olles November 3rd, 2008 01:06PM  
The song is about slaves taken from Africa and sold in New Orleans as they say in the song "sold in the market down in New Orleans" and the owners rape them they say in the song "you should have heard it just around midnight". The words Brown Sugar is an other name for a black woman. You also know it's sexual when he says "how come you taste so good just like a black girl should."

anonymous January 23rd, 2009 01:39PM  
Idiot. It's about heroin. No need to explain to someone who knows

anonymous March 15th, 2009 05:10PM  
Mick Jagger and Marsha Hunt were also having an affair during this time as his relationship with Marianne Faithfull was deterioting. The black slave part is true as well. I couldn't vouche for the heroin theme, although it is a recurring theme.

anonymous March 26th, 2009 01:25PM  
It's about black women and pootang aka brown sugar.... not about heroin

anonymous August 29th, 2009 09:02PM  
You are all Idiots. Its About David Bowies wife who Mick Jagger was having an affair with around this time. She was black hince 'brown sugar'

anonymous November 30th, 2009 09:00PM  
Are you joking??
Brown Sugar is the best kind of heroin on this fucking world.
Mick (most of all Keith) knew that well!