Paint It Black

song by The Rolling Stones
VisualArtwork single Q1046717
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Summary

Paint It Black is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 0.4% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,288 views/month, #91 of 23,006).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Mick Jagger[3], Keith Richards[4]
  • Genre: rock music[5]
  • Follows: Tobacco Road[6], Handbags and Gladrags[7]
  • Followed by: Mother's Little Helper[8]
  • Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham[9]
  • Performer: The Rolling Stones[10]
  • Record label: Elektra[11]
  • Part of: Aftermath[12]
  • Language of work or name: English[13]
  • Country of origin: United States[14]
  • Publication date: May 13, 1966[15]
  • Lyricist: Mick Jagger[16], Keith Richards[17]
  • Tonality: F minor[18]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d8249ea2-ad28-3186-9bb8-f03f8f5fb145[20]

Why It Matters

Paint It Black has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Paint It Black. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/paint-it-black
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  1. 10w ago · ערן · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Aftermath
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Part of: Aftermath, ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/de089f9af340|details]])"
  2. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Rolling Stones
    Followed by → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Iswc: T0702428178, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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