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{{short description|1965 single by the Rolling Stones}}
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{{Infobox Single |
{{Infobox song
| Name = (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
| Cover = Satisfaction-us.jpg | name = (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
| Artist = ] | cover = Satisfaction-us.jpg
| from Album = ] | caption = US picture sleeve
| type = single
| B-side = "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (US)<br />"]" (UK)
| Released = 6 June 1965 | artist = ]
| album =
| Format = ], ]
| B-side = * "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (US)
| Recorded = 12 May 1965, RCA Studios, Hollywood
* "]" (UK)
| Genre = ]
| Length = 3:44 | released = * 4 June 1965 (US)
* 20 August 1965 (UK)
| Label = ] 45-LON 9766 (US)<br />Decca F12220 (UK)
| Writer = ], ] | recorded = 12 May 1965
| studio = ] (Hollywood, California)
| Producer = ]
| genre = * ]<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction-mt0004466934|title=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193753/https://www.allmusic.com/song/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction-mt0004466934|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Quentin James|last=Schultze|title=Dancing in the Dark: Youth, Popular Culture, and the Electronic Media|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|year=1991|isbn=0802805302|page=|url=https://archive.org/details/dancingindarkyou0000unse/page/150}}</ref>
| Last single = "]"<br />(1965)
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=45}}
| This single = "'''(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'''"<br />(1965)
| Next single = "]"<br />(1965) | label = * ] (US)
* ] (UK)
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| writer = ]
| producer = ]
| prev_title = ]
| prev_year = 1965
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"'''(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'''" is a song by the English ] band ]. A product of ] and ]' ], it features a ] by Richards that opens and drives the song. The riff is widely considered one of the greatest ] of all time. The song's lyrics refer to ] and ].


The song was first released as a single in the United States in June 1965 and was also featured on the American version of the Rolling Stones' fourth studio album, '']'', released that July. "Satisfaction" was a hit, giving the Stones their first number one in the US. In the UK, the song initially was played only on ], because its lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive.<ref name="Nuzum">{{cite book|last=Nuzum|first=Eric|title=Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=2009|isbn=978-0-06-197673-5}}</ref> It later became the Rolling Stones' fourth number one in the United Kingdom.
"'''(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'''" is a song by English ] band ]. It was written by ] and produced by ]. The lyrics of the song include references to ], and the theme of anti-] caused the song to be "perceived as an attack on the status quo".<ref name="SOLDONSONG">"". BBC. Retrieved on 18 December 2008.</ref>


It is one of the world's most popular songs, and was No. 31 on '']'' magazine's "]" list in 2021. It was inducted into the ] in 1998. The song was added to the ] of the ] in 2006, the first and so far only Rolling Stones recording to be included in the Registry.
The song was first released as a single in the United States in June 1965 and also featured on the American version of '']'', released that July. "Satisfaction" was a hit, giving the Stones their first number one in the United States. In Europe, the song initially played only on pirate radio stations because its lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} In Britain the single was released in August 1965, where it became the Rolling Stones' fourth UK number one. The song is considered to be one of the all-time great rock songs. In 2004 '']'' magazine placed "Satisfaction" in the second spot on its list of the ], while in 2006 it was added to the ] ].


==Inspiration== ==Recording==
Keith Richards wrote "Satisfaction" in his sleep and recorded a rough version of the riff on a ] cassette player. He had no idea he had written it.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Life|last=Richards|first=Keith|date=2010|publisher=Little, Brown and Co|others=Fox, James|isbn=9780316034388|edition=1st|location=New York|pages=176|oclc=548642133}}</ref> He said when he listened to the recording in the morning, there was about two minutes of ] before you could hear him drop the pick and "then me snoring for the next forty minutes".<ref>{{cite book|title=Keith Richards – In His Own Words|first=Mick|last=St Michael|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=1994|page=|isbn=0-7119-3634-X |url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/keithrichardsinh00rich/page/24}}</ref> Sources vary as to where this story happened. While they make reference to a hotel room at the ] in ],<ref>{{cite news|title=Know Your Stones|quote=Keith Richards woke up in the Fort Harrison Hotel, Clearwater, Florida, having dreamt the riff, chorus and title of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=6 September 2003|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9111896628&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=301&resultsUrlKey=29_T9111896631&cisb=22_T9111896630&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=142626&docNo=310|access-date = 18 April 2010}}</ref> a house in Chelsea, and the London Hilton,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cohen|first=Rich|author-link=Rich Cohen|date=2016|chapter=Satisfaction|title=The sun & the moon & the Rolling Stones|edition=1st|location=New York|publisher=]|page=127|isbn=9780804179232|oclc=921425141}}</ref> Richards wrote in his most recent autobiography that he was in his flat in Carlton Hill, St. John's Wood. He specifies that Mick Jagger wrote the lyrics by the pool in Clearwater, four days before they went into the studio,<ref name=":0" /> hence the confusion.
] states that he came up with the ] for the song in his sleep, waking up in the middle of the night, recording the riff and the words "I can't get no satisfaction" on a ] and promptly falling back to sleep.<ref name="booth-keithp51">{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Stanley |title=Keith Richards: Till I Roll Over Dead |publisher=Headline Book Publishing |year=1994 |isbn=0-7472-0770-4 |page=51}}</ref> He would later describe the tape as: "two minutes of 'Satisfaction' and 40 minutes of me snoring."<ref>Geyer, Gary. "". ''Let Life In''. Retrieved on 18 December 2008.</ref> He and Jagger finished writing the song at the ] in ], in May 1965.<ref name="booth-keithp60">Booth 1994. pg. 60.</ref><ref>Tobin, Thomas C. "". ''St. Petersburg Times''. 23 July 2000. Retrieved on 18 December.</ref> Jagger wrote most of the lyrics - a statement about the rampant ] that the Rolling Stones had seen in America.<ref name="songfacts">. Retrieved 4 April 2006.</ref><ref name="SOLDONSONG"/>


