On 10th May (yes tomorrow) it will be 60 years since the Stones entered Chess Studios and recorded the first version of Satisfaction (I Can’t Get No), with Brian on harmonica.

It would be good to hear that out-take one day (not the TV recording).

That does seem so very long ago!!

Well worth relating is that when the six band members (plus ALO) voted on whether or not to release it as a single the voting was:

Jones, Watts, Wyman, Stewart, Oldham FOR
Jagger, Richards - AGAINST

(For those that check details, yes, Ian was always a full member of legal entity called The Rolling Stones)

Captain Corella

"Ian was always a full member of legal entity called The Rolling Stones"
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1962
"Ian was always a full member of legal entity called The Rolling Stones"
Source? Till his death? I

Face to face conversation with a band member.

Captain Corella

Played 999 times live in total according to setlist fm. Number 5 on that list.

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Stoneage
Played 999 times live in total according to setlist fm. Number 5 on that list.

Wow, both those things are super cool.

It's insane to me that 1) the song has been around so long to be played almost a 1000 times!, and 2) that people here got to see it so early on!

I hope I get to hear it live one day

What amazes me about this (and much of the music we grew up with) is … can you imagine, in 1966, listening to a song recorded in 1906 and still loving every second of it?

You are right SomeTorontoGirl, in 1966 I did indeed think I could never imagine liking any song from 1906.......and had never heard one.

However, as time has passed I have found myself singing along, rarely, to "The Galloping Major" recorded by Harry Graham in..........1906 !!

And that's now 119 years old.

But give me The Stones any day......and my great, grandaughter (4) can certainly dance to Satisfaction (played loud).

What a life

my uncles wife of 50 years (they both passed recently) always hated the stones and mick in particular because sixty years ago her three daughters wore out her new carpet dancing to satisfaction

and she never got over it and held a grudge against them till the day she died

several times when i was talking about the band with my uncle who was a fan and she overheard us she'd mutter something in siksika (blackfoot language which she was) and my uncle leaned over once and said that means demons

for some strange reason i always took pride in my favorite band and this song in particular irritating her that much

60 years, unbelievable. I think this is globally known across all generations as the most famous Stones song ever made. Or could it actually be Paint It Black?

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Well worth relating is that when the six band members (plus ALO) voted on whether or not to release it as a single the voting was:

See page 318 of "Stone Alone" by Bill Wyman where the story of the vote is recounted with MJ and KR being the only voters against. He adds Dave Hassinger (recording engineer) to the list of voters.

Captain Corella

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That does seem so very long ago!!

Well worth relating is that when the six band members (plus ALO) voted on whether or not to release it as a single the voting was:

Jones, Watts, Wyman, Stewart, Oldham FOR
Jagger, Richards - AGAINST

(For those that check details, yes, Ian was always a full member of legal entity called The Rolling Stones)

It really does. A ten-year-old, purchasing this record in 1965, would be 70 this year. The fact that the Stones are still with us, only makes it more incredible. Heck, even though I'm in my forties, this record was a released 18 years' before I was born!

Arguably the best song of the rock and roll era.

Top 10 for sure, IMHO.

I was 4 years old when it was released.

it really is incredible when you take in just how much time has passed since 1965

my mother was 8 and i wouldn't be born for another 26 years

and in 2065 when satisfaction turns 100 i'll be 74

Hey ProfessorWolf, you're showing your age. But in reverse context.

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Stoneage
Played 999 times live in total according to setlist fm. Number 5 on that list.

Is setlist fm like The Old Farmer's Almanac?

This is from 1-25-2024 so obviously all but two of these, as far as I can tell, have been played 20 more times, which brings Satisfaction up to 993 times.

Google AI says 2,057 times. Google AI is always wrong.

Which songs have The Rolling Stones played live the most?
1. ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ – 1,196
2. ‘Brown Sugar’ – 1,137
3. ‘Honky Tonk Women’ – 1,137
4. ‘Tumbling Dice’ – 1,122
5. ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ – 973
6. ‘Start Me Up’ – 918
7. ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ – 827
8. ‘It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It)’ – 801
9. ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ – 781
10. ‘Miss You’ – 771

[faroutmagazine.co.uk].

Setlist fm's list:

1) J J Flash 1,216
2) H T Woman 1,157
3) Tumbling Dice 1,142
4) Brown Sugar 1,137
5) Satisfaction 999
6) S M U 938

Satisfaction reached nr 1 in the Dutch topcharts in 1965 - one if my favourite songs.

Here’s a toughie:

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, or My Generation?

For me, these are, arguably, the two most important single releases of 1965.

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Big Al
Here’s a toughie:

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, or My Generation?

For me, these are, arguably, the two most important single releases of 1965.

not really tough for me

satisfaction

nothing wrong with my generation but i'm a stones fan first and i'm of the opinion satisfaction had a larger impact

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Stoneage
Setlist fm's list:

1) J J Flash 1,216
2) H T Woman 1,157
3) Tumbling Dice 1,142
4) Brown Sugar 1,137
5) Satisfaction 999
6) S M U 938

There were only 20 shows in 2024. They didn't play Satisfaction 26 times. All the rest of those numbers appear to be correct.

Still the song that sums up me and life until now. Its first blast across the radio waves in 1965 was and is a call to arms regarding all.

Just a shame that the opening show in Barcelona on the 10th of May 2025 never happened! Especially if that would have been the 1000th performance of Satisfaction. However, I doubt these sites get it 100 % right, and setlist.fm don't have many updated set lists from 1963-65. I think they have played the 1000th version of Satisfaction already. Remember that The Stones played more than a 1000 gigs in their first five years, most of all in 1963, but no one has a full overview over all the set lists and correct count in those early years. (According to setlist.fm they have played Come On only 14 times, which of course is wrong; and Not Fade Away is listed at 201 performances, with the majority from Voodoo Lounge tour - but as we all know it was played a lot in the mid-sixties.)

Setlist.fm is bunk. Why anyone sources it...

Would love to hear Satisfaction in a proper stereo remix one day. Not those released on Hot rocks (1984) or the remaster from 2002.

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Would love to hear Satisfaction in a proper stereo remix one day. Not those released on Hot rocks (1984) or the remaster from 2002.

Wasn’t there an unreleased stereo-mix from 1966, that sounded pretty good? It’s on YouTube, I’m sure. Ian Stewart’s piano is quite audible. The mono-mix buries so much!

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GasLightStreet
Setlist.fm is bunk. Why anyone sources it...

Okay - give us a better source then.

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Stoneage

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GasLightStreet
Setlist.fm is bunk. Why anyone sources it...

Okay - give us a better source then.

I love Setlist.fm. Certainly, it not flawless; it’s edited by concert-goers, right?

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Big Al
Here’s a toughie:

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, or My Generation?

For me, these are, arguably, the two most important single releases of 1965.

not really tough for me

satisfaction

nothing wrong with my generation but i'm a stones fan first and i'm of the opinion satisfaction had a larger impact

My Generation is lovely...but come on, no contest. If you pit Satisfaction against Like A Rolling Stone..,

Those two are the most important releases of 1965.

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ProfessorWolf

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Big Al
Here’s a toughie:

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, or My Generation?

For me, these are, arguably, the two most important single releases of 1965.

not really tough for me

satisfaction

nothing wrong with my generation but i'm a stones fan first and i'm of the opinion satisfaction had a larger impact

My Generation is lovely...but come on, no contest. If you pit Satisfaction against Like A Rolling Stone..,

Those two are the most important releases of 1965.

And as far as rock music go, not just of 1965, but most likely for all time. Definitive stuff.

- Doxa



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