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Recorded in December 1965 in Hollywood, California, Mother's Little Helper was first released in the United Kingdom as the opening track of the band's April 1966 album, Aftermath. In the United States, it was omitted from the album and instead issued as a single in July 1966 during the band's fifth American tour. The Rolling Stones' twelfth US single, "Mother's Little Helper" spent nine weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 8, and it reached No. 4 on both Record World and Cash Box's charts. "Mother's Little Helper" uses an electric guitar to mimic the sound of a sitar; Brian Jones and Richards each play a dual-slide riff on an electric twelve-string guitar.