/Richards member takes the main vocal. It appeared on 1967’s Their Satanic Majesties Request, an album already drenched in psychedelic experiments. The song is a dreamy, horn-laced ballad that feels completely detached from the band’s usual R&B grit — and that’s probably why it worked as a one-off.

Wyman was never a major songwriter for the Stones. He contributed a handful of other songs over the years — “Downtown Suzie” (a B-side), “I Gotta Go”, and “Jiving Sister Fanny” — but the band rarely gave them serious consideration. Jagger and Richards controlled the catalog tightly, and Wyman’s tunes often ended up on his solo projects or as album filler. “In Another Land” remains a curiosity: a glimpse of what might have been if the Stones had let their