The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black

“Paint It Black” is a song recorded in 1966 by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ songwriting partnership.

London Records released the song as a single on 7 May 1966 in the United States; Decca Records released it on 13 May in the United Kingdom. London Records included it as the opening track on the American version of the band’s 1966 studio album Aftermath.

On this track, Stones guitarist Brian Jones played the sitar, which was introduced to pop music by The Beatles on their 1965 song Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown). Jones made good television by balancing the instrument on his lap during appearances.

Brian Jones had a lot of input into this song, but was left off the songwriting credits (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are the credited writers). Jones did the arrangements for “Paint It Black” and many other songs around this time, but according to Keith Richards, he never presented a finished song to the group, which kept him off the credits.

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Rolling Stones - Paint It Black

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Additional musicians and production
Jack Nitzsche – piano
Dave Hassinger – sound engineer
Andrew Loog Oldham – producer

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