19th Nervous Breakdown
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| Single by The Rolling Stones | |||||
| B-side | "As Tears Go By" (UK) "Sad Day" (USA) |
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| Released | 4 February 1966 (UK) 12 February 1966 (USA) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | 3 - 8 December 1965, RCA Studios, Hollywood | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 3 min 56 s | ||||
| Label | Decca F12331; London 45-LON 9823 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Jagger/Richards | ||||
| Producer | Andrew Loog Oldham (engineer: Dave Hassinger) | ||||
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"19th Nervous Breakdown" is a song by the English Rock Roll band The Rolling Stones. It is rumored that the song was written about Mick Jagger's then-girlfriend Chrissie Shrimpton.[1]
The song was written by Jagger and Keith Richards during their 1965 tour of the United States. The song was recorded during the Aftermath sessions between December 3 and 8, 1965 at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, at the conclusion of their fourth North American tour. The song talks of a difficult, spoiled girl who cannot appreciate life. Mick Jagger says he came up with the title first, and then wrote the lyrics around the title. It was released as a single on February 4, 1966 and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in America, and in the UK Record Retailer chart. However, it hit #1 in the NME chart and the BBC's Pick of the Pops chart, both of which were more widely recognised in Britain at the time.
The hypnotic riff Brian Jones is playing in the background during all of the verses is plainly lifted from Bo Diddley's song "Diddley Daddy". [2] [3] The song is also well-known for Bill Wyman's so-called "dive-bombing" bass line at the end of the song.
This was one of three songs ( "Satisfaction" and "As Tears Go By" being the other two ) the Stones performed on their Ed Sullivan Show appearance in 1966 , their first color broadcast on US television.
