Album: Out Of Our Heads (1965)

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• 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 driving in my car
  When a man come on the radio
  He's telling 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 and tells me
  How white my shirts can be
  But, he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
  The same cigarettes 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 girl reaction
  '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 signin' that
  And I'm tryin' to make some girl, who tells me
  Baby, better come back maybe next week
  Can't you see I'm on a 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
  I can't get no Writer/s: Keith Richards, Michael Jagger
  Publisher: Abkco Music Inc., BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Comments: 100

• Beabea from New York, UsaPlease confirm as can't find answer online. I'm sure the first time I heard this song, the line was, And I'm tryin make some girl Pregnant. Thought many years ago it was confirmed they originally did sing that, but subsequently had to omit the word Pregnant.
• Bob Tangen from MinnesotaIke Turners song "Rocket 88" was about the really fast for the time, 49/50 Oldsmobile. The songs popularity kind of forced Oldmobile to acknowledge the songs glorifying of their factory hot rod. There is a picture of what appears to be 4 real uncomfortable Olds exeutives giving the keys to a new Olds 88 convertible to the singer of the song, and not to Ike Turner. It is great song, and it was a revolutionary car, I'm glad I have one.
• Knappster from Baltimorethe notes from Christopher - Vienna, Austria about the mess ups from Keith using his fuzz are spot on. I listened with headphones and they all checked out. really great ear and cool info about the song.
• Eliot from San FranciscoThis was also featured in Apocolypse Now, starring Martin Sheen
• Meocyber from Alma. Co.Really really a loss & shame. Charlie Watts is gone. Always the epitome of class & style. So polar opposite of Keith & Micks gritty, street fighting man personas. Suave forever jazz afficianado. Maybe just proves opposites attract. Thanks for you, Charlie....
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 4, 1965, the Rolling Stones were guests on the United Kingdom's ITV network program 'Thank Your Lucky Stars'...
  At the time the group's "Satisfaction" was at #3 on the United Kingdom's Singles chart, the very next day it would peak at #1 {for 2 weeks}...
  Across the pond the song was at #31 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, eight weeks earlier it had peaked at #1 {for 4 weeks} and it spent 14 weeks on the Top 100...
  The record that knocked "Satisfaction" out of the top spot on the Top 100 chart was "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am" by Herman's Hermits, and Herman and the boys were also guests on the same 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' show that day.
• Roy from SloughIf you read the lyrics to Satisfaction they say trying to MAKE some girl. But on the record Jagger is easily heard saying PLATE some girl. Which is slang for giving a girl oral sex. At least it was in the 60s.
• Roy from SloughI first heard that exact fuzz tone on "the 2000 bee" by the ventures in 1962, although Keith Richards the poor man's Chuck Berry always tries to give the impression that he did it first in interviews & books.
• Derek from Durham, EnglandThe censors failed to understand the song. The lyric "baby better come back maybe next week, can't you see I'm on a losing streak" refers to the problem of having sex with a girl during her monthly period.
• Josh from UsaA friend of mine persuaded me to spend more on my headphones (over $100) for a better sound and I've been enjoying rediscovering all my old favorites. This morning (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction came up on my playlist and something caught my attention, prompting me to run the track back a few seconds (to about :37), sure enough I could hear Keith changing the tone effects from the harsh fuzz to the clean but compressed tone with a pop of the pedal. Pretty cool, it brings the history and worldliness of the music that much closer, imagining him there working his equipment as he rocks along.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 10th 1965, the Rolling Stones hosted the British-TV pop program 'Ready, Steady, Go!'...
  One of the songs they performed was "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"; at the time it was at #41 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, and nine weeks earlier on July 4th, 1965 it peaked at #1 {for 4 weeks} on the Top 100...
  It was their first #1 in the U.S.A.; between 1965 and 1978 they had a total of eight #1 records on the Top 100 chart...
  They just missed having ten #1 records when "19th Nervous Breakdown" {for 3 weeks in 1966} and "Start Me Up" {for 3 weeks in 1981} both peaked at #2 on the Top 100...
  The day following the 'Ready, Steady, Go' show the Stones began their 4th European Tour in Muenster, West Germany.
• Mick from Co Cork, IrelandChris Farlowe recorded a few versions of Stones songs, including "'Satisfaction'. Farlowe is probably most well-known for another Stones cover - 'Out Of Time', but he recorded some fantastic songs and I think he's one of the most under-rated singers out there.
• Paul from San Antonio, Txi see that there is no mention that the Rolling Stones actually DID NOT play in Clearwater on the afternoon of June 5, 1965 - I was there and remember what happened very, very well! Several of my friends and quite a few others I didn't know, got a little carried away and jumped the guardrail to 'horse around' and began to run around shoulder riding on each other. It was no big deal and they were beginning to climb back into the stands to take their seats, when, at that moment, a fleet of black limousines drove onto the field with the Stones in the main car. The caravan of limousines slowed down to access the situation, then circled around the front of the stage and quickly exited the way they came in. They came, they saw, they left! We were all speechless! They never got out and played 4 songs as was written above. And we never got our money back for the tickets as was promised over the loud speaker a few minutes later. By the way, the 'troublemakers' who jumped the bleachers left as quickly as they could because when it began to dawn on everybody that these jackasses ruined the chance of a lifetime to see the Rolling Stones in Clearwater that summer. Many in the crowd wanted to kick their asses! and so did it!!!
• Stan from Brisbane,The riff is from "Martha and the Vandellas" "Nowhere To Run" and not "Dancing In The Streets.
  
