Otis Redding recorded a rendition of "Satisfaction" for his album Otis Blue, 1965. Otis claimed that he did not know the lyrics of the song, saying: "I use a lot of words different than the Stones' version," Redding noted. "That's because I made them up."Of that session, Steve Cropper said, "...if you ever listened to the record you can hardly understand the lyrics, right? I set down to a record player and copied down what I thought the lyrics were and I handed Otis a piece of paper and before we got through with the cut, he threw the paper on the floor and that was it." "Music writer Robert Christgau described it as an "anarchic reading" of the Stones' original. Redding's soul-style arrangement featured horns playing the main riff, as Keith Richards had originally intended. In 2003, Ronnie Wood noted that The Rolling Stones' later concert renditions of the number reflect Redding's interpretation.
Lyrics:
I can get no satisfaction
I can get no satisfaction
I have tried, I have tried
I have tried, I have tried
I can't get me no more, oh Lord
And I can't get no more, oh Lord
When I'm driving in my car
And the man talks on the radio
He keep tellin' me more and more
About that useless information
He's tryin' to mess up my imagination
And I can't get me no more, oh Lord
And I can't
Hey, hey, hey, gotta, gotta, gotta, we gotta groove
We gotta have it, gotta, we gotta have it, gotta, we gotta have it
Keep on grooving, keep on grooving
Keep on grooving [Incomprehensible] yeah
I can get no satisfaction
I can get no satisfaction
I have tried, I have tried
I have tried, God, I have tried, tried, tried
I can't get no, oh Lord
And I can't get me no, oh no Lord
Best you gotta keep on movin', rollin' now
Keep on rocking, rocking, baby yeah
Gotta, gotta have it, you gotta
Gotta won't you wait for time
This little girl is tryin' to put me down
I keep on walkin' 'round in my sleep
Keep on messin' up any beat
Keep on tryin' to find me somebody
Somebody to love me, give me some reaction
I cannot find nobody, oh no, nobody
Give me no faction, faction, faction
We gotta have it satisfaction
We got to have it satisfaction
Earlier in the morning want satisfaction
Later in the evening want satisfaction
Break it down
Give it to me, let me have it
Give me some, want me some
Give it to me, let me have me some, faction
Give it to me, faction, give me some, faction
Got a satisfaction, you gotta get it, satisfaction
[Incomprehensible] satisfaction, you gotta get it, satisfaction
[Incomprehensible] satisfaction, you got satisfaction
Give it to me, satisfaction, got to satisfy
Got to satisfy, got to satisfy
Gotta, gotta, gotta
Gotta, gotta, gotta
Gotta, gotta, gotta
Gotta, gotta