what is the rolling stones song brown sugar about
Brown Sugar (The Rolling Stones song)
Though credited , like most of their compositions , to the singer / guitarist pair of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards , the song was primarily the work of Jagger , who wrote it sometime during the filming of Ned Kelly in 1969 . Originally recorded over a three - day period at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield , Alabama , from 2 to 4 December 1969 , the song was not released until over a year later due to legal wranglings with the band 's former label , though at the request of guitarist Mick Taylor , they debuted the number live during the infamous concert at Altamont on 6 December . The song was written by Jagger with Marsha Hunt in mind ; Hunt was Jagger 's secret girlfriend and mother of his first child Karis . It is also claimed it was written with Claudia Lennear in mind . Lennear made this claim on BBC 's Radio 4 ( 25 February 2014 , Today ) , saying that it was written with her in mind because at the time when it was written , Mick Jagger used to hang around with her . 
Though credited , like most of their compositions , to the singer / guitarist pair of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards , the song was primarily the work of Jagger , who wrote it sometime during the filming of Ned Kelly in 1969 . Originally recorded over a three - day period at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield , Alabama , from 2 to 4 December 1969 , the song was not released until over a year later due to legal wranglings with the band 's former label , though at the request of guitarist Mick Taylor , they debuted the number live during the infamous concert at Altamont on 6 December . The song was written by Jagger with Marsha Hunt in mind ; Hunt was Jagger 's secret girlfriend and mother of his first child Karis . It is also claimed it was written with Claudia Lennear in mind . Lennear made this claim on BBC 's Radio 4 ( 25 February 2014 , Today ) , saying that it was written with her in mind because at the time when it was written , Mick Jagger used to hang around with her .
The song was written by Jagger with Marsha Hunt in mind; Hunt was Jagger's secret girlfriend and mother of his first child Karis. In addition Claudia Lennear made the claim on BBC 's Radio 4, saying that the song was written with her in mind because at the time when it was written, Mick Jagger used to hang around with her.
The song was written by Jagger with Marsha Hunt in mind ; Hunt was Jagger 's secret girlfriend and mother of his first child Karis . Lennear made this claim on BBC 's Radio 4 ( 25 February 2014 , Today ) , saying that it was written with her in mind because at the time when it was written , Mick Jagger used to hang around with her .