The Rolling Stones first recorded the track on 10 May 1965 at ] in Chicago, Illinois,<ref name="nzentgraf">{{cite web|last=Zentgraf|first=Nico|title=The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones 1962–2008|url=http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm |access-date=23 February 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080227031309/http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm| archive-date= 27 February 2008<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref> which included ] on harmonica. The Stones lip-synched to a dub of this version the first time they debuted the song on the American music variety television programme '']''<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJVc0UpK3Z8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211109/FJVc0UpK3Z8| archive-date=2021-11-09 | url-status=live|title=I Can't Get No Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones|date=18 December 2011|access-date=15 January 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The group re-recorded it two days later at ] in Hollywood, California, with a different beat and the ] adding sustain to the sound of the guitar riff.<ref name="tioos-satisfaction">{{cite web|last=McPherson|first=Ian|title=Track Talk: Satisfaction|url=http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOSatisfaction.html|access-date=13 April 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206012938/http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOSatisfaction.html|archive-date=6 December 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="rollingwithp187">{{cite book|last=Wyman|first=Bill|title=Rolling With the Stones|publisher=DK Publishing|year=2002|isbn=0-7894-9998-3|page=187}}</ref> Richards envisioned redoing the track later with a ] playing the riff: "this was just a little sketch, because, to my mind, the fuzz tone was really there to denote what the horns would be doing."<ref name="tioos-satisfaction" /> The other Rolling Stones (Jones, Watts, and Wyman), as well as producer and manager ] and sound engineer ] eventually outvoted Richards and Jagger so the track was selected for release as a single.<ref name="rollingwithp187" /><ref name="songfacts">{{cite web |title=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-rolling-stones/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction |website=SongFacts |access-date=April 13, 2022 |archive-date=31 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831094025/https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-rolling-stones/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction |url-status=live }}</ref> The song's success boosted sales of the Gibson fuzzbox so that the entire available stock sold out by the end of 1965.<ref name="SOLDONSONG">" {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115035902/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/indepth/satisfaction.shtml |date=15 January 2009 }}". BBC. Retrieved 18 December 2008.</ref>
Richards was concerned that the riff sounded too much like ]' "]".<ref name="SOLDONSONG"/> Jagger later said: "It sounded like a folk song when we first started working on it and Keith didn't like it much, he didn't want it to be a single, he didn't think it would do very well... I think Keith thought it was a bit basic. I don't think he really listened to it properly. He was too close to it and just felt it was a silly kind of riff."<ref name="tioos-satisfaction">{{cite web |last =McPherson |first=Ian |title=Track Talk: Satisfaction |url= http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOSatisfaction.html |accessdate=2008-03-05 | }}</ref> Jagger has also pointed out that the title lyrics closely resemble a line from ]'s "30 Days".<ref name="tioos-satisfaction"/> (In actuality Berry's lyric is "If I ''don't'' get no satisfaction from the judge".)<ref name="songfacts"/><ref name="lyric">. Retrieved 21 June 2006.</ref>


Like most of the Stones' pre-1966 recordings, "Satisfaction" was originally released in mono only. In the mid-1980s, a true stereo version of the song was released on German and Japanese editions of the CD reissue of '']''. The stereo mix features a piano (played by session player ], who also provides the song's iconic tambourine) and acoustic guitar that are barely audible in the original mono release (both instruments are also audible on a ] of the instrumental track). This stereo mix of "Satisfaction" also appeared on a radio-promo CD of rare stereo tracks provided to US radio stations in the mid-1980s, but has not yet been featured on a worldwide commercial CD; even later pressings of the German and Japanese ''Hot Rocks'' CDs feature the mono mix, making the earlier releases with the stereo mix collectors' items. For the worldwide 2002 reissue of ''Hot Rocks'', an alternative quasi-stereo mix was used featuring the lead guitar, bass, drums, and vocals in the center channel and the acoustic guitar and piano "split" left and right via a ] effect.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lukpac.org/stereostones/|title=The Rolling Stones in Stereo|publisher=Lukpac.org|date=27 August 2002 |access-date=27 February 2011}}</ref>
==Recording==
The Rolling Stones first recorded the track on 10 May 1965 at ] in Chicago<ref name="nzentgraf">{{cite web |last=Zentgraf |first=Nico |title=The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones 1962-2008 |url=http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm|accessdate=2008-02-23 | }}</ref> - a version featuring ] on ]. The group minus Brian Jones re-recorded it two days later at ] in ], with a different beat and the ] ] adding sustain to the sound of the guitar riff.<ref name="tioos-satisfaction"/><ref name="rollingwithp187">{{cite book |last=Wyman |first=Bill |title=Rolling With the Stones |publisher=DK Publishing |year=2002 |isbn=0-7894-9998-3 |page=187}}</ref> Richards envisioned redoing the track later with a ] playing the riff: "this was just a little sketch, because, to my mind, the fuzz tone was really there to denote what the horns would be doing."<ref name="tioos-satisfaction"/> The other Rolling Stones, as well as manager ] and sound engineer ] eventually outvoted Richards and the track was selected for release as a single.<ref name="songfacts"/><ref name="rollingwithp187"/> The song's success so boosted sales of the Gibson fuzzbox that the entire available stock sold out by the end of 1965.<ref name="SOLDONSONG"/>


==Lyrics and melody==
Like most of the Stones' pre-1966 recordings, "Satisfaction" was originally released in ] only. In the mid-1980s, a true ] version of the song was released on German and Japanese editions of the CD reissue of '']''. The stereo mix features a piano (played by session player ]) and acoustic guitar that are barely audible in the original mono release (both instruments are also audible on a ] of the instrumental track). This stereo mix of "Satisfaction" also appeared on a radio-promo CD of rare stereo tracks provided to US radio stations in the mid-1980s, but has not yet been featured on a worldwide commercial CD; even the currently-available German and Japanese ''Hot Rocks'' CDs feature the mono mix, making the earlier releases with the stereo mix collectors' items.<ref>http://lukpac.org/stereostones/</ref>
]The song opens with the guitar riff, which is joined by the bass halfway through. It is repeated three times with the drums and acoustic guitar before the vocal enters with the line: "I can't get no satisfaction." The key is E major, but with the 3rd and 7th ] occasionally lowered, creating – in the first part of the verses ("I can't get no ...") – a distinctive mellow sound. The accompanying chords (i.e. E major, D major and A major) are ] from the E ] scale, which is often used in ] and ].


