Keith Richards once hated one of the Rolling Stones’ biggest hits; know which

Keith Richardslegendary guitarist Rolling Stonesdid not believe thatI Can’t Get No (Satisfaction)” would be one of the band’s hits. The musician even hated the track and revealed, in excerpts from his biography, how the composition process was (via Far Out Magazine).

The song was written during the group’s tour of the United States in 1965. Before playing in stadiums, the Rolling Stones they played shows in smaller venues, but they already excited the public. On one of the nights, after playing four tracks, they had to interrupt their presentation in Clearwater, Florida, due to a fight in the audience with police.

The frustrated show, however, yielded the “skeleton” of the hit composed by Richards that same night: “I wrote ‘Satisfaction‘ during my sleep. I didn’t remember composing. I thank God for the little Philips cassette player. The miracle happened when I looked at the player in the morning. I knew I had put in a new tape the night before, but when I saw it, it was already at the end.”

“It was just a rough idea. There was just the skeleton of the song, and there wasn’t as much noise, of course, because I had a guitar… But the skeleton is all you need,” Richards completed.

Although he didn’t mention his hatred for “Satisfaction,” your bandmate Mick Jagger exposed the situation in the documentary My Life as a Rolling Stonefrom the BBC: “I remember sitting with Keith in a hotel in Clearwater while he was writing ‘Satisfaction.’ Andrew Oldham, our manager, said, ‘This is a hit single, it’s great.’ AND Keith replied: ‘I didn’t like it. It can’t be one of the singles.’ She reached the top 1 instantly.”