Brian Jones, overshadowed by Jagger and Richards, grew bored attempting to write songs, and with conventional guitar melodies. The Mick Jagger/ Keith Richards songwriting collaboration was producing more original material for the band, culminating in the sessions for Aftermath (1966) where, for the first time, the duo penned every track on the album. "Paint It Black" came at a pivotal period in the Rolling Stones' recording history. The record was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018. The Rolling Stones have played the song on several tours. Many artists have covered "Paint It Black" it is included on compilation albums, and appeared on film soundtracks. It received a platinum certification in the UK from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and from Italy's Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI). The song also topped charts in Canada and the Netherlands. It was the band's third number-one single in the US and sixth in the UK. It was in the UK Singles Chart for 11 weeks in 2007. A chart success for the Stones, the song spent eleven weeks – including two at number one – on the US Billboard Hot 100, and spent 10 weeks – including one atop the chart – on the Record Retailer chart in the UK. Retrospectively, critics have considered "Paint It Black" more favourably, and Rolling Stone magazine has ranked it one of the greatest songs of all time. Reviews at the time were mixed and some music critics believed its sitar sound was an attempt to copy the Beatles.
London Records included it as the opening track on the American version of the band's 1966 studio album Aftermath. London Records released the song as a single on in the United States Decca Records released it on 13 May in the United Kingdom. A product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' songwriting partnership, it is an uptempo song with Indian, Middle Eastern and Eastern European influences and features lyrics about grief and loss. Ciara - The Dream (Love King Remix) (feat." Paint It Black" is a song recorded in 1966 by the English rock band the Rolling Stones.Lupita Nyong’o, Ester Dean, LaLa & City Girls) 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 they're 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 and it has been painted black Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts It's 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 wanna see it painted, painted black Black as night, black as coal I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black) 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 Hmm hmm hmm