Mick Jagger has spoken candidly about how much he disliked being mistaken for or compared to Herman's Hermits, one of the many bands that emerged during the 1960s British Invasion alongside The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. While Jagger and the Stones generally accepted, and even respected, rivalry with acts such as The Beatles or The Kinks, being lumped in with lesser-regarded copycat groups struck him as a genuine insult to the band's artistic credibility.

In an interview, Jagger recalled the discomfort of being approached in public, such as while getting a hamburger, and asked if he was a member of Herman's Hermits, a band formed in 1963 that enjoyed notable chart success despite Jagger's low opinion of them. He described the experience as one that "would kill you", admitting his instinctive reaction was to dismiss the comparison outright, reflecting the era's freewheeling, unfiltered celebrity interviews before media training became standard practice.