On this day (September 9) in 1965, The Rolling Stones topped the UK Singles Chart with \u201c(I Can\u2019t Get No) Satisfaction.\u201d It was their fourth No. 1 single in their home country. The song had already spent four weeks atop the Hot 100 in the United States. However, British radio stations initially refused to play the single due to its lyrical content.<\/p>\n
\u201c(I Can\u2019t Get No) Satisfaction\u201d is arguably one of the most popular songs The Rolling Stones ever released. More than 60 years later, it remains one of their best-known cuts and was their first No. 1 in the United States. However, it had a slow start in the band\u2019s home country.<\/p>\n
[RELATED: On This Day in 1965, The Rolling Stones Scored Their First No. 1 in the United States with a Song Banned in Their Home Country]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Stones released it in the United States on June 4, 1965, backed with \u201cThe Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man.\u201d More than two months later, on August 20, they released it in the United Kingdom, backed with \u201cThe Spider and the Fly.\u201d<\/p>\n Initially, British radio stations didn\u2019t play \u201cSatisfaction\u201d due to its suggestive lyrical content. Specifically, the line \u201ctrying to make some girl\u201d made DJs reluctant to spin the record and tempt the country\u2019s censors. Pirate radio stations, however, had no such issue. As a result, it became an underground favorite in the band\u2019s home country. However, it didn\u2019t stay underground for long. Less than a month after its release, it was at No. 1 on the official UK Singles chart.<\/p>\n Not Everyone in The Rolling Stones Liked \u201c(I Can\u2019t Get No) Satisfaction\u201d<\/p>\n The Rolling Stones\u2019 former bassist, Bill Wyman, revealed<\/a> that Keith Richards and Mick Jagger weren\u2019t initially fans of the massive hit. He recalled that the band, their manager\/producer Andrew Oldham, and Dave Hassinger, the RCA Studio engineer, voted on The Stones\u2019 next single. \u201cFive voted for \u2018(I Can\u2019t Get No) Satisfaction,\u2019 and two voted against. The two against were Mick and Keith,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Jagger once revealed why he didn\u2019t want the song to be released as a single. \u201cI\u2019d rather be dead than sing \u2018Satisfaction\u2019 when I\u2019m 45,\u201d he told People<\/a> in 1975. He\u2019s currently 82 and still singing it.<\/p>\n