(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

1965 single by the Rolling Stones February 2012 May 2020 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Satisfaction-us.jpg US picture sleeve single the Rolling Stones * "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (US) "The Spider and the Fly" (UK) * 4 June 1965 (US) 20 August 1965 (UK) 12 May 1965 RCA (Hollywood, California) * RockUnterberger Richie https://www.allmusic.com/song/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction-mt0004466934 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction AllMusic 21 April 2020 1 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193753/https://www.allmusic.com/song/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction-mt0004466934 live hard rockQuentin James Schultze Dancing in the Dark: Youth, Popular Culture, and the Electronic Media Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing 1991 0802805302 150 https://archive.org/details/dancingindarkyou0000unse/page/150 3 45 * London (US) Decca (UK) Jagger–Richards Andrew Loog Oldham The Last Time 1965 Get Off of My Cloud 1965 nrIPxlFzDi0 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Lyric video single "(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 in rock history. 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' third 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.Nuzum Eric Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America HarperCollins Publishers 2009 978-0-06-197673-5 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 ranked No. 2 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2004.500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME (2004) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/bob-dylan-like-a-rolling-stone-2-54028/ Rolling Stone 7 April 2026 11 December 2003 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. 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.Life Richards Keith 2010 Little, Brown and Co Fox, James 9780316034388 1st New York 176 548642133 He said when he listened to the recording in the morning, there were about two minutes of acoustic guitar before you could hear him drop the pick and "then me snoring for the next forty minutes".Keith Richards – In His Own Words Mick St Michael Omnibus Press 1994 24 0-7119-3634-X registration https://archive.org/details/keithrichardsinh00rich/page/24 Sources vary as to where this story happened. While they make reference to a hotel room at the Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Florida,Know Your Stones 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. The Irish Times 6 September 2003 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 18 April 2010 a house in Chelsea, and the London Hilton,Cohen Rich Rich Cohen 2016 Satisfaction The sun & the moon & the Rolling Stones 1st New York Spiegel & Grau 127 9780804179232 921425141 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,Zentgraf Nico The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones 1962–2008 http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm 23 February 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080227031309/http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm 27 February 2008 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!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJVc0UpK3Z8 https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211109/FJVc0UpK3Z8 2021-11-09 live I Can't Get No Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones 18 December 2011 15 January 2016 YouTube 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.McPherson Ian Track Talk: Satisfaction http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOSatisfaction.html 13 April 2022 https://archive.today/20121206012938/http://www.timeisonourside.com/SOSatisfaction.html 6 December 2012 liveWyman Bill Rolling With the Stones DK Publishing 2002 0-7894-9998-3 187 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.(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-rolling-stones/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction SongFacts April 13, 2022 31 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200831094025/https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-rolling-stones/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction live The song's success boosted sales of the Gibson fuzzbox so that the entire available stock sold out by the end of 1965."Sold on Song: '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' ". BBC. Retrieved 18 December 2008. 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 collector's 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.http://lukpac.org/stereostones/ The Rolling Stones in Stereo Lukpac.org 27 August 2002 27 February 2011 Lyrics and melody thumb|left|450px|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",https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,835889-2,00.html limited Rock 'n' Roll: Going to Pot 1 July 1966 Time https://web.archive.org/web/20071014022141/http://time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C835889-2%2C00.html 14 October 2007 live 13 April 2022 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." 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.Unterberger, Richie. "[song t2770677 yes Song review: '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction']". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 December 2008. 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,Rolling Stones, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny & Cher, Jackie DeShannon Shindig! 26 May 1965 1 37 http://www.tv.com/shows/shindig/show-37-may-26-1965-rolling-stones-howlin-wolf-sonny-and-cher-jackie-deshannon-99960/ 13 April 2022 25 February 2021 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/ dead 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".https://www.today.com/popculture/abc-has-no-satisfaction-stones-lyrics-wbna11193993 ABC has no 'Satisfaction' with Stones' lyrics: Network says NFL enforced 5-second delay on group's halftime show 6 February 2006 13 April 2022 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.Elliott Martin The Rolling Stones: Complete Recording Sessions 1962–2002 Cherry Red Books 2002 1-901447-04-9 69 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."No. 1 UK Hit Singles of 1965". Retrieved 15 January 2011. 