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(Credits: Far Out \/ Larry Rogers)<\/p>\n
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Keith Richards<\/a> is a bona fide original. <\/p>\n He is the man behind so many of The Rolling Stones\u2019 greatest hits. Known as \u201cThe Human Riff\u201d to those who found themselves in the vicinity of the creative genius. Able to hear a riff from 500 yards away, Richards has brokered some of the most impactful moments not just in the Stones\u2019 career but in the wider landscape of culture. <\/p>\n If you ask any Rolling Stones fan if \u2018I Can\u2019t Get No (Satisfaction)\u2019 is the definition of perfection, then you\u2019d be hard-pressed to find anybody who disagrees. On the other hand, Keith Richards believes that their version of the effort isn\u2019t even the best take of the now-iconic hit.<\/p>\n Since its release in 1965, the song has continued to hit a chord in the hearts of millions, many of who feel an inseparable bond with \u2018Satisfaction\u2019<\/a>. The track is the sound of The Glimmer Twins at their unconstrained best, with nothing standing in their way as Jagger and Richards\u2019 brilliance plays off one another exquisitely. Mick Jagger penned the lyrics for the rock and roll number in a Florida hotel just four days before the band recorded it, with Keith Richards claiming the legendary feat of writing the riffs for the music in his sleep.<\/p>\n The legend goes that Richards recorded a rough version of the riff on a cassette player while in the middle of the night. When he woke up in the morning, the guitarist had no idea he had even written it. In fact, Richards said when he listened to the recording in the morning, there was an acoustic riff followed by \u201cme snoring for the next 40 minutes\u201d.<\/p>\n The song has been covered on numerous occasions; Devo, Aretha Franklin and Bj\u00f6rk and PJ Harvey have all attempted to put their spin on the track, to varying degrees of success. However, nobody has nailed it as resoundingly as Otis Redding, who took the song to another dimension and made Keith Richards feel like an amateur in comparison.<\/p>\n The singer recorded a rendition of \u2018Satisfaction\u2019 for his album Otis Blue\/Otis Redding Sings Soul, released in 1965. While he matched Jagger\u2019s vigour on the song, with help from Steve Cropper\u2019s <\/a>arrangement, he seemingly missed a lot of The Stones\u2019 lyrics \u2014 but that only adds to the charm of his interpretation. Redding once confessed: \u201cThat\u2019s because I made them up.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Keith](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Keith-Richards-1982-The-Rolling-Stones-Guitarist-Far-Out-Magazine-1024x768.jpg\")
<\/a>(Credits: Far Out \/ Marcel Antonisse \/ Anefo)<\/p>\n