(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Single by the Rolling Stones
B-side
  • "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (US)
  • "The Spider and the Fly" (UK)
Released
  • 5 June 1965 (US)
  • 20 August 1965 (UK)
Recorded12 May 1965
StudioRCA (Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length3:45
Label
Songwriter(s)Jagger–Richards
Producer(s)Andrew Loog Oldham
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"The Last Time"
(1965)		 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
(1965)		 "Get Off of My Cloud"
(1965)
Lyric video
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" on YouTube

"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was written by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards. The song was released as a single in the United States in June 1965. The song is on the American version of the album Out of Our Heads. "Satisfaction" was the band's first number one single in the US. The song was not released as a single in the United Kingdom until August. This was because its lyrics were considered too sexual. It became the band's fourth number one single in the UK.

"Satisfaction" is mainly a rock song. More specifically: garage rock,[1][2] beat,[1] blues rock[3] and hard rock.[4] This is unlike many of the band's earlier blues and R&B songs. However, it still has elements of both genres.[5]

Personnel

Credits adapted from: College of Wooster listening guide and Library of Congress National Recording Registry essay.[6][7]

The Rolling Stones

Additional personnel

  • Jack Nitzsche – piano, tambourine[6][7]

Production

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[39] 3× Platinum 210,000double-dagger
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[40] Gold 30,000double-dagger
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[41] Gold 30,000double-dagger
Germany (BVMI)[42] Gold 500,000^
Germany (BVMI)[43]
reissue 		Gold 250,000double-dagger
Italy (FIMI)[44] Platinum 50,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[45] 2× Platinum 60,000double-dagger
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[46] Platinum 60,000double-dagger
United Kingdom (BPI)[47] Platinum 600,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA)[48] Gold 1,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References

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  4. ↑ Schultze, Quentin James (1991). Dancing in the Dark: Youth, Popular Culture, and the Electronic Media. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 150. ISBN 0802805302.
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  7. 1 2 3 LeRoy, Dan. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (PDF). Library of Congress (National Recording Registry). Retrieved 2026-03-02.
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  43. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (The Rolling Stones; '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  44. ↑ "Italian single certifications – The Rolling Stones – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 19 February 2021. Select "2019" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
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