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,United States single The Rolling Stones (I Can_t Get No) Satisfaction 15 January 2011 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.http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/songoftheyear/ Number One Song of the Year: 1946–2014 Bob Borst's Home of Pop Culture 3 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20180420175438/http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/songoftheyear/ 20 April 2018 dead Billboard said of the single that a "hard-driving blues dance beat backs up a strong vocal performance."Billboard 2021-03-12 June 5, 1965 35 Singles Reviews https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-06-05.pdf "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".VOX Magazine's 100 records that shook the world VOX Magazine, January 1991 http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/vox.html#100 15 January 2011 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110104211803/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/vox.html 4 January 2011 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";100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll (20–1) VH1 http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/62161/episode_about.jhtml 8 March 2008 13 August 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20030813211403/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/62161/episode_about.jhtml dead the same year, "Satisfaction" also finished runner-up to "Yesterday" in a list jointly compiled by Rolling Stone and MTV.Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Pop Songs Rolling Stone Magazine, December 2000 http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rs200.html 15 January 2011 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110105063902/http://rocklistmusic.co.uk/rs200.html 5 January 2011 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.Perry Kevin EG 2013-12-18 Keith Richards' 12 Most Kick Ass Riffs https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/keith-richards-12-most-kick-ass-riffs-762999 live 2021-10-04 NME en-GB https://web.archive.org/web/20170506070518/http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/keith-richards-12-most-kick-ass-riffs-762999 6 May 2017 Bodner Brett 7 May 2017 A look at how the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards created the riff for one of the most iconic rock songs https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/keith-richards-created-satisfaction-riff-article-1.3139874 live 4 October 2021 New York Daily News https://web.archive.org/web/20170507231951/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/keith-richards-created-satisfaction-riff-article-1.3139874 7 May 2017 Murray Michael 6 May 2010 '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction,' 45 Years Later https://abcnews.go.com/WN/rolling-stones-satisfaction-released-45-years-ago/story?id=10577661 live 2021-10-04 ABC News https://web.archive.org/web/20100509032342/http://abcnews.go.com:80/WN/rolling-stones-satisfaction-released-45-years-ago/story?id=10577661 9 May 2010 Richin Leslie 6 June 2015 Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction' Turns 50: Celebrate With 50 Face-Melting Guitar Riffs Playlist https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/rolling-stones-satisfaction-anniversary-6583102/ 2022-04-13 Billboard "Satisfaction" was ranked number 2 on both Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2004,https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/the-rolling-stones-i-cant-get-no-satisfaction-38617/ (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction ranked #2 on Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs List Rolling Stone 11 December 2003 20 June 2020 and the magazine's list of the band's best songs.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-rolling-stones-songs-40475/i-cant-get-no-satisfaction-1965-98705/ (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction ranked #2 on 100 Best Rolling Stones Songs List Rolling Stone 15 October 2013 20 June 2020 22 June 2020 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/ live A 2021 update ranked the song number 31.2021-09-15 The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ 2021-09-16 Rolling Stone en-US 15 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210915162053/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ live In 1998, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#i Grammy Hall of Fame Letter I Grammy 18 October 2010 20 June 2020 29 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181129130441/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/hall-of-fame#i live 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 Credits adapted from a College of Wooster listening guide and the Library of Congress National Recording Registry essay for the song.(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (1965) — The Rolling Stones (Listening Guide) https://theartofrockmusic.voices.wooster.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/180/2015/01/I-Cant-Get-No-Satisfaction-The-Rolling-Stones-1965-1.pdf The Art of Rock Music (The College of Wooster) 2026-03-02LeRoy Dan (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/CantGetNoSatisfaction_LeRoy.pdf Library of Congress (National Recording Registry) 2026-03-02 The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger – lead vocals, backing vocals Keith Richards – electric guitars (fuzz tone), backing vocals Brian Jones – acoustic guitar Bill Wyman – bass guitar Charlie Watts – drums Additional personnel Jack Nitzsche – piano, tambourine Production Andrew Loog Oldham – producer Dave Hassinger – engineer Charts Weekly charts Chart (1965)PeakpositionAustralia1Austria 1 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 17 June 2016Flanders 6 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 17 June 2016Canada RPM 3 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 8369 17 June 2016Finland (Soumen Virallinen)Nyman Jake Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja Tammi 2005 951-31-2503-3 1st Helsinki 240 fi1Germany 1 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 13747 1965 17 June 2016Ireland2 1 The Rolling Stones Satisfaction 18 June 2016Dutch100 1 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 17 June 2016New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search+lever&qartistid=27#n_view_location