«Paint It, Black” by The Rolling Stones
Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham
Composers: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Lyricists: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Associated Performers: Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman
Lyrics:
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and theyre all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door, I must have it painted black
Maybe then Ill fade away and not have to face the facts
Its not easy facin up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I wanna see your face, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun flying high in the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!
Producer, Associated Performer, Vocals, Guitar: Mark Knopfler
Producer: Neil Dorfsman
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: John Illsley
Associated Performer, Drums: Omar Hakim
Associated Performer, Keyboards: Alan Clark
Associated Performer, Synthesizer Programming: Guy Fletcher
Composer Lyricist: Mark Knopfler
Producer, Associated Performer, Vocals, Guitar: Mark Knopfler
Producer: Jimmy Iovine
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: John Illsley
Associated Performer, Drums: David Withers
Associated Performer, Keyboards: Roy Bittan
Composer Lyricist: Richard Rodgers
Composer Lyricist: Mark Knopfler
Composer Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II
Mark Knopfler — Vocals, Lead Guitar
Alan Clark — Keyboard
John Illsley — Bass Guitar
Guy Fletcher — Synthesizer, Backing Vocals
Terry Williams/Omar Hakim — Drums Sting — Backing Vocals
*Lyrics*
(I want my MTV)
Now look at them yo-yos thats the way you do it
You play the guitar on the M.T.V.
That aint workin thats the way you do it
Money for nothin and your chicks for free.
Now that aint workin thats the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys aint dumb
Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a blister on your thumb.
We gotta install microwave ovens custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators we gotta move these color T.V.s.
The little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy thats his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot, hes a millionaire
We gotta install microwave ovens custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators we gotta move these color T.V.s.
I shoulda learned to play the guitar
I shoulda learned to play them drums
Look at that mama she got it stickin in the camera
Man we could have some fun
And hes up there, whats that? Hawaiian noises?
You bangin on the bongos like a chimpanzee
Oh that aint workin thats the way you do it
Get your money for nothin get your chicks for free.
We gotta install microwave ovens custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators we gotta move these color T.V.s.
Listen here
Now that aint workin thats the way to do it
You play the guitar on the M.T.V.
That aint workin thats the way you do it
Money for nothin and your chicks for free
Money for nothin and the chicks for free
(Get your) Money for nothin and chicks for free
Money for nothin and the chicks for free (I want my, I want my MTV)
Money for nothin and the chicks for free
Saxophone: Andrew Love
Trumpet: Ben Cauley
Synthesizer: Bill Payne
Congas, Vocals: Bobby La Kind
Fiddle: Byron Berline
Engineer: Donn Landee
Banjo: Herb Pederson
Guitar: Jeff Baxter
Drums: John Hartman
Drums, Vocals: Keith Knudsen
Additional Engineer: Loyd Cohn
Keyboards, Synthesizer: Michael Mcdonald
Lead Vocals: Michael Mcdonald
Harmonica: Norton Buffalo
Guitar, Vocals: Pat Simmons
Producer: Ted Templeman
Bass, Vocals: Tiran Porter
Writer: Kenny Loggins
Writer: Michael McDonald
The Beatles 1 Video Collection is out now. Available on: www.thebeatles.com/
Written by John as an expression of his love for Yoko Ono, the song is heartfelt and passionate. As John told Rolling Stone magazine in 1970, “When it gets down to it, when you’re drowning, you don’t say, ‘I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,’ you just scream.”
During filming on the roof of Apple, two days after the recording of the track, the band played ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ right after doing two versions of Get Back’ and it led straight into I’ve Got A Feeling’. Michael Lindsay-Hogg was once again directing a Beatles’ shoot. He and Paul met regularly at the tail end of 1968, while Hogg was directing The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, to discuss the filming of The Beatles’ session in January. By the time that fateful Thursday came around, the penultimate day of January would be the last time The Beatles ever played together in front of any kind of audience.
This is not the version of ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ heard on the single but the version from the Let It Be… Naked album – a composite of both versions that were performed on the roof of Apple in Savile Row