19th Nervous Breakdown
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| "19th Nervous Breakdown" | ||
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| Single by Rolling Stones | ||
| from the album Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) | ||
| Released | 1966 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | December 3-8, 1965 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3 min 56 s | |
| Label | ABKCO | |
| Producer(s) | Andrew Loog Oldham | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Rolling Stones singles chronology | ||
| "As Tears Go By" (1966) |
"19th Nervous Breakdown" (1966) |
"Paint It, Black" (1966) |
"19th Nervous Breakdown" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones. It is rumored that the song was written about Mick Jagger's then-girlfriend Chrissie Shrimpton.
The song was written by Jagger and Keith Richards during their 1965 tour of the United States. Recorded between December 3 and 8 of 1965, the song talks of a difficult, spoiled girl who cannot appreciate life. It was released as a single on February 4 of 1966 and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 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 lifted plainly from Bo Diddley's song, "Diddley Daddy".
This was one of 3 songs the Stones performed on their Ed Sullivan Show appearance in 1966, the first color broadcast on US television.
It was featured in the 2002 Adam Sandler movie, Anger Management.
Many internet lyric sites seem to come from the same source and have more than a few of the lyrics incorrectly stated.
1st verse, 2nd line: "Center of a crowd" should be " 'S in half a cloud" the "'S" is a contraction of "Who is".
2nd verse, 2nd line: "always spoiled" should be "overjoyed"
The section called "break" should really be called a "bridge"
At the end of the bridge "oh please" should really be "on me!"