  "Nowhere To Run" was released in February 10 1965 and Keith was using the horn riff from "Nowhere To Run" as the base to Satisfaction around May/June 1965.
  
  "Martha and the Vandellas" did record "Dancing In The Streets" and that's where it gets mixed up.
• Tom from Freiburg, GermanyWell yeah, that riff... But does anybody ever listen to the electric guitar part when that infamous Maestro fuzz unit is off???? Give it a listen and you will find that pure Keith Richards rhythm guitar genius at work. (You can tell the fuzz unit is back on by the loud switching noise it makes after "I can get no..KRCH ..").
• Zero from Nowhere, NjHey could someone please explain to me how putting singles on albums was like ripping people off? I'm from a younger generation and I always was curios about this. Someone told me it was done so the record companies could make more money, but wouldn't that just tempt people to just buy the singles and forget about the albums? If someone could clear this up for me it would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
• Zero from Nowhere, NjProto-metal band Blue Cheer did a cover of this song in 1968, it's heavier and has a more frantic pace and tempo. I like it but no one else does.
• Esskayess from Dallas, TxIt's a mystery why "Starman" indicated that this song was placed on the records that went into space with the Voyager probes, because it wasn't.
• Ken from Booneville,ms, MsGo to youtube.com u can find the original Chess recording of this song with Brian on harmonica. They used it was a track on a TV show.
• Tom from Des Plaines , IlThis song was released in 1965.At the 1964 chicago blues festival buddy guy performed "Satisfaction" A song with the same riff and lyrics.Coincidence?
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyIn 1965 the word can't appeared in three of the Top 10 song titles of that year. According to Billboard's Year-End chart of the Top 100 Songs of 1965, No. 1 was "I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones, No. 2 was "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" by The Four Tops, and finally No. 8 was "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat" by Herman's Hermits!!!
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyConcerning the first post about Richards getting the idea for the song after a June 5th, 1965 concert in Clearwater, FL. The U.S. release date of the song was June 6th, 1965 {The dates don't jive}
• John from Huntington Beach, CaI saw the Stones in Chicago at the new McCormick Place's Crowne Aerie Theater (about 1500 seats)in 1966 before it burned down. Original line up, number 1 song was Paint It Black, opened with Not Fade Away and they were electifying and raw. They played so many great songs, after all Aftermath was the number one album. But don;t kid youseves when the opening notes of Satifaction, original tempo and minimalist perfection, the place went nuts, absolutley crazy. John Cusack, Huntintong Beach, CA.
• James from Bronx, NyGreatest Rock Song EVER. Live version from "Gimmie Shelter" illustrates why the Stones are the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in The World and why no front man can ever come close to Mick Jagger
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyNot my favorite Stones song, but there is no mistaking it's great intro {one of the best}. Springsteen performed it in concert on Sept. 16th, 2009 at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, SC
  