The title line is an example of a ]. Jagger sings the verses in a tone hovering between cynical commentary and frustrated protest, and then leaps half singing and half yelling into the ], where the guitar riff reappears. The lyrics outline the singer's irritation and confusion with the increasing commercialism of the modern world, where the radio broadcasts "useless information" and a man on television tells him "how white my shirts can be – but he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me", a reference to the then ubiquitous ] style advertisement. Jagger also describes the stress of being a celebrity, and the tensions of touring. The reference in the verse to not getting any "girl reaction" was fairly controversial in its day, interpreted by some listeners (and radio programmers) as meaning a girl willing to have sex. Jagger commented that they "didn't understand the dirtiest line", as afterwards the girl asks him to return the following week as she is "on a losing streak",<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,835889-2,00.html|url-access=limited|title=Rock 'n' Roll: Going to Pot|date=1 July 1966|magazine=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014022141/http://time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C835889-2%2C00.html|archive-date=14 October 2007|url-status=live|access-date=13 April 2022|quote=But, gloats Jagger, "They didn't understand the dirtiest line." That is the one where the girl pleads: "Baby, better come back later next week 'cause you see I'm on a losing streak."}}</ref> an apparent reference to ]. The song closes with a fairly subdued repetition of the song's title, followed suddenly by a full shout of the line, with the final words repeated into the fade-out.<ref>Unterberger, Richie. "". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 December 2008.</ref>
==Release and success==
"Satisfaction" was released as a single in the US by ] on 27 May 1965, with "The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" as its ].<ref name="rollingwithp187"/> The single made its way through the American charts, reaching the top on 10 July, displacing ]' "]". "Satisfaction" held on for a full four weeks, being knocked off on 7 August by "]" from ].<ref name="charts">. Retrieved 4 April 2006.</ref> The song entered the ] charts in America in the week ending 12 June 1965, remaining there for 14 weeks; it was #1 for four straight weeks. While in its eighth week on the American charts, the single was certified a gold record award by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for selling more than a million copies in the United States, giving the band their first of many gold disc awards in America. Later the song was also released by London Records on ''Out of Our Heads'' in America.<ref name="songfacts"/> According to "Joel Whitburn Presents, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004", the song also reached #19 on the Top Selling ] Singles. In July of 1965, ] singer Otis Redding was recording '']'' and covered "Satisfaction", which was itself inspired by the Stax/Volt sound. "I use a lot of words different than the Stones' version," Redding noted. "That's because I made them up."<ref></ref>


In its day the song was perceived as disturbing because of both its sexual connotations and the negative view of commercialism and other aspects of modern culture; critic Paul Gambaccini stated: "The lyrics to this were truly threatening to an older audience. This song was perceived as an attack on the status quo."<ref name="SOLDONSONG" /> When the Rolling Stones performed the song on ''Shindig!'' in 1965, the line "trying to make some girl" was censored,<ref name="shindig052665">{{cite episode|title=Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny & Cher, Jackie DeShannon|series=]|air-date=26 May 1965|season=1|number=37|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/shindig/show-37-may-26-1965-rolling-stones-howlin-wolf-sonny-and-cher-jackie-deshannon-99960/|access-date=13 April 2022|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225150215/http://www.tv.com/shows/shindig/show-37-may-26-1965-rolling-stones-howlin-wolf-sonny-and-cher-jackie-deshannon-99960/|url-status=dead}}</ref> although a performance on '']'' on 13 February 1966 was uncensored. Forty years later, when the band performed three songs during the February 2006 ] halftime show, "Satisfaction" was the only one of the three songs not censored as it was broadcast. The censored songs were "]" and "]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/abc-has-no-satisfaction-stones-lyrics-wbna11193993|title=ABC has no 'Satisfaction' with Stones' lyrics: Network says NFL enforced 5-second delay on group's halftime show|date=6 February 2006 |access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref>
"Satisfaction" was not immediately released by ] in Great Britain. Decca was already in the process of preparing a live Rolling Stones ] for release, so the new single only came out in Britain in late July, featuring "The Spider and the Fly" on the B-Side. The song peaked at number one for two weeks, replacing ]'s "]", between 11 September and 25 September, before being toppled by ]' "]".<ref name="charts"/>


==Release and success==
In the decades since its release, "Satisfaction" has repeatedly been acclaimed by the music industry. In 1976, Britain's '']'' listed "Satisfaction" 7th among the top 100 singles of all time. There was a resurgence of interest in the song after it was prominently featured in the 1979 movie ''].'' In 1991, ] listed "Satisfaction" among "100 records that shook the world".{{Fact|date=March 2008}} In 1999, ] named "Satisfaction" as the 91st-most performed song of the 20th century. In 2000, ] listed "Satisfaction" first among its "Top 100 Greatest Rock Songs";<ref name="vh1">{{cite web |title=100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll (20-1) |publisher=VH1 | |url= http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/62161/episode_about.jhtml |accessdate=2008-03-08 |}}</ref> the same year, "Satisfaction" also finished runner-up to "Yesterday" in a list jointly compiled by '']'' and ].{{Fact|date=March 2008}} In 2003, '']'' placed the song 68th out of its "1001 Best Songs Ever". In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'''s panel of judges named "Satisfaction" as the second-greatest song of all time, coming in second to ]'s "]".<ref name="Rollingstone"> . Retrieved 11 October 2004.</ref> '']'' has called the opening riff "five notes that shook the world".<ref>. Retrieved 4 April 2006.</ref>
"Satisfaction" was released as a single in the US by ] on 4 June 1965, with "The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" as its ].<ref name="elliottp69">{{cite book|last=Elliott|first=Martin|title=The Rolling Stones: Complete Recording Sessions 1962–2002|publisher=Cherry Red Books|year=2002|isbn=1-901447-04-9|page=69}}</ref> The single entered the ] chart in America in the week ending 12 June 1965, remaining there for 14 weeks, reaching the top on 10 July by displacing the ]' "]". "Satisfaction" held the number one spot for four weeks, being knocked off on 7 August by "]" by ].<ref name="charts">{{usurped|1=}}. Retrieved 15 January 2011.</ref> While in its eighth week on the American charts, the single was ] a ] by the ] for shipping over a million copies across the United States,<ref name="Goldrecord">{{cite certification|region=United States|type=single|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=(I Can_t Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=15 January 2011}}</ref> giving the band their first of many gold disc awards in America. Later the song was also released by London Records on '']'' in America.<ref name="songfacts" /> ''Billboard'' ranked the record as the No. 3 song of 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/songoftheyear/|title=Number One Song of the Year: 1946–2014|work=Bob Borst's Home of Pop Culture|access-date=3 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420175438/http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/songoftheyear/|archive-date=20 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> '']'' said of the single that a "hard-driving blues dance beat backs up a strong vocal performance."<ref name=bb>{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2021-03-12|date=June 5, 1965|page=35|title=Singles Reviews|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-06-05.pdf}}</ref>


"Satisfaction" was not immediately released by ] in Great Britain. Decca was already in the process of preparing a ] for release, so the new single did not come out in Britain until 20 August,<ref name="elliottp69" /> with ] on the B-side. The song peaked at number one for two weeks, replacing ] "]", between 11 and 25 September, before being toppled by ]' "]".<ref name="charts" />
Jagger has said of "Satisfaction": "It was the song that really made The Rolling Stones, changed us from just another band into a huge, monster band... It has a very catchy title. It has a very catchy guitar riff. It has a great guitar sound, which was original at that time. And it captures a spirit of the times, which is very important in those kinds of songs... Which was ]."<ref name="songfacts"/> Richards claimed that the song's riff could be heard in half of the songs that The Rolling Stones had produced, saying that "there is only one song — it's just the variations you come up with."<ref name="SOLDONSONG"/>


