In the United Kingdom, the single was originally issued in mono using a now-rarely heard bespoke mono mix. Saxophone player Trevor Lawrence mimes to Bobby Keys' actual solo. They performed "Brown Sugar", " Wild Horses", and " Bitch" for the show's segment dedicated to albums, which was shown on 22 April 1971 due to BBC practices at the time, the performances were erased and all that remains is "Brown Sugar". To promote the song, The Rolling Stones performed on Top of the Pops with the performance taped sometime around late March 1971, and being shown on 15 April and 6 May. "Brown Sugar" is also included on the most significant latter-day The Rolling Stones compilations, Jump Back, Forty Licks, and GRRR!. The song is also the first single released on Rolling Stones Records (catalogue number RS-19100) and is one of two The Rolling Stones songs (along with "Wild Horses") licensed to both the band and former manager Allen Klein (a result of various business disagreements), resulting in its inclusion on the compilation album Hot Rocks 1964–1971. While the US single featured only " Bitch" as the B-side, the British release also featured a live rendition of Chuck Berry's " Let It Rock", recorded at the University of Leeds during the 1971 tour of the United Kingdom. "Brown Sugar" was released in April 1971 as the first single from the album. The alternative version, which had previously been available only on bootleg recordings, was released in June 2015 on the Deluxe and Super Deluxe editions of the reissued Sticky Fingers album. It features appearances by Al Kooper on piano, and Eric Clapton on slide guitar. '" Īn alternative version was recorded on 18 December 1970 at Olympic Studios in London during a birthday party for Richards and Bobby Keys. I never would write that song now." When interviewer Jann Wenner asked him why, Jagger replied, "I would probably censor myself. God knows what I'm on about on that song. After noting that the lyrics could mean so many lewd subjects, he again noted that the combination of those subjects, the lyrical ambiguity was partially why the song was considered successful. Jagger attributed the success of the song to a "good groove". Keith Richards also credits Jagger with the song in his autobiography. In a December 1995 Rolling Stone interview, Jagger spoke at length about the song, its inspiration, and its success, and credited himself with its lyrics.
"Brown Sugar" can be seen as a commentary on the history, morality, and dynamics of white-male-on-black-female sex, and how power and status has influenced it-particularly in Western culture. This song was a very instant thing, a definite high point". In the liner notes to the compilation album Jump Back (1993), Jagger says, "The lyric was all to do with the dual combination of drugs and girls. At the request of guitarist Mick Taylor (who had joined the band as Brian Jones' replacement in July 1969), the Stones debuted the number live during the infamous concert at the Altamont Speedway on 6 December 1969. The song was not released until over a year later due to legal wranglings with the band's former label. "Brown Sugar" was recorded over a three-day period at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, from 2 to 4 December 1969. Bill Wyman stated in his book Rolling with the Stones (2002) that the lyrics were partially inspired by Lennear. In 2014, Lennear told The Times that she is the subject of the song because she was dating Jagger when it was written. Former Ikette Claudia Lennear disputes this claim, saying that it was written about her. According to Marsha Hunt, Jagger's then-girlfriend and the mother of his first child Karis, he wrote the song with her in mind.
Though credited to Jagger–Richards, "Brown Sugar" was primarily the work of Jagger, who wrote it sometime during the filming of Ned Kelly in 1969.
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