Paint It Black

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Paint It Black
The Rolling Stones
publication May 7, 1966 (US)
May 13, 1966 (UK)
length 3:45 (mono single mix)
3:22 (stereo album mix)
Genre (s) Rock , raga rock , psychedelic rock
Author (s) Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
Label London Records (US)
Decca Records (UK)
album Aftermath

Paint It Black is a single released by the Rolling Stones on May 7, 1966 in the United States and on May 13, 1966 in Great Britain , which reached number 1 in the charts in both countries (The single accidentally came first with Paint It, Black ) . The song is also included on the US version of the album Aftermath . Second place was achieved in the German and Austrian charts.

composition

According to the booklet, the song, which can be translated as “Mach alles schwarz!”, Is only ascribed to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards , although all band members played a key role in its creation, especially Bill Wyman and Brian Jones . Jagger and Richards' original concept was slow soul from the point of view of a melancholy person who, according to their mood, wants to see everything, even the sun, in black.

The song originated when bassist Wyman was playing an organ during a recording session to parody former co-manager and organ player Eric Easton. Charlie Watts agreed to a Middle Eastern beat rhythm, which formed the basis for the later song. Brian Jones then intoned the striking sitar - reef , and Jagger wrote the lyrics about a man who mourns his dead girlfriend.

In a 1995 interview, Jagger described Paint It Black as "a kind of Turkish song". Bir Eylül Akşamı ('An Evening in September'), published in 1962 by Erkin Koray , has similarities.

The band's next number 1 hit in England wasn't until almost exactly two years later with the single Jumpin 'Jack Flash released on May 24, 1968 .

Cultural influence

The song was often associated with the Vietnam War through its use in the credits of the film Full Metal Jacket and in the opening credits of the series NAM - Dienst in Vietnam . The piece can also be heard in the film Aus Liebe zum Spiel with Kevin Costner , in the credits of the thriller On behalf of the Devil with Al Pacino and the pilot episode by Nip / Tuck . The song was also used in the computer games Conflict: Vietnam, Twisted Metal: Black , Guitar Hero III, and Mafia III . The song is also used in the trailer for the Call of Duty: Black Ops III game. A cover version of the song (interpreted by Gob ) plays an important role in the film Echoes . Another version without vocals was set to music by Ramin Djawadi for the TV series Westworld in 2016 .

Cover versions

Paint It Black has been covered by numerous bands and artists, including:

  • 3 Steps Ahead , released as a single in 1998
  • The Agony Scene , released in 2003 on the album The Agony Scene
  • Marc Almond with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , released in 1998 on the Philharmania sampler by Mike Batt
  • The Animals , released in 1967 on the album Winds of Change
  • Anti-Nowhere League , released in 1983 on the album Live in Yugoslavia
  • Anvil , released in 1981 on the album Hard 'n' Heavy (under the group name Lips)
  • Avengers , released in 1983 on the album Avengers
  • Band of Susans
  • The Black Dahlia Murder , released in 2002 on the EP A Cold-Blooded Epitaph
  • Eric Burdon & War , released in 1970 on the album The Black-Man's Burdon
  • Vanessa Carlton , released in 2002 on the album Be Not Nobody
  • Ciara , released as a single in 2015
  • Deadsy , released in 2006 on the album Phantasmagore
  • Django 3000 , under the title "Black and Red"
  • Earth Crisis , released in 2006 on the album Last of the Sane
  • Echo & the Bunnymen , released in 1988 on the EP New Live and Rare
  • The Eternal Afflict , released in 1992 on the EP Luminographic Agony
  • Face to Face , released as a single in 1996
  • Chris Farlowe , released in 1966 on the album The Art of Chris Farlowe
  • The Feelies , released in 1990 as a bonus track on the CD release of the Crazy Rhythms album
  • Firewater , released in 2004 on Songs We Should Have Written
  • Gob , released in 1998 as a bonus track on the US version of How far Shallow Takes You
  • Karel Gott , released in 1969 on the album In one world for the two of us under the title Black and Red
  • Grip Inc. , released in 1995 on the Dynamo Open Air 10th Anniversary sampler
  • Hayseed Dixie , released in 2007 on the album Weapons of Grass Destruction
  • Incubus Succubus , released in 1997 on the album Vampyre Erotica
  • Marie Laforêt , released in 1966 as a single under the title Marie Douceur, Marie Colère
  • Jonny Lang , released in 1999 on the soundtrack album For Love of the Game: Music from the Motion Picture
  • Tracy Lawrence , released in 1997 on the sampler Stone Country: Country Artists Perform the Songs of the Rolling Stones
  • Ottmar Liebert , released 2001 on the album Little Wing
  • M Clan , released in 2001 on the album Sin enchufe as Todo negro
  • Marduk , released in 2002 on the compilation album Blackcrowned
  • Mephisto Walz , published in 1992 on the EP As Apostles Forget as Painted Black
  • The Meteors , released in 1991 on the album Madman Roll
  • Rage , released in 1998 on the album XIII
  • The Residents , released in 2000 on the compilation album Dot.Com
  • The Standells , released in 1966 on the album Why Pick On Me
  • Gábor Szabó , released in 1966 on the album Jazz Raga
  • The Tea Party , released in 2000 on the compilation album Tangents: The Tea Party Collection
  • Three Sixes , released in 2004 on the album Three Sixes
  • Glenn Tipton , released in 1997 on the album Baptizm of Fire
  • U2 , released in 1991 on the album Achtung Baby and in 1992 as the b-side of the single Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
  • The Unseen , released in 2005 on the State of Discontent album
  • Hikaru Utada , released in 1999 on the album First Love
  • Vicious Rumors , released in 1994 on the Digi-Pack version of the Word of Mouth album
  • Rick Wakeman , released in 1994 on the album Wakeman with Wakeman: The Official Bootleg
  • WASP , released in 1984 on the B-side of the single School Daze and in 1997 on the re-release of the debut album WASP

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Rolling Stones. Songbook. 155 songs [1963–1977] with sheet music. German by Teja Schwaner, Jörg Fauser and Carl Weissner . With 75 alternative translations by Helmut Salzinger . Two thousand and one, Frankfurt am Main 1977, p. 58 f.
  2. ↑ Oldie Stories: "Paint it black" by the Rolling Stones . In: MDR Thuringia . October 28, 2013. ( archive.org )
  3. ^ Rollingstone.com: Mick Jagger Remembers
  4. ↑ Song by Erkin Koray: Bir eylül akşamı. September 1, 2011, accessed May 15, 2019 .
  5. ↑ imdb.com: Westworld