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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 United Kingdom version of their 1966 album ''Aftermath''. It was released as a single in the United States and peaked at #8 on the Billboard Singles Charts in 1966. The B-side "Lady Jane" peaked at #24.〔Joel Whitburn (1985), ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', ISBN 0-8230-7518-4〕 ==Composition== Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Mother's Little Helper" was recorded in Los Angeles from 3–8 December 1965. The song deals with the sudden popularity of diazepam, a mild tranquilizer, among housewives and the ease of obtaining it from their GPs. The song begins with the line that is also heard as the last line in the repeated bridge section: "What a drag it is getting old". The bridge section, which is repeated, says the line: "Doctor, Please,/Some more of these,/ Outside the Door,/ She took Four More". Toward the end of the song, the mothers are warned: The song is based around folksy chords and an eastern-flavoured guitar riff sounding like a sitar. Keith Richards has been quoted that he remembers the signature riff as being slide played on an electric 12-string. Richards states he played the riff, but the majority of sources indicate that, in fact, Brian Jones played the riff. When the band played the song live during their 1966 tours, Jones played the riff on his Rickenbacker 360/12. Richards also remembers the ending of the song being the idea of Bill Wyman,〔(Mother's Little Helper )〕 whose driving bass is a distinctive feature of the studio track. The song is in the key of E minor, but ends in the key of G major. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mother's Little Helper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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