The Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Richards’s throwaway three-note guitar riff — intended to be replaced by horns — opens and drives the song. The lyrics refer to sexual frustration and the commercialism of America.

The song was first released as a single in the United States in June 1965 and also featured on the American version of 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 played only on pirate radio stations because its lyrics were considered too sexually suggestive. In Britain, the single was released in August 1965; it became the Rolling Stones’ fourth number one in the United Kingdom. The song is considered to be one of the all-time great rock songs. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine placed “Satisfaction” in the second spot on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, while in 2006 it was added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.