In the decades since its release, "Satisfaction" has repeatedly been acclaimed by the music industry. In 1976, Britain's '']'' listed "Satisfaction" 7th among the top 100 singles of all time. There was a resurgence of interest in the song after it was prominently featured in the 1979 movie ''].'' In 1991, ] listed "Satisfaction" among "100 records that shook the world".<ref name="top100shook">{{cite web|title=VOX Magazine's 100 records that shook the world|work=VOX Magazine, January 1991|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/vox.html#100 |access-date=15 January 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110104211803/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/vox.html| archive-date= 4 January 2011<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref> In 1999, ] named "Satisfaction" as the 91st-most performed song of the 20th century. In 2000, ] listed "Satisfaction" first among its "Top 100 Greatest Rock Songs";<ref name="vh1">{{cite web|title=100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll (20–1)|work=VH1|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/62161/episode_about.jhtml|access-date=8 March 2008|archive-date=13 August 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030813211403/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/62161/episode_about.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> the same year, "Satisfaction" also finished runner-up to "Yesterday" in a list jointly compiled by '']'' and MTV.<ref name="top100pop">{{cite web|title=Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Pop Songs|work=Rolling Stone Magazine, December 2000|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rs200.html |access-date=15 January 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110105063902/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/rs200.html| archive-date= 5 January 2011}}</ref> In 2003, '']'' placed the song 68th out of its "1001 Best Songs Ever". '']'' magazine has called the opening riff "five notes that shook the world".
The song has become a staple at Rolling Stones shows. They have performed it on nearly every tour since its release, and concert renditions have been included on the albums '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. One unusual rendition is included in ]'s film '']'' from the 1972 tour, when the song was performed by both the Rolling Stones and ]'s band as the second half of a medley with Wonder's "Uptight".


The song and its opening riff are widely considered both iconic and one of the greatest ] of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Perry|first=Kevin EG|date=2013-12-18|title=Keith Richards' 12 Most Kick Ass Riffs|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/keith-richards-12-most-kick-ass-riffs-762999|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-04|website=NME|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506070518/http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/keith-richards-12-most-kick-ass-riffs-762999 |archive-date=6 May 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bodner|first=Brett|date=7 May 2017|title=A look at how the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards created the riff for one of the most iconic rock songs|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/keith-richards-created-satisfaction-riff-article-1.3139874|url-status=live|access-date=4 October 2021|website=New York Daily News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507231951/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/keith-richards-created-satisfaction-riff-article-1.3139874 |archive-date=7 May 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Murray|first=Michael|date=6 May 2010|title='(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction,' 45 Years Later|url=https://abcnews.go.com/WN/rolling-stones-satisfaction-released-45-years-ago/story?id=10577661|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-04|website=ABC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509032342/http://abcnews.go.com:80/WN/rolling-stones-satisfaction-released-45-years-ago/story?id=10577661 |archive-date=9 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Richin|first=Leslie|date=6 June 2015|title=Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction' Turns 50: Celebrate With 50 Face-Melting Guitar Riffs Playlist|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/rolling-stones-satisfaction-anniversary-6583102/|access-date=2022-04-13|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> "Satisfaction" was ranked number 2 on both ] list in 2004,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/the-rolling-stones-i-cant-get-no-satisfaction-38617/|title=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction ranked #2 on Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs List|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=11 December 2003|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref> and the magazine's list of the band's best songs.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-rolling-stones-songs-40475/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction-1965-98705/|title=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction ranked #2 on 100 Best Rolling Stones Songs List|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=15 October 2013|access-date=20 June 2020|archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622203910/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-rolling-stones-songs-40475/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction-1965-98705/|url-status=live}}</ref> A 2021 update ranked the song number 31.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2021-09-15|title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/|access-date=2021-09-16|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=15 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915162053/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1998, the song was inducted into the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/hall-of-fame#i|title=Grammy Hall of Fame Letter I|work=Grammy|date=18 October 2010|access-date=20 June 2020|archive-date=29 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129130441/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/hall-of-fame#i|url-status=live}}</ref> It was added to the ]' ] list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" in 2006.
==Lyrics and melody==
]


Jagger commented on the song's appeal:
The song opens with a guitar riff, launching straight into Jagger's vocal line: "I can't get no satisfaction". The title line is an example of a ] resolving to a negative, a common usage in ] English. Jagger sings the verses in a tone hovering between cynical commentary and frustrated protest, and then leaps half singing and half yelling into the ], where the guitar riff reappears. The lyrics outline the singer's irritation with the increasing commercialism of the modern world, where the radio broadcasts "useless information" and a man on television tells him "how white my shirts can be - but he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me." Jagger also describes the stress of being a celebrity, and the tensions of touring. The reference in the verse to not getting any "girl reaction" was fairly controversial in its day, interpreted by some listeners (and radio programmers) as meaning a girl willing to have sex. Particularly shocking to some people was a reference to a girl having her period (being "on a losing streak").<ref>"". ''Time''. 1 July 1966. retrieved on 18 December 2008.</ref> The song closes with a fairly subdued repetition of the song's title, followed suddenly by a full shout of the line, with the final words repeated into the fade-out.<ref>Unterberger, Richie. "". Allmusic. Retrieved on 18 December 2008.</ref>


{{quote|It was the song that really made the Rolling Stones, changed us from just another band into a huge, monster band{{nbsp}}... It has a very catchy title. It has a very catchy guitar riff. It has a great guitar sound, which was original at that time. And it captures a spirit of the times, which is very important in those kinds of songs{{nbsp}}... Which was ].<ref name="songfacts" />}}
In its day the song was perceived as disturbing because of both its sexual connotations and the negative view of commercialism and other aspects of modern culture; critic Paul Gambaccini stated: "The lyrics to this were truly threatening to an older audience. This song was perceived as an attack on the ]".<ref name="SOLDONSONG"/> When the Rolling Stones performed the song on '']'' in 1965, the line "trying to make some girl" was censored.<ref name="shindig052665">{{cite episode |title=Shindig! |airdate=1965-05-26 |season=1 |number=37 |url=http://www.tv.com/shindig/rolling-stones---howlin-wolf---sonny-and-cher---jackie-deshannon/episode/99960/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;40 }}</ref> Forty years later, when the band performed three songs during the February 2006 ] halftime show, "Satisfaction" was the only one of the three songs not censored as it was broadcast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11193993/

|title=ABC has no ‘Satisfaction’ with Stones’ lyrics: Network says NFL enforced 5-second delay on group’s halftime show |date=2006-02-06 |accessdate=2007-03-22}}</ref>
The song has become a staple at Rolling Stones shows. They have performed it on nearly every tour since its release, and concert renditions have been included on the albums '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. One unusual rendition is included in ] film '']'' from the 1972 tour, when the song was performed by both the Rolling Stones and ]'s band as the second half of a medley with Wonder's "Uptight".