• Chloe from St. Louis, Moprobably one of the angstiest songs ever! i love it! i cant believe britney spears actually covered this. ack.
• Tony Brown from Adelaide, AustraliaHells Bells I just like it :) and always will.
• Wayne from Salem, VaWhat can you say about this song? It is an instant classic all the way around. If it came out today it would be considered a punk rock song. It definitely deserves to be on the top 10 all-time greatest rock songs list. I heard Mick say once that people weren't really buying Stones' records before "Satisfaction". And then it all changed. Supposedly Bob Dylan once told Mick "I could have wrote Satisfaction" and Mick said "Yeah,but you couldn't have sung it". Classic,timeless.
• Vicky Tamblyn from Winnipeg, MbSatisfaction:Atonement or Contentment?
  I think the song speaks for itself. The fuzz was the buzz that brought it on and just cause it was and Gibson mad it happen. Did anyone ever think that Keith Richards was waking up from a dream that day and recorded the song on a tape cassette, instead of doing a line or a shot and with this divine intervention he wrote a really F**king beautiful song man.It's something we all can relate to and maybe a ghost in the hotel was there too feeling it ,or God was telling him how to feel it. 'Can't get no satisfaction' yeah ,I feel it man, but I just keep on searching ~ thanks Stones! keep on rocking and Rolling forever man.
• Bertrand from Paris, FranceA famous fuzztone riff straight out of Motown's book wrapped around a treatise on consumerism; most pop had been concerned with the pursuit of dreams and the disappointment of missed chances, but this 45 was perhaps the first to suggest that satisfaction was ultimately unattainable. Any wonder it became the anthem for a generation, and one of the world's most popular songs?
• Chris from Detroit, MiOf all the classic rock concerts I've been to, this song and My Generation by The Who are the only ones the 60 year olds got up and danced to.
  
  At 34 seconds in right before the riff, you can hear Keith stomp on the fuzzbox to start it.
• Dirk from Brasschaat, BelgiumGreat riff and easy to play. You can find the tabs here (also includes a video of Keith explaining the riff): Satisfaction Guitar Tabs
• Max from Laconia, NhThis song is badness. I also like the cover that Devo did on it. Their both badness
• Nunzio from Darwin, AustraliaOne music mag did a list of the greatest songs of the Rock N Roll era from 1965 onwards. This came in at No.1. Like "Heart Ffull Of Soul"by the Yardbirds,this has a relentless riff & is a great song. If this was just O.K, then it wouldn't be their most famous song, wqould it ?
• Phil from Fakeville, CanadaA good song, but very very very overated tune. I have know I idea why it's so popular or even considered the best Stones song ever. Sympathy for the Devil, Gimme Shelter are without a doubt the best songs they have released Stones rock.
• Jim from Trenton, NjThe original lyric was "trying to make some girl, pregnant." The censors forced the removal of the word "pregnant".
• Mark from Worcester, MiGood effort but I join those who feel this is an over-rated song. The Rolling Stones catalog is consistent, and of such very high quality, but there isn't that one song that sits head and shoulders above the rest.
• R from Montreal, Qc, CanadaThis song is the greatest Rock & Roll song of all times, period !
  It's a mix of rock and blues that by its repetitive beat contain all the frustration of the young generation.
  As well as Beethoven 5th is synonym of classical music, the first notes of Satisfaction are the synonym of the rock music.
  The words by themselves expresses also the frustration of young people vs establishment.
  
• Krista from Elyria, OhI like the version Devo did better
• Jonn from Liverpool, Englanda totally over-rated song. Barely reaches the category of moderatly O.K.
• Dylan from Branson, MoRolling Stone magazine rated this song #9 in the top 40 songs that changed the world!
• Street Strategist from Hong Kong, Hong Kong"Satisfaction" is number 9 in the list called "Sounds at the Speed of Music: 50 Rock Anthems at 100 kph"
• Ptlover from None Ya, KsThis song is one of the best Stones songs. I don't think anyone re-making it can sing it better than Mick Jagger.
• Angelo from Detroit, MiIf Britney Spears covers Stairway to Heaven, there is no God.
• Hyun Woo from Seoul, Korea - SouthThere is a remake of this song by the
  "Vienna Symphony Orchestra Project"
  
  This song is the opening title song for
  one of the most renowned radio programs in korea
  The program is "Bae Chul Soo's music camp"
  and has been on air since 1990.
  
  anyways, this song rocks!!!
  