flavour of new zealand – search lever Flavourofnz.co.nz 2 June 2021 2 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220602111504/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search+lever&qartistid=27#n_view_location dead4Norway 1 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 17 June 2016South Africa (Springbok Radio)SA Charts 1965 – March 1989 http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(R).html 1 September 2018 10 May 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200510231802/http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(R).html live1 Rhodesia (Lyons Maid)Kimberley C Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book 2000 32 en2Spanish Singles ChartSalaverri Fernando Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 1st September 2005 Fundación Autor-SGAE Spain 84-8048-639-2 5Sweden (Kvällstoppen)Hallberg Eric Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975 Drift Musik 1993 243 91630214041Sweden (Tio i Topp)Hallberg Eric Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74 Henningsson Ulf Premium Publishing 1998 919727125X 3131UK (Melody Maker)1UK (NME)1UKsinglesbyname 1 Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 17 June 2016Billboardhot100 1 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 17 June 2016 US Cash Box Top SinglesFrank Hoffmann 1983 The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950–1981 The Scarecrow Press, Inc Metuchen, NJ & London 5011 US Record World 100 Top Pops1 Chart (1970)PeakpositionDutch100 16 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 17 June 2016 Dutch1002Chart (1976)PeakpositionDutch100 25 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 17 June 2016 Dutch1003Chart (1990)PeakpositionDutch100 13 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 17 June 2016 Dutch1004Chart (2015)PeakpositionFrance 168 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 17 June 2016 Year-end charts Chart (1965)PositionSouth AfricaTop 20 Hit Singles of 1965 http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1965.html 2 September 2018 5 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211005181804/http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1965.html live17UKhttp://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/65chart.htm#top100 Sixties City – Pop Music Charts – Every Week Of The Sixties Sixtiescity.net 2 June 20214US Billboard Hot 100https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1965.htm Top 100 Hits of 1965/Top 100 Songs of 1965 Music Outfitters 2 June 20213 US KHJ Boss Radio 93 records of 1965 KHJ's Boss 93 of 1965 https://www.thebig93.com/thebig93/thebig93_1965.html 2026-02-21 www.thebig93.com1 Certifications Certifications and sales for "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Australia single The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Platinum 3 1965 2023 Brazil The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Gold single 1965 2024 3 June 2024 Denmark single 1965 Gold 2022 11710 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 27 September 2022 Germany single 1965 Gold 1965 Günter Ehnert Hit Bilanz – Deutsche Chart Singles 1956–1980 1 Verlag populärer Musik-Literatur Norderstedt 2000 3-922542-24-7 446 Germany single Gold 1965 2023 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction reissue 10 June 2023 Italy single 2004 Platinum 2019 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 19 February 2021 New Zealand single 1965 Platinum 2 2024 radioscope Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 24 March 2025 Spain (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones single Platinum 2024 the-rolling-stones-i-cant-get-no-satisfaction 18 February 2024 United Kingdom single 2004 Platinum 2023 14149-44-1 Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 10 February 2023 United States single 1965 Gold 1965 The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 19 February 2021 true true 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."https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6598060/74_otis_blue https://web.archive.org/web/20060316133859/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6598060/74_otis_blue/ dead 16 March 2006 Music News Rolling Stone 15 January 2016 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."Wenner Jann 24 August 1968 The Rolling Stone Roundtable: Booker T & the MGs https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/booker-t-the-m-g-s-189099/ https://archive.today/20220413064153/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/booker-t-the-m-g-s-189099/ 13 April 2022 Rolling Stone 13 April 2022 live Music writer Robert Christgau described it as an "anarchic reading" of the Stones' original.http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bl/redding-08.php Otis Redding: Otis Blue—Otis Redding Sings Soul Robert Christgau Blender 12 August 2013 May 2008 18 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111018013037/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/bl/redding-08.php live Redding's soul-style arrangement featured horns playing the main riff,https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19832/m1/ Show 51 – The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. [Part 7] : UNT Digital Library 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 June1967 at the Monterey International Pop Festival.Cowie Del Monterey Pop at 50: the day Otis Redding became a legend https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/monterey-pop-at-50-the-day-otis-redding-became-a-legend-1.4162924 CBC.ca June 16, 2017 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.https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14935/bubblerock/ BUBBLEROCK | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company Official Charts 21 June 2022 21 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220621002159/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14935/bubblerock/ live 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."https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_residents_deconstructed_satisfaction The Residents deconstructed Satisfaction before Devo 4 October 2010 DangerousMinds.net 2 June 2021 The single has also been described as a forerunner to noise rock.2018-11-28 30 Essential Noise Rock Tracks https://www.stereogum.com/2023335/best-noise-rock-songs/lists/ultimate-playlist/ 