Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

The Rolling Stones

Brown Sugar

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Rock

Brown Sugar was released on April 23, 1971 by Polydor Records as a part of the album Sticky Fingers (2015 Remaster)

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Mick Jagger

Lead Vocals

Keith Richards

Background Vocals

Mick Taylor

Electric Guitar

Charlie Watts

Drums

Ian Stewart

Piano

Bobby Keys

Tenor Saxophone

Bill Wyman

Bass Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Mick Jagger

Songwriter

Keith Richards

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jimmy Miller

Producer

Jimmy Johnson

Recording Engineer

Andy Johns

Recording Engineer

Glyn Johns

Recording Engineer

Chris Kimsey

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields

Sold in the market down in New Orleans

Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright

Hear him whip the women just around midnight

[Chorus]

Brown sugar

How come you taste so good? Ah huh

Brown sugar

Just like a young girl should, ah huh now

[Verse 2]

Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot

Lady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stop

House boy knows that he's doing alright

You shoulda heard 'em just around midnight

[Chorus]

Brown sugar

How come you taste so good now?

Brown sugar

Just like a young girl should now, yeah

[Chorus]

Ah, get on, brown sugar

How come you taste so good, baby?

Ah, got me feelin' right, now, brown sugar

Just like a black girl should, yeah

[Verse 3]

Now, now, bet your mama was a tent-show queen

And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen

I'm no schoolboy, but I know what I like

You shoulda heard me just around midnight

[Chorus]

Brown sugar

How come you taste so good, baby?

Ah, my, my

Brown sugar

Just like a young girl should, yeah, baby

[Outro]

I said yeah, yeah, yeah, woo!

How come you

How come you taste so good?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo!

Just like a

Just like a black girl should

Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo!

Written by: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger

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