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"Paint It Black" was a major chart success for the Rolling Stones, remaining 11 weeks (including two at number one) on the US Billboard Hot 100, and 10 weeks (including one atop the chart) on the Record Retailer chart in the UK. Upon a reissue in 2007, it reentered the UK Singles Chart for 11 weeks. It was the band's third number-one single in ...
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Jun 11, 2024 · Today in 1966, "Paint It Black" hit no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and launched The Rolling Stones into international success.
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Sep 9, 2024 · Paint It Black was released as a single in the U.S. on May 7, 1966, with Stupid Girl as the B-side, and on May 13 in the U.K. with Long Long While as the flip side. It quickly climbed to number 1 on both sides of the Atlantic.
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In 1965, the Rolling Stones were becoming more popular. They had many songs that were popular around the world. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote most of these songs. Earlier, in 1964, they were one of the most popular bands in the United Kingdom. However, they were less popular in the United States. Other British bands, such as the Beatles, the...
The Rolling Stones were changing when "Paint It Black" was made. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were writing more music for the band. Early albums by the Rolling Stones only had a few songs made by Jagger and Richards. However, newer albums such as Out of Our Heads had many songs written by them. Jagger and Richards wrote every song on Aftermath (1...
"Paint It Black" was first written as a pop song in the minor key. The band did not like this version of the song. At first, they did not want to put it on their next album. During a break, Bill Wyman played the organ. He wanted to make a lower bass sound for the song. Wyman's organ music inspired the pentatonicmelody in "Paint It Black". In 1995, ...
London Records released "Paint It Black" as a single in the US on 7 May 1966. Decca Records released it on 13 May in the UK. The single was released with the song "Long, Long While" in the UK. This song was not on any of the band's studio albums. When the song was released, its writing was credited to "Jagger-Richard". This is because Oldham told K...
When music critics first listened to the song, some of them thought it was good, and some thought it was bad. Some thought the band was copying the Beatles by making sitar music. When asked about this, Jones said it was "rubbish". He compared it to the fact that many rock bands use the guitar, but make different types of music. Jones' sitar music o...
In the UK, "Paint It Black" went to the number one spot on national music charts. It was on the Record Retailer music chart for ten weeks. The song was the Rolling Stones' sixth number one song in the UK. The band sold 300,000 copies of the single one week after it was released. In 2007, the song was released again. It went onto the UK Singles Char...
According to authors Andy Babiuk and Greg Prevost,except where noted: The Rolling Stones 1. Mick Jagger – lead and harmony vocals;writer 2. Keith Richards – harmony vocal;lead and acoustic guitars; writer 3. Brian Jones – sitar, acoustic guitar 4. Bill Wyman – bass, Hammond organ, maracas, cowbell 5. Charlie Watts – drums, tambourine, castanets Oth...
May 7, 2024 · The Stones had been chart-toppers since the summer of 1964, but it was only a year ago – when “The Last Time” was released in February 1965 – that they’d begun to score with original...
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Apr 29, 2014 · April 29, 2014. The Rolling Stones were nearing their peak as pop hit makers when they appeared on Ready Steady Go! on October 7th, 1966. Their fourth album, Aftermath, hit stores that April,...
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"Paint It Black" was recorded March 6–9, 1966, at RCA Studios in Hollywood. The session was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, who had been working with the Rolling Stones since 1963 and played an instrumental role in shaping their sound and image—and arguably more of the latter than the former.
