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The song was influential to the burgeoning psychedelic genre as the first chart-topping single to feature the sitar, and widened the instrument's audience. This instrumental experimentation matches other songs on Aftermath. In contrast to previous Rolling Stones singles with straightforward rock arrangements, 'Paint It Black' has unconventional instrumentation, including a prominent sitar, the Hammond organ and castanets.

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Originating from a series of improvisational melodies played by Brian Jones on the sitar, all five members of the band contributed to the final arrangement, although only Jagger and Richards were credited as songwriters.

Two months later, London Records included it as the opening track on the American version of the band's 1966 studio album Aftermath, though it is not on the original UK release. London Records released the song as a single on in the United States, and Decca Records released it on 13 May in the United Kingdom. A product of the songwriting partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, it is a raga rock song with Indian, Middle Eastern and Eastern European influences and lyrics about grief and loss.

' Paint It Black' is a song recorded in 1966 by the English rock band the Rolling Stones.