==Personnel== ==Personnel==
* ] – lead vocals, backing vocals
* ] – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
* ] – drums
* ] - bass guitar
* ] - piano, tambourine


According to authors ] and Greg Prevost:{{sfn|Babiuk|Prevost|2013|pp=168, 170–171}}
==References==
{{Spoken Misplaced Pages|NoSatisfaction.ogg|2005-04-20}}
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==Chart: Rolling Stones version==
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|Australia
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|{{singlechart|Austria|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=17 June 2016}}
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|{{singlechart|Belgium (Flanders)|6|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=17 June 2016}}
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|{{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|chartid=5619|access-date=17 June 2016}}
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| align="left" |Finland (])<ref>{{cite book |last=Nyman |first=Jake |title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja |publisher=Tammi |year=2005 |isbn=951-31-2503-3 |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |page=240|language=fi}}</ref>
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|{{singlechart|Germany|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|songid=13747|year=1965|access-date=17 June 2016}}
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|{{singlechart|Ireland2|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=Satisfaction|access-date=18 June 2016}}
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|{{singlechart|Dutch100|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=17 June 2016}}
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|New Zealand (''Lever Hit Parade'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search+lever&qartistid=27#n_view_location|title=flavour of new zealand – search lever|website=Flavourofnz.co.nz|access-date=2 June 2021|archive-date=2 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602111504/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search+lever&qartistid=27#n_view_location|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{singlechart|Norway|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=17 June 2016}}
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|South Africa (])<ref>{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965 – March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(R).html|access-date=1 September 2018|archive-date=10 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510231802/http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(R).html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| Rhodesia ('']'')<ref>{{cite book |last=Kimberley |first=C |title=Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book |year=2000 |page=32|language=en}}</ref>
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|]<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
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|Sweden (])<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hallberg|first=Eric|title=Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975|publisher=Drift Musik|year=1993|pages=243|isbn=9163021404|location=}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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|Sweden ('']'')<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hallberg |first1=Eric |title=Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74 |last2=Henningsson |first2=Ulf |publisher=Premium Publishing |year=1998 |isbn=919727125X |location= |pages=313}}</ref>
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|{{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|1|artist=Rolling Stones|song=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=17 June 2016}}
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|{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=17 June 2016}}
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| US '']'' Top Singles<ref name="Cashbox">{{cite book|first=Frank|last=Hoffmann|year=1983|title=The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950–1981|publisher=The Scarecrow Press, Inc|location=Metuchen, NJ & London|page=501}}</ref>
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|{{singlechart|Dutch100|16|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=17 June 2016|refname=Dutch1002}}
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|{{singlechart|Dutch100|25|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=17 June 2016|refname=Dutch1003}}
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|{{singlechart|Dutch100|13|artist=The Rolling Stones|song=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=17 June 2016|refname=Dutch1004}}
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|South Africa<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 20 Hit Singles of 1965|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1965.html|access-date=2 September 2018|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005181804/http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1965.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|UK<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/65chart.htm#top100|title=Sixties City – Pop Music Charts – Every Week Of The Sixties|website=Sixtiescity.net|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
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|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1965.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1965/Top 100 Songs of 1965|website=Music Outfitters|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>
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==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1965|certyear=2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1965|certyear=2024|access-date=3 June 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|relyear=1965|award=Gold|certyear=2022|id=11710|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=27 September 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=|artist=|type=single|relyear=1965|award=Gold|certyear=1965|certref=<ref>{{cite book|first=Günter|last=Ehnert|title=Hit Bilanz – Deutsche Chart Singles 1956–1980|edition=1|publisher=Verlag populärer Musik-Literatur|location=Norderstedt|year=2000|isbn=3-922542-24-7|page=446}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1965|certyear=2023|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|note=reissue|access-date=10 June 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|relyear=2004|award=Platinum|certyear=2019|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=19 February 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|title=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|artist=The Rolling Stones|type=single|award=Platinum|certyear=2024|id=the-rolling-stones-i-cant-get-no-satisfaction|accessdate=18 February 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|relyear=2004|award=Platinum|certyear=2023|id=14149-44-1|artist=Rolling Stones|title=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=10 February 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|relyear=1965|award=Gold|certyear=1965|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction|access-date=19 February 2021}}
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==Other versions==
===Otis Redding===
] recorded a rendition of "Satisfaction" for his album '']'', released in 1965. Redding claimed that he did not know the lyrics of the song. "I use a lot of words different than the Stones' version," he noted. "That's because I made them up."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6598060/74_otis_blue|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316133859/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6598060/74_otis_blue/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2006|title=Music News|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> Of that session, ] said, "...if you ever listened to the record you can hardly understand the lyrics, right? I set down to a record player and copied down what I thought the lyrics were and I handed Otis a piece of paper and before we got through with the cut, he threw the paper on the floor and that was it."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Wenner|first=Jann|date=24 August 1968|title=The Rolling Stone Roundtable: Booker T & the MGs|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/booker-t-the-m-g-s-189099/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220413064153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/booker-t-the-m-g-s-189099/|archive-date=13 April 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=13 April 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Music writer ] described it as an "anarchic reading" of the Stones' original.<ref name="Christgau">{{cite journal|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bl/redding-08.php|title=Otis Redding: ''Otis Blue—Otis Redding Sings Soul''|first=Robert|last=Christgau|journal=]|access-date=12 August 2013|date=May 2008|archive-date=18 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018013037/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/bl/redding-08.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Redding's ]-style arrangement featured horns playing the main riff,<ref name="pc51">{{Gilliland|https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19832/m1/ |Show 51 – The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. : UNT Digital Library}}</ref> as Keith Richards had originally intended. In 2003, ] noted that the Rolling Stones' later concert renditions of the number reflect Redding's interpretation.<ref name="tioos-satisfaction" /> Redding performed the song in June{{nbsp}}1967 at the ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cowie |first1=Del |title=Monterey Pop at 50: the day Otis Redding became a legend |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/monterey-pop-at-50-the-day-otis-redding-became-a-legend-1.4162924 |website=] |date=June 16, 2017}}</ref>

===Bubblerock / Jonathan King===
English singer-songwriter ] released his version in 1974 under the name Bubblerock, reaching No. 29 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14935/bubblerock/ | title=BUBBLEROCK &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company | website=] | access-date=21 June 2022 | archive-date=21 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621002159/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14935/bubblerock/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

