Paint It, Black

Infobox Single
Name = Paint It, Black


Artist = The Rolling Stones
from Album = Aftermath
B-side = "Stupid Girl" (US)
"Long Long While" (UK)
Released = 13 May 1966 (UK)
7 May 1966 (US>
Format = 7"
Recorded = 6 - 9 March 1966
Genre = Raga rock, psychedelic rock
Length = 3:45 (mono mix)
3:22 (stereo mix)
Label = Decca F.12395 (UK)
London 45-LON.901 (US)
Writer = Jagger/Richards
Producer = Andrew Loog Oldham
Chart position = * #1 (UK Singles Chart)
* #1 (US Billboard Hot 100)
Reviews =
Last single = "19th Nervous Breakdown"
(1966)
This single = "Paint It, Black"
(1966)
Next single = "Mother's Little Helper"
(1966)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = UK single cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = Extra musicsample |filename=The_Rolling_Stones_-_Paint_It_Black.ogg |title=Paint It, Black |format=OggInfobox Single
Name = Paint it Black


Caption =
Artist = Eric Burdon & War
from Album = The Black Man's Burdon
B-side = Nights in White Satin
Released = 1971
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1970
Genre = latin, psychedelic, R&B, funk
Length = 4:04
Label = Liberty
Writer = Jagger/Richards
Producer = Jerry Goldstein
Certification =
Chart position = #31 in Netherlands
Last single = "Tobacco Road" (1970)
This single = "Paint it Black" (1971)
Next single = "They Can't Take Away Our Music" (1971)"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 in 1966. It was released as a single and included on the U.S. version of the album "Aftermath". In 2004 it was ranked #174 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

History and composition

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 after a visit with George Harrison) and acoustic guitar, and Jagger contributed the lyrics, seemingly about a man mourning his dead girlfriend. The lead electric guitar and the background vocals are provided by Richards. The piano is played by Jack Nitzsche.

The bass was also overdubbed by Bill Wyman playing on the bass pedals of a Hammond B3 organ.

Richards has stated in an interview that the song was not intended to have a comma in its title, and that this was added by the record label. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=toSbe1xQxToC&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=%22paint+it+black%22+comma&source=web&ots=2-0R9xqzWB&sig=iPEQDBPz-zGJzbYTkeTTRdutRs8 Interview] ]

Before Eric Burdon & War's 1970 version reached the charts in Netherlands, Eric Burdon & The Animals covered it in 1967 for their debut album, Winds of Change. The original album version of Eric Burdon & War had a length of 13:41.

Eric Burdon & The Animals performed it at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. This version was cut and included in the motion picture of the festival. They performed it also on the BBC.

In 1969 the song was a highlight performed live by Eric Burdon & War. After releasing their first album they recorded shortly a second featuring "Paint It Black medley" with a length of over 13 minutes. In 1971 they released it as a single.

Eric Burdon performed it also on his "Hippiefest" tour in 2008.

References in popular culture

In recent years, the song has become associated with the Vietnam War due to its use in the ending credits of "Full Metal Jacket" and the opening credits of "Tour of Duty". It was also used in 2004 in an episode-ending montage in the NBC television show "American Dreams", when a major character went missing in Vietnam. Its other film appearances include "For Love of the Game" and 1997's "The Devil's Advocate", played during the closing credits. The pilot of "Nip/Tuck" TV show also uses the Rolling Stones' version of the song. The song, as covered by Gob, was also featured in the film "Stir of Echoes". The Gob cover also plays over the end credits of the 2004 mini-series of "Salem's Lot". A French version of the song, recorded by Marie Laforêt, appears in both "The Devil's Advocate" and the 2006 film "", and an alternative version appears on commercials for "The Sopranos" on A&E.

"Paint It, Black" was also used in five video game titles. ' used the song during the opening sequence, while ' used the beginning of the song in the opening screen, then the whole song again in its end credits, and inserted into level music throughout moments of gameplay. A version of the karaoke game "SingStar" also features "Paint It, Black". The song is also featured in ' as a playable track, with an extended ending to avoid fading out like the original did (the game makes use of the master track). However, it is unable to be played in Co-op mode, as the bass and guitar tracks could not be separated (this can be heard in single-player mode also; when one makes a mistake, both the guitar and bass cut out). It is also heard playing on some static radios in the Eve of Destruction total conversion for "Battlefield 1942", ' and "Battlefield 2".

