Mother's Little Helper

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"Mother's Little Helper" is a 1966 song by the Rolling Stones that satirically addresses the growing dependence on prescription drugs among suburban housewives.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mother’s Little Helper 2
Mother's Little Helper canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Aftermath ⓘ
artist The Rolling Stones ⓘ
chronology follows 19th Nervous Breakdown ⓘ
precedes Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? ⓘ
composer Keith Richards ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
describes suburban housewives using tranquilizers ⓘ
featuresMusician Bill Wyman ⓘ
Brian Jones ⓘ
Charlie Watts ⓘ
Keith Richards ⓘ
Mick Jagger ⓘ
genre pop rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasInstrumentation 12‑string guitar ⓘ
acoustic guitar ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
sitar‑like guitar sound ⓘ
hasLyricsLine Doctor, please, some more of these ⓘ
Mother needs something today to calm her down ⓘ
Outside the door, she took four more ⓘ
What a drag it is getting old ⓘ
includedIn The Rolling Stones discography ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium 7-inch single ⓘ
notableFor early rock song about prescription drug abuse ⓘ
partOfAlbum Aftermath ⓘ
performer The Rolling Stones ⓘ
producer Andrew Loog Oldham ⓘ
recordedBy The Rolling Stones ⓘ
recordLabel Decca Records ⓘ
London Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1966 ⓘ
releaseYear 1966 ⓘ
satirizes dependence on prescription drugs ⓘ
tranquilizer use among housewives ⓘ
side A‑side in some markets ⓘ
B‑side to Lady Jane in some markets ⓘ
theme boredom and anxiety ⓘ
prescription drug abuse ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
suburban life ⓘ
writer Keith Richards ⓘ
Mick Jagger ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Rolling Stones → notableWork → Mother's Little Helper ⓘ
Aftermath → notableTrack → Mother’s Little Helper ⓘ
linked to: Mother's Little Helper
Hot Rocks 1964–1971 → includesTrack → Mother’s Little Helper ⓘ
linked to: Mother's Little Helper