• Cory from Seaford, DeI agree with Tom, Satisfaction can't compare to Brown Sugar or Sympathy for the Devil, even though it is a great song. I think Burning for you, Behind Blue Eyes, and Touch of Grey are also better, along with most from Tom's list (that is, except November Rain, which was pretty funny to me.) BTW Britney Spears sucks.
• Clarke from Pittsburgh, PaThe footage of the "bleeped" line on Ed Sullivan is rather funny - it sounds like they merely hit the fast-forward button on the tape player to get past the offending line. And didn't Vanilla Ice do a dreadful reworking of this song?
• Sean from Brockton, MaNothing to do with the song, but a comment on their "facts" above. The movie "Starman" starring Jeff Bridges was not "set on a deep space probe", but was set on earth. Jeff played an Alien who had come to Earth responding to the message sent on Voyager II, who takes the form of an earth woman's dead husband and basically kidnaps her to get to Wonslow Arizona where he is to rendezvous with another spaceship.
• Bram from Zoetermeer, Netherlandsif you make this song a bit less long, for example a couplet and a refrain less, it would be even more better than it is now! cause it's a shorter very good effect, if someone understands what I mean. it leaves more an imprint. it's a shame for the last lyrics, but mussicly, it would be better I think, and I think it every time I hear it
• Alex from New Orleans, LaWhen the Stones played this at Superbowl XL, Mick Jagger opened this by saying "Now this song we could've played for you back in Superbowl I"- even he acknowledges this song's greatness.
• Jon from Oakridge, OrTo Isabella, Tucson,AZ I totally agree. This songs MESSAGE is what makes it so great for rock'n roll and the riff IS awesome.
• Steve from Ottawa, CanadaOtis Redding's version of Satisfaction is incredible. He makes it his own. It is a great, lost soul song.
• Stefanie from Rock Hill, ScWhat do you guys think of Odis Redding's cover. I've been telling everyone about it who will listen, and it's on a cd I bought last week. If you don't know who he is, he did a song called "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay." Anyway, I love Redding's cover. I'm not sure if I like it better than the original though.
• Jay from Atlanta, Ga#1 on VH1's "Greatest Rock and Roll Songs of all Time".
• Nathan from Defiance, OhI think the Britney Spears version of this song is an example of both arrogance and stupidity. Not to mention a blasphemy against rock and roll.
• David from Merseyside, EnglandAnswering David from Canadas question; yes Brian Jones was the lead guitarist of the stones at the time of this song and was until 1969
• Fyodor from Denver, CoI'm pretty sure there were never lyrics like this on the American pop charts before, that expressed what might be called an existential anger at the world. The Beatles were the most influential band of the sixties, but I think this has to have been the most signficant single song.
• David from Guelph, Canadawas Brian Jones aroung during this song?
• Anonymousthe RS are old roaches that should have died 20 years ago. they are so annoying. it's understandable when old people listen to them, because it's what they grew up with. what makes me sick is when kids my age listen to them. i hate "rolling stools"
• Kelli from New York, Nylol if you dont like a song, then why dont you just leave it alone instead of writing things like "this is way overrated" just to make everyone mad? do you guys really like to tick people off that bad??
  
