Songs Similar to Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones
Album: Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) · Rock · Energetic
“Paint It Black” is a rock track by The Rolling Stones from the album Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass). On SongSimilar it sits in our Rock collection and is tagged energetic, so the matches below lean toward that same feel (the original runs at about 159 BPM).
The closest match right now is “The House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals (100% match). The list also pulls in Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, The Kinks and Steppenwolf — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with The Rolling Stones's. By genre, the list is mostly rock (13 of 20 tracks), with pop and alternative mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “Paint It Black”
What songs are similar to Paint It Black?
On our list, the closest matches are “The House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals, “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival and “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Paint It Black” by The Rolling Stones, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does Paint It Black sound like?
Based on listening data, “Paint It Black” sits closest to The Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors and The Kinks. Fans of The Rolling Stones play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is Paint It Black Rock?
We file “Paint It Black” by The Rolling Stones under Rock. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to Paint It Black?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Paint It Black” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.