(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Keith dreamt the fuzz riff, taped it half-asleep, and woke up holding the sound of teenage frustration.
Keith dreamt the fuzz riff, taped it half-asleep, and woke up holding the sound of teenage frustration.
Eighteen takes in one November session, a Lennon ballad sped up, and Martin calling their first number one.

Bottum, Gould and Bordin had the riff before Patton arrived; the bass and that piano coda did the rest.

Holland-Dozier-Holland hid behind the pseudonym Edythe Wayne, Dennis Coffey added electric sitar, and Britain gave it six weeks on top.

Ester Dean's hook borrows Geoff Mack's 1959 I've Been Everywhere; Calvin Harris and Dr. Luke supply the drop.
A Racey album track called "Kitty" until Basil switched the gender, added the cheer chant, and directed the video herself.

Polow da Don and Sean Garrett built it on Middle Eastern percussion, and Snoop Dogg turned up for the single.