  anyways, stones rock. anyone else see the show at rio?
• Bill from Dallas, TxOne of the greatest songs ever written, and not just my opinion either.
• David from Merseyside, EnglandIs Britney Spears doing "Satisfaction" an act of arogance or stupididty? I really dont know.
• Jim from Philadelphia, PaGreatest song ever by the greatest band ever!
• Amanda from Pleasanton, Cathis song is the best!! youthful angst.
• Galina from New London, CtMy mother listens to Russian Pop, (we're russian) and one of the singers she likes sang this song and killed it. she also sang Hotel California by The Eagles and put a bullet through its heart.
• Dennis from Chicagoland Burrows, IlThis song is best in "Apacolypse Now" right before their boat gets the sh*t shot out of it
• Ed from Melbourne, AustraliaThe amazing thing about the stones as good as tehy are. I Reckon you won't think they're the greatest rock band of all time after you listen to Waterfly (www.myspace.com/waterfly1). Australian youngsters. Rock on the stones!!!
• Jason from York, Paoverrated? you're kiddin me right? still popular after 40 years because the lyrics have an angst that EVERYONE has felt at one time or another in their lives. everyone named songs (some better, some not) but let's give this classic it's due. christ, Robert Plant thinks "stairway" is overrated.
• Stefanie Magura from Rock Hill, ScMickey I hope you're kidding! Britney is not a good singer at all, although I think some of her vocal style is done that way on purpose. Also her verson is definitely worse than the original! part of the reason for me, is because it's her singing it. Lol... if you want to know the truth I actually sort of liked this song. Britney thank god wasn't my favorite, but i did think that her cover was cool. After having listened to classic rock for awhile though, i have since changed my mind. Why do you think she's a world class performer/ Can you expalin that for us? I'm not trying to be mean, but I just don't get it.
• Tom from Freiburg, GermanyEverybody got (and still gets) real excited about the starting riff - Does nobody ever listen to the electric guitar work when the fuzz unit is off? This is one of finest guitar work ever recorded.
• Ross from Independence, MoThis is #2 in Rolling Stone's list of 500 greatest songs.
• Robert from Puyallup, WaThis song was also featured in "Apocalypse Now", during a scene when one of the boat's crewmen is waterskiing behind the boat, jetting water onto the sampans of Vietnamese fishermen, and knocking other native boaters into the water. This display of callousness and obnoxious behavior went well with the song's message of crass American materialism, provincialism and phoniness.
• Jerry from Brooklyn, NyI was a freshman in college when this was first released. A bunch of us used to hang out in this pizza place in downtown Brooklyn and listen to music on the juke. One of our group had the rest of us convinced that Mick was singing "I'm trying to make some girl pregnant" I don't remember exactly when I found out the real lyrics, but it seems kind of funny now!
• Mickey from Langley, VaThere at least four version of this - The Stones, Devo, Britney Spears, and the one done by Justine Bateman in the movie 'Satisfaction'. By far, the most interesting one is the Britney Spears version. None of the others have as much heart or genuine passion. Britney is a world-class performer who has yet to receive her proper due, but she will. Maybe she should do a cover of 'Stairway To Heaven'. That would be cool.
• Joe from Bethlahem, PaBilly, I'm a Zeppelin fan to and I think they're better then the Stones. However, the Stones Jagger and Richards are two of the greatest song writers in the history of Rock music. They were not just a one dimensional band like radio leads you to believe, hear more of their stuff before you call them overrated. Because anyones who has heard a lot of Stones knows they're not over rated at all.
• James from Edwardsville, Ili like this song a lot. i always tell me friends that this is the theme song to my life, lol. i wouldn't say this is the best song of all time. it's good, but not that good. i think there are better songs than it by the rolling stones and by other bands.
• Eric from Cincinnati, OhSome people don't care much for "Satisfaction," but as they say, "There's no accounting for taste." I happen to think that there are better songs out there, both by the Rolling Stones and by other bands, but that doesn't mean that others will agree with my list of what's good, nor that "Satisfaction" isn't a great song in its own right. I think the most compelling testimony to its greatness is its durable popularity -- 40 years later, people are still cranking up their stereos withing the first few notes of the opening guitar riff!
• Stefanie Magura from Rock Hill, ScJust for curiosity, which song cover do you think is worse. Britney spears cover of "satisfaction" of limp Bizkit's cover of 'Behind Blue eyes". Personally, i don't know there both pretty bad. I guess I'd say the Limp Bizkit cover.
• Stefanie Magura from Rock Hill, ScI just wanted to tell all of you that I have heard the Britney spears cover. I was actually a fan of her music a few years ago... lol, and during that time I bought her second album. It's the one with "oops I Did It again" on it. Anyway, the cover of "satisfaction" is on it. I'm suppprised I remembered all of that. Btw, she wasn't my favorite singer or group during that time, n'sync was. I think she's worse than they were, but that's just me.
