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"19th Nervous Breakdown"
German picture sleeve
Single by The Rolling Stones
B-side	"As Tears Go By" (UK) "Sad Day" (USA)
Released	4 February 1966 (UK) 12 February 1966 (USA)
Format	7"
Recorded	3 - 8 December 1965, RCA Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Rock, psychedelic rock
Length	3 min 56 s
Label	Decca F.12331 London 45-LON.9823
Writer(s)	Jagger/Richards
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham (engineer: Dave Hassinger)
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"As Tears Go By" (1965) "19th Nervous Breakdown" (1966) "Paint It, Black" (1966)
Music sample 19th Nervous Breakdown

"19th Nervous Breakdown" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones.

The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards during their 1965 tour of the United States. The song was recorded during the Aftermath sessions between December 3 and 8, 1965 at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, at the conclusion of their fourth North American tour. The song talks of a difficult, spoiled girl who cannot appreciate life. Mick Jagger says he came up with the title first, and then wrote the lyrics around the title. It was released as a single on February 4, 1966 and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in America, and in the U.K. 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 recognized in Britain at the time.

The hypnotic riff Brian Jones is playing during the verses pays a tribute to Bo Diddley's song "Diddley Daddy", Diddley being a major influence on the Stones' style.^{[1] [2]} The song is also well-known for Bill Wyman's so-called "dive-bombing" bass line at the end of the song.

Like many early Stones recordings, "19th Nervous Breakdown" has only been officially released in mono sound. A stereo mix of the song has turned up in private and bootleg collections, however.^[3]

This was one of three songs ("(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "As Tears Go By" being the other two) the Rolling Stones performed on their Ed Sullivan Show appearance in 1966, their first color broadcast on U.S. television.

The Monkees' Song, "Auntie Grizelda", written in 1966, was influenced by the Stone's song "19th Nervous Breakdown"

Tom Verlaine, lead guitarist and songwriter of Television, noted that hearing this song during his adolescence inspired him to pick up the guitar.

External links

• Complete Official Lyrics

References

The Rolling Stones singles discography Decca/London singles 1963: "Come On" / "I Want to Be Loved" · "Poison Ivy" / "Fortune Teller" · "I Wanna Be Your Man" / "Stoned" 1964: "Not Fade Away" / "Little by Little" (UK) · "Not Fade Away" / "I Wanna Be Your Man" (US) · "It's All Over Now" / "Good Times, Bad Times" · "Tell Me" / "I Just Want to Make Love to You" · "Time Is on My Side" / "Congratulations" · "Little Red Rooster" / "Off the Hook" · "Heart of Stone" / "What a Shame" 1965: "What a Shame" / "Heart of Stone" · "The Last Time" / "Play with Fire" · "Play with Fire" / "The Last Time" · "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (US) · "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Spider and the Fly" (UK) · "Get Off of My Cloud" / "I'm Free" (US) · "Get Off of My Cloud" / "The Singer Not the Song" (UK) · "As Tears Go By" / "Gotta Get Away" 1966: "19th Nervous Breakdown" / "As Tears Go By" (UK) · "19th Nervous Breakdown" / "Sad Day" (US) · "Paint It, Black" / "Stupid Girl" (US) · "Paint It, Black" / "Long Long While" (UK) · "Mother's Little Helper" / "Lady Jane" · "Lady Jane" / "Mother's Little Helper" · "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" / "Who's Driving Your Plane" 1967: "Let's Spend the Night Together" / "Ruby Tuesday" · "Ruby Tuesday" / "Let's Spend the Night Together" · "We Love You" / "Dandelion" · "Dandelion" / "We Love You" · "In Another Land" / "The Lantern" · "She's a Rainbow" / "2000 Light Years from Home" 1968: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" / "Child of the Moon" · "Street Fighting Man" / "No Expectations" · 1969: "Honky Tonk Women" / "You Can't Always Get What You Want" Rolling Stones/Atlantic singles 1971: "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" / "Let It Rock" (live) (UK) · "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" (US) · "Wild Horses" / "Sway" · "Street Fighting Man" / "Surprise, Surprise" 1972: "Tumbling Dice" / "Sweet Black Angel" · "Happy" / "All Down the Line" 1973: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" / "Sad Day" · "Angie" / "Silver Train" · "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" / "Dancing with Mr. D" 1974: "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" / "Through the Lonely Nights" · "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" / "Dance Little Sister" 1975: "I Don't Know Why" / "Try a Little Harder" · "Out of Time" / "Jiving Sister Fanny" 1976: "Fool to Cry" / "Crazy Mama" · "Hot Stuff" / "Fool to Cry" Rolling Stones/Virgin singles 1978: "Miss You" / "Far Away Eyes" · "Beast of Burden" / "When the Whip Comes Down" · "Respectable" / "When the Whip Comes Down" · "Shattered" / "Everything Is Turning to Gold" 1980: "Emotional Rescue" / "Down in the Hole" · "She's So Cold" / "Send It to Me" 1981: "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" / "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" · "Start Me Up" / "No Use In Crying" · "Waiting on a Friend" / "Little T&A" · "Little T&A" / "Waiting on a Friend" 1982: "Hang Fire" / "Neighbours" · "Going to a Go-Go" (live) / "Beast of Burden" (live) · "Time Is on My Side" (live) / "Twenty Flight Rock" (live) 1983: "Undercover of the Night" / "All the Way Down" 1984: "She Was Hot" / "Think I'm Going Mad" · "Think I'm Going Mad" / "She Was Hot" · "Too Tough" / "Miss You" · "Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" · "Too Much Blood" / "Too Much Blood" 1986: "Harlem Shuffle" / "Had It With You" · "Winning Ugly" / "Winning Ugly" · "One Hit (To the Body)" / "Fight" 1989: "Mixed Emotions" / "Fancy Man Blues" · "Sad Sad Sad" / "Sad Sad Sad" · "Rock and a Hard Place" / "Cook Cook Blues" 1990: "Almost Hear You Sigh" / "Break the Spell" (US) · "Almost Hear You Sigh" / "Wish I'd Never Met You" (UK) · "Paint It, Black" / "Long Long While" · "Terrifying" / "Wish I'd Never Met You" 1991: "Highwire" / "2000 Light Years from Home" (live) · "Ruby Tuesday" (live) / "Play with Fire" (live) · "Sex Drive" / "Sex Drive" Virgin singles 1994: "Love Is Strong" / "The Storm" · "Love Is Strong" / "So Young" · "You Got Me Rocking" / "Jump On Top of Me" · "Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "So Young" · "Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "Sparks Will Fly" 1995: "Sparks Will Fly" / "Sparks Will Fly" · "I Go Wild" / (remixes) · "Like a Rolling Stone" (live) / "Black Limousine" / "All Down the Line" 1996: "Wild Horses" (live) / "Live with Me" (live) / "Tumbling Dice" (live) 1997: "Anybody Seen My Baby?" / (remixes) · "Flip the Switch" / "Flip the Switch" 1998: "Saint of Me" / "Gimme Shelter" / "Anyway You Look At It" · "Out of Control" / (remixes) · "Gimme Shelter" (live) / "Gimme Shelter" (live) 2002: "Don't Stop" / "Miss You" (remix) 2003: "Sympathy for the Devil" (remix) / (remixes) 2005: "Streets of Love" / "Rough Justice" · "Oh No Not You Again" / "Oh No Not You Again" · "Rain Fall Down" / (remixes) 2006: "Biggest Mistake" / "Dance Pt. 1" (live) / "Before They Make Me Run" 2007: "Paint It, Black" / "Paint It, Black" The Rolling Stones portal