===The Residents===
The American ]/] collective ] recorded and released their own performance of "Satisfaction" as a single in 1976. Originally released in an edition of only 200 copies, the cover quickly became a cult sensation, thanks in part to the success of ]'s cover the following year, necessitating a re-press in 1978 of 30,000 copies. ], writing for ''Dangerous Minds'', stated the cover "is nearly everything the better known version by Devo from a year later is not: Loose, belligerent, violent, truly fucked-up. A real stick in the eye of everything conventionally tasteful in 1976 America."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_residents_deconstructed_satisfaction|title=The Residents deconstructed Satisfaction before Devo|date=4 October 2010|website=DangerousMinds.net|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>

===Devo===
{{Infobox song
| name = (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
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| artist = ]
| B-side = Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')
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| recorded = July 1977
| genre = {{hlist|]|]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/17-rock-reggae-crossovers-that-work-and-three-that-don-t|title=17 rock-reggae crossovers that work... and three that don't|first=Tom|last=Bryant|date=25 June 2014|website=]|access-date=12 June 2022|archive-date=17 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917032445/https://www.loudersound.com/features/17-rock-reggae-crossovers-that-work-and-three-that-don-t|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
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American ] band ] released their rendition of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" as a single in 1977, initially in a self-produced version on their own label ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Padgett |first=Ray |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/978537907 |title=Cover me : the stories behind the greatest cover songs of all time |date=2017 |isbn=978-1-4549-2250-6 |publisher=Sterling |location=New York |pages=130–138 |oclc=978537907}}</ref> The song was re-recorded with ] as producer for their first album, and that version was also released as a single in 1978, this time by Warner Brothers Records, after it was played for Mick Jagger's approval.<ref>{{Citation|last=Padgett|first=Ray|title=The Story Behind Devo's Iconic Cover of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction"|newspaper=New Yorker|date=25 September 2017|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-story-behind-devos-iconic-cover-of-the-rolling-stones-satisfaction | access-date = 25 September 2017}}</ref> The band filmed a video for the song that would later feature regularly on MTV, while a performance on SNL gave them a national profile.<ref name=":1" /> Decades after its release, Steve Huey of ] would write that the cover version "reworks the original's alienation into a spastic freak-out that's nearly unrecognizable".<ref>. ]. Retrieved 9 April 2009.</ref> This version of the song was featured prominently in the 1995 ] epic crime film '']''. Devo's version also featured in ]'s series '']''.

Devo's version arose from the group's jam sessions, starting with a guitar part from ], joined by a drum beat by ] and a bass part by ]. At first, the band tried the lyrics to "]," switching to "Satisfaction" when it didn't fit the music.

The quirky music video for the song and several others from this album received significant airplay on the upstart ]. A notable feature of the video was dancer Craig Allen Rothwell, known as Spazz Attack, whose signature dance move, a forward flip onto his back, drew him significant attention.<ref>{{IMDb name|0970071|Craig Allen Rothwell}}</ref>

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===Britney Spears===
American singer ] recorded the song with producer ] for her second studio album, '']'', on 24–26 February 2000 at Pacifique Recording Studios in Hollywood. The song was remixed into a ] and ] style.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1434390/britney-wants-older-fans-to-get-satisfaction/|last=Moss|first=Corey|title=Britney Wants Older Fans to Get "Satisfaction"|website=]|date=23 February 2000|access-date=13 April 2022|archive-date=13 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413064834/http://www.mtv.com/news/1434390/britney-wants-older-fans-to-get-satisfaction/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Spears' version received mixed reviews from critics. While reviewing ''Oops!'', ] of ] selected the song as Track Pick, describing "the clenched-funk revision of the Stones' deathless 'Satisfaction'" as emblematic of a "bewildering magpie aesthetic" on Spears' early albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r478679|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|date=16 May 2000|access-date=27 August 2011|title=Oops!... I Did It Again|website=Allmusic|archive-date=25 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225041231/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r478679|url-status=live}}</ref> ] declared the song a 'choice cut,' meaning a good song on an otherwise lackluster album,"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=britney|title=CG: Britney|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=16 May 2000|access-date=27 August 2011|publisher=Robert Christgau| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604203429/http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=britney| archive-date=4 June 2011<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref> while '']'' gave the cover a negative review, saying, "the long-awaited cover of the Stones' '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' is a letdown".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-2330-336350|date=29 May 2000|access-date=13 April 2022|title=Oops!... I Did It Again|work=New Musical Express|archive-date=9 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009212343/http://www.nme.com/reviews/britney-spears/2330|url-status=live}}</ref>

Spears first performed the song on her 2000's ]. The performance ended with a dance sequence set to the familiar Richards guitar lick that was omitted from her recorded version (played here by her guitarist "Skip").<ref name="pitch">{{cite news|url=https://www.thepitchkc.com/britney-spearsmikaila/|title=Britney Spears/Mikaila|date=20 July 2000|access-date=13 April 2022|last=Miller|first=Andrew|work=]|publisher=]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220412160603/https://www.thepitchkc.com/britney-spearsmikaila/|archive-date=12 April 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Spears also performed "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" on a medley with her song "]" at the ].<ref name="vma1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2000/|title=MTV Video Music Awards of 2000|date=6 September 2000|access-date=27 August 2011|website=]|quote="Satisfaction," which Skip ended by pounding out the familiar riff while Britney and the dancers frolicked.|archive-date=28 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828092653/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2000/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Other notable versions===
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* ] recorded a 1999 salsa version that peaked at No. 7 on the ] chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://allmusic.com/album/leyenda-r400814/charts-awards|title=Frankie Ruiz: Leyenda Charts & Awards|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi|access-date=31 October 2011|archive-date=25 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225041228/http://allmusic.com/album/leyenda-r400814/charts-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2023, ] teamed up with ] and ] to record a cover of the song. The track was included on Parton's album titled '']'' released in November.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/dolly-parton-girl-power-satisfaction-rolling-stones-rockstar-cover-mick-jagger-unavailable-8402385|title=Dolly Parton Wanted to 'Get Some Girl Power' on Her 'Satisfaction' Cover When Mick Jagger Wasn't Available|work=People|access-date=11 December 2023|archive-date=11 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211184702/https://people.com/dolly-parton-girl-power-satisfaction-rolling-stones-rockstar-cover-mick-jagger-unavailable-8402385|url-status=live}}</ref>

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1965 single by the Rolling Stones

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
US picture sleeve
Single by the Rolling Stones
B-side
Released
  • 4 June 1965 (US)
  • 20 August 1965 (UK)
Recorded12 May 1965
StudioRCA (Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length3:45
Label
Songwriter(s)Jagger–Richards
Producer(s)Andrew Loog Oldham
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"The Last Time"
(1965)
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
(1965)
"Get Off of My Cloud"
(1965)
Audio sample

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' songwriting partnership, it features a guitar riff by Richards that opens and drives the song. The riff is widely considered one of the greatest hooks of all time. The song's lyrics refer to sexual frustration and commercialism.

