Rolling Stones 7" records* were issued worldwide [including 874 UK and 747   US pressings].

* 1824 releases + 3469 variations, as of 15 April 2026.
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'Brown Sugar' was released as a 7" single in the UK on April 16, 1971, where it peaked at #2.
Its US counterpart, released simultaneously, reached #1.
Though credited, like most Rolling Stones 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 Muscle Shoals, Alabama during 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 gi... [+]