• Stefanie Magura from Rock Hill, ScI know some of y'all think that "satisfaction" is over-rated, but it is one of many classics by the stones. personally, I like "get Off My cloud' and "Painted Black" better. Just to name a few. 'satisfaction" is a good song though.
• Joe from Bethlahem, PaSatisfaction seems overrated to us now living in the 200's but in 1965, there was nothing like it. That's why it is considered one of the best. But you guys are right I can name ten stones songs I like better then Satisfaction even though I like the song.
  Better Stones songs: Jumpin jack Flash, Gimme Shelter, Paint it Black, Get Off of my Cloud, You Can't Always get What You want, Wild horses, Ruby Tuesday, Paint it black, Honky Tonk Woman, and Brown sugar
• Matt from Millbrae, CaRolling Stone magazine called this the #2 song of all time. Curiously the top 2 songs mentioned "Rolling Stone" (#1 was Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan).
• Jake from Philadelphia, PaOne of the best songs of all time. On Vh1's "The 100 Greatest Songs Of Rock and Roll" this was #1.
• Isabella from Tucson, AzI believe this is considered the "greatest" rock n' roll song not musically or instrumentally, but because of its message and effects. It does pretty much embody rock n' roll as a rebellion to authority. It was considered outrageous of course by the elder half of the generation gap, and therefore the younger half took it and embraced it. It was an anthem of unconventionalism in the 1960s. If you don't believe that this song was considered great in the '60s ... well, explain to me how it became so popular. Plus, you've got to admit, that riff is pretty catchy.
• Liam from Campbell River, CanadaI hate Britney Spear's cover of this, it sucks on all levels! What really pisses me off is that she changed the lines "When I'm watchin' my TV
  And that man comes on to tell me
  How white my shirts can be
  But he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
  The same cigarrettes as me" line to a women selling skirts, COME ON WOMEN DON'T BUTCHER THE CLASSICS. Maybe it's just because her brain is made from the same material as her implants.
• Jonny from Aberdeen, ScotlandThis song also appeared in Apocalypse Now, soon after escaping Colonel Kilgore I believe.
• Kelly from Burbank, CaAck! I hated the Britney Spears cover of this First of all, you don't cover an immortal song if you're an artificial "pop" artist who can't sing in the first place. Second of all, I'm suprised Jagger and Richards gave her permission to do record this. Shame on both of them!
• John from Atl, GaTom from England, I agree that Satisfaction is not the greatest song ever and while I don't think that any song on your list is the greatest, I still respect your opinion. That is until I saw "November Rain". I had to reread it a few times, "November Rain"????!!!!??? I can't think of a good comeback because I'm on the floor laughing.
• Jessa from Brampton, On, Canadai love the otis redding version of this. and although i love britney to pieces... she mutilated it.
• Charlie from Thomaston, Dcyes tom thats right! why can't people understand that satisfaction ain't so great!
• Tom from Trowbridge, EnglandGreatest Rock N' Roll song of all time? I can think of a whole load of songs that are better than this; 'Stairway to Heaven', 'Free Bird', 'Won't Get Fooled Again', 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Smoke on the Water', 'November Rain', 'Hotel California', 'Layla', 'Johnny B. Goode', 'Like A Rolling Stone', 'You Really Got Me', I can go on all day! 'Satisfaction' is the most overrated song ever and it's not even their best song; 'Brown Sugar' and 'Sympathy for the Devil' are miles better!
• Charlie from Thomaston, Dci don't know why everyone is so obsessed with satisfaction, it's an ok song but it's definitely not there best. not like only rock and roll and honky tonk woman, wich are way better than "satisfaction"
• Rhett from Melbourne, Australiathis is song is probably the most 'known' of the stones tracks. it was their first of many many classics.
• Peter from Roosendaal, NetherlandsI totally agree with Dustin, I heard the a live recording of Otis redding doing it rocked me!
  I was searching for the orignal writer of this song..Glad I found it here!
• Dave from Pomeroy, OhThe song was banned from several radio stations because it was thought t refer to a women and her time of the month. With the line "baby come back next week, cause you see I'm on a losing streak"
• Tom from Trowbridge, EnglandBritney Spears doing 'Satisfaction'? That is one cover I have no desire to hear!
• Dustin from Tampa, FlThis is a great song, but I like Otis Redding's cover even better.
• Danny from Grass Valley, CaConsidered the greatest Rock N' Roll song of all time
• Brandon from Seattle, WaMick Jagger saw Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys on his television doing "I Get Around" and he praised them. Later, the Rolling Stones did an outake on the Beach Boys' "I Get Around." In turn, the Beach Boys did an outake on the Rolling Stones' "I Can't Get No Satisfaction."
• Chelsea from Nyc, OrKeith envisioned this as a country song before the Fuzzbox came in.
  The lyrics "trying to make some girl" and "cause you see I'm on a losing streak" were deemed offensive by US censors.

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