The song was first released as a single in the United States in June 1965 and was also featured on the American version of the Rolling Stones' fourth studio album, Out of Our Heads, released that July. "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. It later became the Rolling Stones' fourth number one in the United Kingdom.

It is one of the world's most popular songs, and was No. 31 on Rolling Stone magazine's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list in 2021. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. The song was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2006, the first and so far only Rolling Stones recording to be included in the Registry.

Recording

Keith Richards wrote "Satisfaction" in his sleep and recorded a rough version of the riff on a Philips cassette player. He had no idea he had written it. He said when he listened to the recording in the morning, there was about two minutes of acoustic guitar before you could hear him drop the pick and "then me snoring for the next forty minutes". Sources vary as to where this story happened. While they make reference to a hotel room at the Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Florida, a house in Chelsea, and the London Hilton, Richards wrote in his most recent autobiography that he was in his flat in Carlton Hill, St. John's Wood. He specifies that Mick Jagger wrote the lyrics by the pool in Clearwater, four days before they went into the studio, hence the confusion.

The Rolling Stones first recorded the track on 10 May 1965 at Chess Studios in Chicago, Illinois, which included Brian Jones on harmonica. The Stones lip-synched to a dub of this version the first time they debuted the song on the American music variety television programme Shindig! The group re-recorded it two days later at RCA Studios in Hollywood, California, with a different beat and the Maestro fuzzbox adding sustain to the sound of the guitar riff. Richards envisioned redoing the track later with a horn section playing the riff: "this was just a little sketch, because, to my mind, the fuzz tone was really there to denote what the horns would be doing." The other Rolling Stones (Jones, Watts, and Wyman), as well as producer and manager Andrew Loog Oldham and sound engineer David Hassinger eventually outvoted Richards and Jagger so the track was selected for release as a single. The song's success boosted sales of the Gibson fuzzbox so that the entire available stock sold out by the end of 1965.

Like most of the Stones' pre-1966 recordings, "Satisfaction" was originally released in mono only. In the mid-1980s, a true stereo version of the song was released on German and Japanese editions of the CD reissue of Hot Rocks 1964–1971. The stereo mix features a piano (played by session player Jack Nitzsche, who also provides the song's iconic tambourine) and acoustic guitar that are barely audible in the original mono release (both instruments are also audible on a bootleg recording of the instrumental track). This stereo mix of "Satisfaction" also appeared on a radio-promo CD of rare stereo tracks provided to US radio stations in the mid-1980s, but has not yet been featured on a worldwide commercial CD; even later pressings of the German and Japanese Hot Rocks CDs feature the mono mix, making the earlier releases with the stereo mix collectors' items. For the worldwide 2002 reissue of Hot Rocks, an alternative quasi-stereo mix was used featuring the lead guitar, bass, drums, and vocals in the center channel and the acoustic guitar and piano "split" left and right via a delay effect.

Lyrics and melody

Guitar riff from "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"

The song opens with the guitar riff, which is joined by the bass halfway through. It is repeated three times with the drums and acoustic guitar before the vocal enters with the line: "I can't get no satisfaction." The key is E major, but with the 3rd and 7th degree occasionally lowered, creating – in the first part of the verses ("I can't get no ...") – a distinctive mellow sound. The accompanying chords (i.e. E major, D major and A major) are borrowed from the E mixolydian scale, which is often used in blues and rock.

The title line is an example of a negative concord. Jagger sings the verses in a tone hovering between cynical commentary and frustrated protest, and then leaps half singing and half yelling into the chorus, where the guitar riff reappears. The lyrics outline the singer's irritation and confusion with the increasing commercialism of the modern world, where the radio broadcasts "useless information" and a man on television tells him "how white my shirts can be – but he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me", a reference to the then ubiquitous Marlboro Cowboy style advertisement. Jagger also describes the stress of being a celebrity, and the tensions of touring. The reference in the verse to not getting any "girl reaction" was fairly controversial in its day, interpreted by some listeners (and radio programmers) as meaning a girl willing to have sex. Jagger commented that they "didn't understand the dirtiest line", as afterwards the girl asks him to return the following week as she is "on a losing streak", an apparent reference to menstruation. The song closes with a fairly subdued repetition of the song's title, followed suddenly by a full shout of the line, with the final words repeated into the fade-out.

In its day the song was perceived as disturbing because of both its sexual connotations and the negative view of commercialism and other aspects of modern culture; critic Paul Gambaccini stated: "The lyrics to this were truly threatening to an older audience. This song was perceived as an attack on the status quo." When the Rolling Stones performed the song on Shindig! in 1965, the line "trying to make some girl" was censored, although a performance on The Ed Sullivan Show on 13 February 1966 was uncensored. Forty years later, when the band performed three songs during the February 2006 Super Bowl XL halftime show, "Satisfaction" was the only one of the three songs not censored as it was broadcast. The censored songs were "Start Me Up" and "Rough Justice".

Release and success

"Satisfaction" was released as a single in the US by London Records on 4 June 1965, with "The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" as its B-side. The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart in America in the week ending 12 June 1965, remaining there for 14 weeks, reaching the top on 10 July by displacing the Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)". "Satisfaction" held the number one spot for four weeks, being knocked off on 7 August by "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am" by Herman's Hermits. While in its eighth week on the American charts, the single was certified a gold record award by the RIAA for shipping over a million copies across the United States, giving the band their first of many gold disc awards in America. Later the song was also released by London Records on Out of Our Heads in America. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 3 song of 1965. Billboard said of the single that a "hard-driving blues dance beat backs up a strong vocal performance."

"Satisfaction" was not immediately released by Decca Records in Great Britain. Decca was already in the process of preparing a live Rolling Stones EP for release, so the new single did not come out in Britain until 20 August, with "The Spider and the Fly" on the B-side. The song peaked at number one for two weeks, replacing Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe", between 11 and 25 September, before being toppled by the Walker Brothers' "Make It Easy on Yourself".

