"I'll Be Satisfied" is a popular song. Recorded and released by Jackie Wilson in 1959, the single peaked at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was a Top 10 R&B hit, peaking at # 6. It was written, like many of Wilson's early hits, by future Motown founder Berry Gordy along with Gordy's sister Gwendolyn and Roquel "Billy" Davis, writing under his songwriting alias of Tyran Carlo. This up-tempo rocker could best be described as "proto Motown", featuring many of the musical and lyrical features that Gordy would employ on his later recordings for his Motown Records label.

The song was covered by Shakin' Stevens in 1982. It reached no. 10 in the UK chart and no. 5 in the Irish chart.

Shakin' Stevens version

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"I'll Be Satisfied"

Single by Shakin' Stevens

from the album Give Me Your Heart Tonight

B-side

"Don't Be Late (Miss Kate)"

Released

8 October 1982

Recorded

1981

Studio

Eden Studios, London

Genre

Rock and roll

Length

3:12

Shakin' Stevens singles chronology

"Give Me Your Heart Tonight"
(1982)

"I'll Be Satisfied"
(1982)

"Vanessa"
(1982)

In 1982, Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens released a cover of the song for his album Give Me Your Heart Tonight. It peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.^[3]

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^ "Jackie Wilson Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
^ ^a ^b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "Shakin' Stevens – I'll Be Satisfied" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
^ "Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK)". www.ukmix.org. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ "Shakin' Stevens – I'll Be Satisfied" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I'll Be Satisfied". Irish Singles Chart.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Shakin' Stevens" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
^ "Shakin' Stevens – I'll Be Satisfied" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.