Paint It, Black

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Written by: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Produced by: Andrew Oldham
Released: May '66 on London
Charts: 11 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

Brian Jones plucked the haunting sitar melody at the 1966 L.A. session for this classic. Bill Wyman added klezmer-flavored organ; studio legend Jack Nitzsche played the gypsy-style piano. "Brian had pretty much given up on the guitar by then," said Richards. "If there was [another] instrument around, he had to be able to get something out of it. It gave the Stones on record a lot of different textures."

Appears on: Aftermath (ABKCO)

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