In the decades since its release, "Satisfaction" has repeatedly been acclaimed by the music industry. In 1976, Britain's New Musical Express listed "Satisfaction" 7th among the top 100 singles of all time. There was a resurgence of interest in the song after it was prominently featured in the 1979 movie Apocalypse Now. In 1991, Vox listed "Satisfaction" among "100 records that shook the world". In 1999, BMI named "Satisfaction" as the 91st-most performed song of the 20th century. In 2000, VH1 listed "Satisfaction" first among its "Top 100 Greatest Rock Songs"; the same year, "Satisfaction" also finished runner-up to "Yesterday" in a list jointly compiled by Rolling Stone and MTV. In 2003, Q placed the song 68th out of its "1001 Best Songs Ever". Newsweek magazine has called the opening riff "five notes that shook the world".

The song and its opening riff are widely considered both iconic and one of the greatest musical hooks of all time. "Satisfaction" was ranked number 2 on both Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2004, and the magazine's list of the band's best songs. A 2021 update ranked the song number 31. In 1998, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" in 2006.

Jagger commented on the song's appeal:

It was the song that really made the Rolling Stones, changed us from just another band into a huge, monster band ... It has a very catchy title. It has a very catchy guitar riff. It has a great guitar sound, which was original at that time. And it captures a spirit of the times, which is very important in those kinds of songs ... Which was alienation.

The song has become a staple at Rolling Stones shows. They have performed it on nearly every tour since its release, and concert renditions have been included on the albums Got Live If You Want It!, Still Life, Flashpoint, Live Licks, Shine a Light, Hyde Park Live, and Havana Moon. One unusual rendition is included in Robert Frank's film Cocksucker Blues from the 1972 tour, when the song was performed by both the Rolling Stones and Stevie Wonder's band as the second half of a medley with Wonder's "Uptight".

Personnel

According to authors Andy Babiuk and Greg Prevost:

The Rolling Stones

Additional personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1965) Peak
position
Australia 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 6
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 3
Finland (Soumen Virallinen) 1
Germany (GfK) 1
Ireland (IRMA) 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 1
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade) 4
Norway (VG-lista) 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio) 1
Rhodesia (Lyons Maid) 2
Spanish Singles Chart 5
Sweden (Kvällstoppen) 1
Sweden (Tio i Topp) 1
UK Singles (OCC) 1
US Billboard Hot 100 1
US Cash Box Top Singles 1
Chart (1970) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 16
Chart (1976) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 25
Chart (1990) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 13
Chart (2015) Peak
position
France (SNEP) 168

Year-end charts

Chart (1965) Position
South Africa 17
UK 4
US Billboard Hot 100 3

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) 3× Platinum 210,000
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) Gold 30,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) Gold 45,000
Germany (BVMI) Gold 500,000
Germany (BVMI)
reissue
Gold 250,000
Italy (FIMI) Platinum 50,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) Platinum 60,000
United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum 600,000
United States (RIAA) Gold 1,000,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

Otis Redding

Otis Redding recorded a rendition of "Satisfaction" for his album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul, released in 1965. Redding claimed that he did not know the lyrics of the song. "I use a lot of words different than the Stones' version," he noted. "That's because I made them up." Of that session, Steve Cropper said, "...if you ever listened to the record you can hardly understand the lyrics, right? I set down to a record player and copied down what I thought the lyrics were and I handed Otis a piece of paper and before we got through with the cut, he threw the paper on the floor and that was it." Music writer Robert Christgau described it as an "anarchic reading" of the Stones' original. Redding's soul-style arrangement featured horns playing the main riff, as Keith Richards had originally intended. In 2003, Ronnie Wood noted that the Rolling Stones' later concert renditions of the number reflect Redding's interpretation. Redding performed the song in June 1967 at the Monterey International Pop Festival.

Bubblerock / Jonathan King

English singer-songwriter Jonathan King released his version in 1974 under the name Bubblerock, reaching No. 29 on the UK Singles Chart.

The Residents

The American avant-garde/experimental collective the Residents recorded and released their own performance of "Satisfaction" as a single in 1976. Originally released in an edition of only 200 copies, the cover quickly became a cult sensation, thanks in part to the success of Devo's cover the following year, necessitating a re-press in 1978 of 30,000 copies. Brad Laner, writing for Dangerous Minds, stated the cover "is nearly everything the better known version by Devo from a year later is not: Loose, belligerent, violent, truly fucked-up. A real stick in the eye of everything conventionally tasteful in 1976 America."

Devo

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Single by Devo
from the album Be Stiff EP and Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
B-side"Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin')"
ReleasedSeptember 1977 (1977-09)
RecordedJuly 1977
Genre
Length2:40
Label
Songwriter(s)Jagger/Richards
Producer(s)
Devo singles chronology
"Mongoloid"
(1977)
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
(1977)
"Be Stiff"
(1978)

American new wave band Devo released their rendition of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" as a single in 1977, initially in a self-produced version on their own label Booji Boy Records. The song was re-recorded with Brian Eno as producer for their first album, and that version was also released as a single in 1978, this time by Warner Brothers Records, after it was played for Mick Jagger's approval. The band filmed a video for the song that would later feature regularly on MTV, while a performance on SNL gave them a national profile. Decades after its release, Steve Huey of AllMusic would write that the cover version "reworks the original's alienation into a spastic freak-out that's nearly unrecognizable". This version of the song was featured prominently in the 1995 Martin Scorsese epic crime film Casino. Devo's version also featured in Netflix's series Sex Education.

Devo's version arose from the group's jam sessions, starting with a guitar part from Bob Casale, joined by a drum beat by Alan Myers and a bass part by Gerald Casale. At first, the band tried the lyrics to "Paint it Black," switching to "Satisfaction" when it didn't fit the music.

The quirky music video for the song and several others from this album received significant airplay on the upstart MTV. A notable feature of the video was dancer Craig Allen Rothwell, known as Spazz Attack, whose signature dance move, a forward flip onto his back, drew him significant attention.

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 98
UK Singles Chart 41

Britney Spears

American singer Britney Spears recorded the song with producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins for her second studio album, Oops!... I Did It Again, on 24–26 February 2000 at Pacifique Recording Studios in Hollywood. The song was remixed into a dance-pop and R&B style.

Spears' version received mixed reviews from critics. While reviewing Oops!, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic selected the song as Track Pick, describing "the clenched-funk revision of the Stones' deathless 'Satisfaction'" as emblematic of a "bewildering magpie aesthetic" on Spears' early albums. Robert Christgau declared the song a 'choice cut,' meaning a good song on an otherwise lackluster album," while New Musical Express gave the cover a negative review, saying, "the long-awaited cover of the Stones' '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' is a letdown".

Spears first performed the song on her 2000's Oops!... I Did It Again Tour. The performance ended with a dance sequence set to the familiar Richards guitar lick that was omitted from her recorded version (played here by her guitarist "Skip"). Spears also performed "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" on a medley with her song "Oops!... I Did It Again" at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards.

Other notable versions

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