| "Mother's Little Helper" | ||||||
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| Single by Rolling Stones | ||||||
| from the album Aftermath | ||||||
| Released | July 2, 1966 (US) | |||||
| Format | 7" | |||||
| Recorded | December 3-8 1965 | |||||
| Genre | Rock | |||||
| Length | 2:45 | |||||
| Label | London 45-LON.902 (US) | |||||
| Writer(s) | Jagger/Richards | |||||
| Producer | Andrew Loog Oldham | |||||
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"Mother's Little Helper" is a song by the English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones. It first appeared as the opening track to the UK version of their 1966 album Aftermath.
It was released as a single in the US and peaked at # 8 on the Billboard Singles Charts in 1966. The B-side "Lady Jane" peaked at # 24.[1]
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Mother's Little Helper" was recorded in Los Angeles from 3 to 8 December 1965. The song deals with the darker perspective of the use of prescription drugs among housewives.
| “ | Kids are different
today, I hear ev'ry mother say Mother needs something today to calm her down And though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill She goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day |
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Towards the end of the song, the mother's are warned:
| “ | And if you take more
of those you will get an overdose No more running for the shelter of a mother's little helper They just helped you on your way through your busy dying day |
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The song is based around folksy chords and an eastern-flavored guitar riff sounding like a sitar. The riff is actually a heavily compressed 12-string electric guitar played with a slide. The ending of the song was the idea of Bill Wyman.
Over the years the song has been recorded by many notable artists including, in 2005, Liz Phair for the soundtrack to the television series Desperate Housewives, rock band Tesla, in their 1990 live acoustic record Five Man Acoustical Jam, and in 2007 acoustically by Canadian Punk band Sum 41 for their performance on the AOL Sessions Under Cover.
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