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"Paint It, Black" is a song recorded by The Rolling Stones in 1966 . It reached number one in both the U.S. and the UK charts. It was released as a single and on the U.S. version of the album, '' Aftermath ''. The mono single mix fades out around 3:45. The stereo album mix of song has a shorter fade-out, lasting 3:22. SONG The song was credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards although all of the bandmembers contributed substantially to it, especially Bill Wyman , and leader/founder Brian Jones . Jagger's and Richards' original conception of the song was that of a slow soul song from the viewpoint of a person who is depressed. He wants everything to turn black to match his mood. The song began with Wyman playing organ at a recording session, in parody of the group's former co-manager Eric Easton , who had been an organist. Charlie Watts accompanied the organ by playing a vaguely Middle Eastern drum part; Watts' drum pattern became the basis for the final song. Brian Jones contributed the song's signature Sitar Riff (having taught himself to play), and Jagger contributed a lyric seemingly about a man mourning his dead girlfriend. The piano is played by Jack Nitzsche . In 2004 it was ranked #174 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time . CULTURAL REFERENCES In recent years, the song has become associated with the '' and an alternative version appears on commercials for The Sopranos on A&E . "Paint It, Black" was also used in four video game titles. '''' as a playable track. And a track in Silent Hill 2 uses the beginning of the song. It is also heard playing on some static radios in the Eve Of Destruction Total Conversion for Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield 2 . There is a common Mondegreen in most internet renditions of the lyrics, including the lyrics link below. Most internet websites quote the second time the song mentions the "red door" as:
The song actually says:
COVER VERSIONS “Paint It, Black” has also been covered by many different bands and music artists, including: POP CULTURE Isaac Brock's indie side project Ugly Casanova has also referenced the song in "Barnacles". American Idol Top 6 covered a short version of this for the Ford music video. ''Paint It Black'' is also the name of an album from Virgin Records released in the United States on October 3, 2006, which features covers of well-known Rolling Stones songs by a variety of artists. In 2002 (Iceland), Acid Mothers Temple (Japan), Circle (Finland), Troum (Germany), Hrvatski (USA), Kit Clayton (USA), Mieskuoro Huutajat (Finland), James Plotkin 's Joy of Disease (USA), Loren Chasse (USA), Public Works aka The Tape Beatles (USA) and Fennesz (Austria). At 0:48 in the song "At This Hour" on the Spin Doctors ' "Turn It Upside Down" album, they sing "You see a red door and you want to paint it black", a reference to this song. Prior to being banned from The Howard Stern Show , Crazy Cabbie was often introduced to his own Theme Song , a variation of ''Paint It Black'', although with lyrics mocking Cabbie. In the Stephen King series The Dark Tower "Paint it Black" is heard by several characters as they pass the same music shop in New York at different time periods. In Good Charlotte 's song " All Black ", from their fourth album '' Good Morning Revival '', the line "...like the Rolling Stones wanna paint it black" references the song. It is also set to be in . The first few chords are the same as a track in Silent Hill 2 called "Magdalene". EXTERNAL LINKS
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