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"19th Nervous Breakdown" is a song recorded by the English rock band
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and
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, it was recorded in late 1965 and released as a single in February 1966. It reached number 2 on both the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Britain's '' Record Retailer'' chart (subsequently the
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), while topping the charts compiled by '' Cash Box'' and ''
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''. In the UK, it broke the band's streak of consecutive number-one singles that had started with "
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" (1964).


Composition and recording

The song was written during the group's October–December 1965 tour of the United States and recorded at the conclusion of their fourth North American tour during the ''Aftermath'' album sessions, between 3 and 8 December 1965 at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. Jagger came up with the title first and then wrote the lyrics around it. The opening guitar figure is played by Keith Richards while in the verses
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plays a bass-note figure that derives from " Diddley Daddy" by
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, a major influence on the Rolling Stones' style. Here the riff is extended into a long blues chord progression behind verbose lyrics similar to those of their previous UK single, " Get Off of My Cloud", and the verse alternates with a bridge theme. The track is also known for Bill Wyman's so-called "dive-bombing" bass line at the end. At almost four minutes' duration, it is long by the standards of the time. '' Cash Box'' described the single as a "pulsating, hard-driving fast-moving bluesy affair about a sensitive gal who lets her guy get him down."


Personnel

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backing vocals, lead guitar,
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guitar * Bill Wyman bass * Charlie Watts drums Additional musician * Ian Stewart piano


Release

"19th Nervous Breakdown" was released as a single on 4 February 1966 in the UK and on 12 February 1966 in the US. Like many early Rolling Stones recordings, "19th Nervous Breakdown" has been officially released only in mono sound. A rather weak stereo mix (as well as being about 20 seconds shorter) of the song has turned up in private and bootleg collections. One version of the stereo mix features a radically different vocal from Jagger, who alternates between mellow on the verses and rawer on the chorus. The Stones performed "19th Nervous Breakdown" live on ''
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'' on 11 September. "19th Nervous Breakdown" has further appeared on numerous Stones compilations, including ''
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'' (1971), '' Singles Collection: The London Years'' (1989), ''
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'' (2002), and ''
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'' (2012). In 2016, a previously unreleased alternate mono mix of the track appeared on ''Stray Cats'', a compilation of singles and non-album tracks, in the box set ''
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''.


Commercial performance

In the UK, "19th Nervous Breakdown" reached number 2 on the '' Record Retailer'' chart. The single topped the ''
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'' Top 30 chart for three weeks in addition to the
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'' charts. The single was the fifth best-selling single of 1966 in the UK, achieving greater full-year sales than both
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". In the US, "19th Nervous Breakdown" peaked at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for three weeks, behind "
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" by SSgt Barry Sadler and number 1 on the '' Cash Box'' Top 100.


Chart performance


References


Sources

* * {{authority control The Rolling Stones songs 1966 singles Decca Records singles London Records singles Cashbox number-one singles Number-one singles in Germany Songs written by Jagger–Richards Song recordings produced by Andrew Loog Oldham 1966 songs