"I Can't Get No Satisfaction"

Mick Jagger singing
"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" (1965)

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

1965 Album
by Rolling Stones

Mick Jagger singing (1965)
"I Can't Get No Satisfaction"

Preface: For Song #48, I've selected Mick Jagger singing "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" (1965). The song was recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of Mick Jagger & Keith Richards' songwriting partnership, it features a guitar riff by Richards that opens and drives the song. The riff by Richards is widely considered one of the greatest hooks of all time. The song lyrics refer to sexual frustration & 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 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2021. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, and it is the 10th ranked song on critics' all-time lists according to Acclaimed Music. For Song #16, selected Mick Jagger singing "Fortune Teller". Heard Jagger singing "Satsfaction" at Cornell (10-30-1965), buying concert ticket for $2.25. Lyrics.

Satisfaction
Satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm drivin' in my car
And a man comes on the radio
He's tellin' me more and more
About some useless information
Supposed to fire my imagination
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say

I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm watchin' my TV
And a man comes on to tell me
How white my shirts can be
Well he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
The same cigarrettes as me
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say

I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no girly action
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm ridin' round the world
And I'm doin' this and I'm signing that
And I'm tryin' to make some girl
Who tells me baby better come back later next week
'cause you see I'm on losing streak
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say

I can't get no, I can't get no
I can't get no satisfaction
No satisfaction, no satisfaction, no satisfaction

© Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com
August 22, 2023