{"id":645129,"date":"2026-06-18T10:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/645129\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:48:10","slug":"the-1965-song-that-made-the-rolling-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/645129\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1965 song that “made The Rolling Stones”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit: Far Out \/ Bent Rej<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s no secret that a degree of friendly rivalry existed between The Rolling Stones<\/a> and The Beatles. <\/p>\n

If you speak to anyone who was alive in the 1960s and enjoyed contemporary pop music, most will side with one or the other. With the comfort of retrospect, however, the younger generations will, by and large, venerate both in their respective fields, which were ultimately disparate.<\/p>\n

Although the rivalry has often been exaggerated over the years, it served an important role in shaping the narrative of 1960s British music. Fans and journalists were eager to frame the bands as competitors, even when their musical ambitions increasingly took them in different directions.<\/p>\n

The two bands remained acquainted for most of the 1960s despite the public\u2019s perception of a fierce, elbow-jabbing feud. In the early \u201960s, The Rolling Stones were just another rhythm and blues cover band in a sea of rhythm and blues bands littering London\u2019s genre-friendly venues. One of their earliest leg-ups was incidentally a helping hand from The Beatles.<\/p>\n

While inducting The Beatles into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame<\/a> in 1988, Mick Jagger recalled his band\u2019s early association with the Fab Four. \u201cWe were doin\u2019 Chuck Berry songs and blues and things, and we thought that we were totally unique animals,\u201d Jagger noted. \u201cAnd then we heard there was a group from Liverpool, and they had long hair, scruffy clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He then described his bitter envy upon hearing \u2018Love Me Do\u2019 for the first time. \u201cBut they had a record contract. And they had a record on the charts, with a bluesy harmonica on it, called \u2018Love Me Do.\u2019 When I heard the combination of all these things, I was almost sick,\u201d Jagger added.<\/p>\n

\u201cLater on, they gave us our first big hit in England, which was a song they wrote called \u2018I Wanna Be Your Man\u2019,\u201d Jagger continued, noting the vital leg-up. \u201cAnd we were very grateful for that \u2019cause that really broke us in England. The example of the way they wrote and the original way that they crafted their songs wasn\u2019t lost on us. And later on, their success in America<\/a> broke down a lot of doors that helped everyone else from England that followed. And I thank them very much for all those things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further reading: From The Vault<\/p>\n

Jagger\u2019s reflections reveal the complexity of the relationship between the two groups. While there was undoubtedly a competitive edge, there was also a level of admiration and gratitude that is often overlooked when the story is reduced to a simple battle between rivals.<\/p>\n

The Stones released \u2018I Wanna Be Your Man\u2019 in November 1963 as their second single, just five months before the arrival of their eponymous debut album. The first and second albums, both released in 1964, were created in the infancy of Jagger and Keith Richards\u2019 songwriting ventures and, hence, relied heavily upon covers.<\/p>\n

As Jagger sees it, the major turning point was 1965, the year of Out of Our Heads and the album\u2019s hit single, \u2018(I Can\u2019t Get No) Satisfaction\u2019. The catchy riff and Jagger\u2019s punchy, assertive lyrics highlighted the band\u2019s turn towards commercial success as a pop group and the beginning of Brian Jones\u2019 downfall as the band\u2019s leader.<\/p>\n

Discussing the seismic hit, which became the Stones\u2019 first US number-one single, Jagger noted this turning point. \u201cIt was the song that really made the Rolling Stones, changed us from just another band into a huge, monster band,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has a very catchy title. It has a very catchy guitar riff. It has a great guitar sound, which was original at that time. And it captures a spirit of the times, which is very important in those kinds of songs \u2026 Which was alienation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Beatles may have set The Rolling Stones on the right track with \u2018I Wanna Be Your Man\u2019, but \u2018(I Can\u2019t Get No) Satisfaction\u2019 was undoubtedly pivotal in lifting the band flush with its rivals, making way for a flourish of ensuing singles and seminal albums.<\/p>\n

The journey from receiving a Lennon-McCartney composition to producing a defining anthem like \u2018Satisfaction\u2019 encapsulates one of rock music\u2019s most remarkable evolutions. The Beatles may have opened a door for The Rolling Stones, but the band quickly forged its own identity, ensuring that the rivalry between the two groups would endure not because one eclipsed the other, but because both ultimately became giants in their own right.<\/p>\n

Listen to \u2018(I Can\u2019t Get No) Satisfaction\u2019 below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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