It is September 3, 1965: the Rolling Stones are playing (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction in public for the television show “Ready Steady Go”. Story of Melody Nelson. We are in the early days of a legend: the Stones' most famous song was released two weeks ago in Great Britain, two months after the United States – because it is the first single from the group to be released first outside -Atlantic, which does a lot for its worldwide success and for the fact that Satisfaction is today a historic monument.
The 45 rpm ranked number 1 in the charts in France, Germany, Austria, Australia, the Netherlands, Norway and, as was customary at the time, it was translated. It's not just a question of language, but it's also a question of musical language.
In this episode of These songs that come backyou hear excerpts from:
The Rolling Stones, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 1965
Aretha Franklin, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 1967
Eddy Mitchell, (Just one word) Satisfaction, 1965
Blue Cheer, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 1968
Quincy Jones, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 1965
José Feliciano, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 1970
Joe Pass, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 1967
Tritons, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 1973
Devo, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 1978
Samantha Fox, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 1987
Britney Spears, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 2000
Cat Power, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, 2000
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