2024-06-14 Stereogum en Devo (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Devo - Satifaction.jpg single Devo Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin') B Stiff (EP) and Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! yes 1977 09 July 1977 New waveRoxborough Scott Brzeski Patrick July 17, 2025 The 40 Greatest Needle Drops in Film History https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-needle-drops-movies/ April 4, 2026 The Hollywood Reporter post-punkGrierson Tim August 18, 2025 Devo documentary whips the oddball band into shape https://www.avclub.com/devo-review April 4, 2026 The A.V. Club reggae rockhttps://www.loudersound.com/features/17-rock-reggae-crossovers-that-work-and-three-that-don-t 17 rock-reggae crossovers that work... and three that don't Tom Bryant 25 June 2014 Louder Sound 12 June 2022 17 September 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210917032445/https://www.loudersound.com/features/17-rock-reggae-crossovers-that-work-and-three-that-don-t live 2 40 * Booji Boy Warner Bros. Jagger/Richards * Brian Eno Chuck Statler Mongoloid 1977 Jocko Homo 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.Padgett Ray Cover me : the stories behind the greatest cover songs of all time 2017 978-1-4549-2250-6 Sterling New York 130–138 978537907 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.Padgett Ray The Story Behind Devo's Iconic Cover of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" The New Yorker 25 September 2017 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-story-behind-devos-iconic-cover-of-the-rolling-stones-satisfaction 25 September 2017 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".[album r5601 yes Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! review]. AllMusic. Retrieved 9 April 2009. 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 did not 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.0970071 Craig Allen Rothwell Chart (1978)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)David Kent David Kent (historian) Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 Australian Chart Book St Ives, N.S.W. 1993 88 0-646-11917-698UK Singles Chart41 Britney Spears (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction no song Britney Spears Oops!... I Did It Again 2000 05 03 * Pacifique (Los Angeles) Pop 4:23 Jive song Audio wyd9dP78s7M "[I Can't Get No] Satisfaction" 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.http://www.mtv.com/news/1434390/britney-wants-older-fans-to-get-satisfaction/ Moss Corey Britney Wants Older Fans to Get "Satisfaction" MTV 23 February 2000 13 April 2022 13 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220413064834/http://www.mtv.com/news/1434390/britney-wants-older-fans-to-get-satisfaction/ dead 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.https://www.allmusic.com/album/r478679 Stephen Thomas Erlewine Erlewine Stephen Thomas 16 May 2000 27 August 2011 Oops!... I Did It Again Allmusic 25 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225041231/http://www.allmusic.com/album/r478679 live Robert Christgau declared the song a 'choice cut,' meaning a good song on an otherwise lackluster album,"http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=britney CG: Britney Christgau Robert 16 May 2000 27 August 2011 Robert Christgau https://web.archive.org/web/20110604203429/http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=britney 4 June 2011 while New Musical Express gave the cover a negative review, saying, "the long-awaited [...] [Spears'] cover of the Stones' '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' is a letdown".https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-2330-336350 29 May 2000 13 April 2022 Oops!... I Did It Again New Musical Express 9 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121009212343/http://www.nme.com/reviews/britney-spears/2330 live 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").https://www.thepitchkc.com/britney-spearsmikaila/ Britney Spears/Mikaila 20 July 2000 13 April 2022 Miller Andrew The Pitch Village Voice Media https://archive.today/20220412160603/https://www.thepitchkc.com/britney-spearsmikaila/ 12 April 2022 live 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.http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2000/ MTV Video Music Awards of 2000 6 September 2000 27 August 2011 MTV "Satisfaction," which Skip ended by pounding out the familiar riff while Britney and the dancers frolicked. 28 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080828092653/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2000/ dead Other notable versions Gloria Trevi released a Spanish-language version of the song with female-oriented lyrics, featured on her debut album ...¿Qué hago aquí? (1989).Sheffield Rob 2004-04-14 The Covers Record https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-covers-record-255455/ 2025-07-03 Rolling Stone en-US Frankie Ruiz recorded a 1999 salsa version that peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart.https://allmusic.com/album/leyenda-r400814/charts-awards Frankie Ruiz: Leyenda Charts & Awards Allmusic Rovi 31 October 2011 25 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225041228/http://allmusic.com/album/leyenda-r400814/charts-awards live In 2023, Dolly Parton teamed up with Pink and Brandi Carlile to record a cover of the song. The track was included on Parton's album titled Rockstar released in November.https://people.com/dolly-parton-girl-power-satisfaction-rolling-stones-rockstar-cover-mick-jagger-unavailable-8402385 Dolly Parton Wanted to 'Get Some Girl Power' on Her 'Satisfaction' Cover When Mick Jagger Wasn't Available People 11 December 2023 11 December 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231211184702/https://people.com/dolly-parton-girl-power-satisfaction-rolling-stones-rockstar-cover-mick-jagger-unavailable-8402385 live Sadie Bell 15 November 2023 References Citations Sources Babiuk Andy Prevost Greg Andy Babiuk Rolling Stones Gear: All the Stones' Instruments from Stage to Studio 2013 Backbeat Books Milwaukee 978-1-61713-092-2 External links En-(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction-article.oga 20 April 2005 nrIPxlFzDi0 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" official lyric video "The Greatest Songs Ever! 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