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"Paint It Black" was a major chart success for the Rolling Stones, remaining 11 weeks (including two at number one) on the US Billboard Hot 100, and 10 weeks (including one atop the chart) on the Record Retailer chart in the UK. Upon a reissue in 2007, it reentered the UK Singles Chart for 11 weeks. It was the band's third number-one single in ...
"Satisfaction" was a hit, giving the Stones their first number one in the US. In the UK, the song initially was played only on pirate radio stations, because its lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive. [3] It later became the Rolling Stones' fourth number one in the United Kingdom.
"Stupid Girl" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the song featured on the band's 1966 album Aftermath. It was also issued as the B-side of the U.S. "Paint It Black" single.
Kevin Bacon's take on Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger could have been perfect — if it weren't for the actor's facial hair. The "Footloose" star joined host Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday's episode ...
The Rolling Stones: Sound Opinions on the Great Rock 'n' Roll Rivalry (2010), Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot agree that Aftermath is "the first really great Stones album beginning to end", with DeRogatis especially impressed by the British edition's first half of songs. [161] The pop culture author Shawn Levy, in his 2002 book Ready, Steady, Go!:
Harrison’s sitar on “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown),” which preceded the Rolling Stones’ “Paint It Black” by just a few months, helped introduce the Indian instrument to Western ...
In May 1966, the Rolling Stones released the raga rock single "Paint It Black", [44] which featured a sitar part played by guitarist Brian Jones and became an international number 1 hit. [45] According to author Mark Brend, the song "spawned a whole subgenre of minor-key psychedelia". [46]
In early 1966, Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones played sitar on "Paint It Black", having received tuition from another protégé of Shankar, Harihar Rao, and after consulting Harrison about the part. Jones also used sitar on some tracks on the Rolling Stones' 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request.