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| Label = Rolling Stones Records | Writer = Jagger/Richards | Producer = Jimmy Miller | Certification = BPI (UK) Silver, 1 November 1975〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx )〕 | Last single = "Honky Tonk Women" (1969) | This single = "Brown Sugar" (1971) | Next single = "Wild Horses" (1971) | Misc = }} "Brown Sugar" is a song by The Rolling Stones. It is the opening track and lead single from their 1971 album ''Sticky Fingers''. ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked it No. 495 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and at No. 5 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.〔("Brown Sugar" ). ''Rolling Stone''. 9 December 2004 (accessed 25 April 2007).〕 ==Inspiration and recording== 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.〔("Jagger Remembers" ). ''Rolling Stone''. 14 December 1995 (accessed 25 April 2007).〕 Originally recorded over a three-day period at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama from 2–4 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. In the documentary film ''Gimme Shelter'' (1970), an alternative mix of the song is played back to the band while they relax in a hotel in Alabama. The song, with its prominent blues-rock riffs, dual horn/guitar instrumental break, and danceable rock rhythms, is representative of the Stones' definitive middle period and the tough, bluesy hard-rock most often associated with the group. In the liner notes to the 1993 compilation album ''Jump Back'', Jagger says, "The lyric was all to do with the dual combination of drugs and girls. This song was a very instant thing, a definite high point." The song is in compound AABA form.〔Covach, John (2005), "Form in Rock Music: A Primer", in Stein, Deborah, ''Engaging Music: Essays in Music Analysis'', New York: Oxford University Press, p.74-75, ISBN 0-19-517010-5 .〕 In the ''Rolling Stone'' interview (14 December 1995, RS 723) with Jagger, he spoke at length about the song, its inspiration and success — including claiming credit for writing the lyrics. He attributed the success of the song to a "good groove". 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. He noted, "That makes it... the whole mess thrown in. God knows what I'm on about on that song. It's such a mishmash. All the nasty subjects in one go... I never would write that song now." When Jann Wenner asked him why, Jagger replied, "I would probably censor myself. I'd think, 'Oh God, I can't. I've got to stop. I can't just write raw like that.'"〔("Jagger Remembers" ). ''Rolling Stone''. 14 December 1995.〕 The lyrical subject matter has often been a point of interest and controversy. Described by rock critic Robert Christgau as "a rocker so compelling that it discourages exegesis",〔(Robert Christgau "Rolling Stones" ). ''The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll''. 1976 (accessed 24 June 2007).〕 "Brown Sugar"'s popularity indeed often overshadowed its scandalous lyrics, which were essentially a pastiche of a number of taboo subjects, including slavery, interracial sex, cunnilingus, and less distinctly, sadomasochism, lost virginity, rape, and heroin.〔Unterberger, Richie. (The Rolling Stones "Brown Sugar" ). ''allmusic''. 2007 (accessed 25 April 2007).〕 An alternative version was recorded on 18 December 1970, at Olympic Studios in London, after (or during) a birthday party for Richards. It features appearances by Al Kooper on piano, and Eric Clapton on slide guitar. Richards considered releasing this version on ''Sticky Fingers'', mostly for its more spontaneous atmosphere, but decided on the original.〔(The Database "Brown Sugar" ). ''Time Is On Our Side''. 2007 (accessed 25 April 2007).〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brown Sugar (The Rolling Stones song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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