Isaac Brock's indie side project Ugly Casanova has referenced the song in "Barnacles".

"American Idol" Top 6 covered a short version of this for the Ford music video.

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.

The 1972 song "Thirteen" on the Big Star album "#1 Record" contains the lyric "Tell him what we said 'bout 'Paint It, Black'".

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.

The song is featured in the Swedish movie "Joa, degen and Daver".

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.

In the Dresden Dolls' song, "Jeep", Amanda sings "I see a red jeep and I want to paint it black" in reference to the "Paint It, Black" line "I see a red door and I want to paint it black".

The Second Chapter in Alan Moore's is set in 1966 and titled "Paint it Black".

The song "Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance makes reference to the "Paint It, Black" in the line "... so paint it black and take it back..."

Janet Fitch's 2006 novel "Paint It Black" is named after the song; also, the quote before the first chapter is the first four lines of the Rolling Stones song. [ [http://literati.net/Fitch/FitchBooks.htm Books by Janet Fitch ] ]

The music website Last.FM has two skins, Simply Red and Paint It Black.

The Lee Mead version of Paint It Black will be used by Vincent Simone & Louisa Lytton due to represent the United Kingdom at the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest [http://www.eurovisiondance.tv/event/artistdetail?song=24557&event=1473] .

Credits

*Mick Jagger – lead vocals
*Brian Jones – sitar, acoustic guitar
*Keith Richards – backing vocal, electric guitar
*Bill Wyman – bass, Hammond B3
*Charlie Watts – drums
*Jack Nitzsche – piano

Cover versions

“Paint It, Black” has also been covered by many different bands and music artists, including:

*The Unseen
*7 Shot Screamers
*3 Steps Ahead
*The Accüsed
*After Hours
*The Agony Scene
*The Animals
*Anti-Nowhere League
*Anvil
*Astrovamps
*At all cost
*The Avengers
*The Black Dahlia Murder
*Blondie
*Blue Öyster Cult
*Burn It Down
*Caterina Caselli (in Italian as "Tutto Nero")
*Dragan Kojic Keba (in Serbian as "U crno obojeno")
*Vanessa Carlton
*Crack
*Darkseed
*Deadsy
*Deep Purple
*Deranged
*Dirk Bach (in German as "Schwarz und Rot", Cover Version of a the Cover by Karel Gott)
*Duran Duran
*Earth Crisis
*Echo and the Bunnymen
*Einherjer
*Example
*Face to Face
*Chris Farlowe
*Die Puhdys
*The Feelies
*Firewater
*Gabor Szabo
*Gina Glocksen
*Guy Mann Dude
*Judas Priest
*Gob
*Grip Inc.
*Karel Gott (in German as "Schwarz und Rot")
*Half Japanese
*Hampton String Quartet
*Francoise Hardy (in French as "Marie Douceur")
*Hayseed Dixie
* [http://www.thehypertonics.com/mp3/The_Hypertonics_58_Cover_Paint_It_Black_Rolling_Stones.mp3 The Hypertonics]
*Hrvatski
*Inkubus Sukkubus
*Lee Mead
*Marie Laforêt (French version)
*Jonny Lang
*Tracy Lawrence
*Ottmar Liebert
*The LSO with Marc Almond
*Marduk
*Mephisto Walz
*Mind Garage
*M-Clan
*The Meteors
*The Mo-dettes
*The Mighty Lemon Drops
*Los Mockers
*Azúcar Moreno
*Kalan Porter
*The Quakes
*Quasi
*The Radiators (US)
*Rage
*R.E.M.
*The Residents
*Rush
*Sixth Finger
*shemale ZERO
*Skrewdriver
*Smack (Finnish band)
*The Standells
*The Tea Party
*Television
*The Three Sixes
*Tunnel of Love
*Type O Negative
*U2
*Ümlaut
*The Unseen
*Rick Wakeman
*War (and Eric Burdon)
*W.A.S.P.
*Within Temptation

References

External links

* [http://www.rollingstones.com/discog/?v=so&a=1&id=49 "Paint It, Black" on the official Rolling Stones site]