Brown Sugar (Rolling Stones song)

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"Brown Sugar"
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Single by The Rolling Stones
from the album Sticky Fingers
B-side "Bitch"/"Let It Rock" (UK)
Released16 April 1971 (1971-04-16)
Recorded2–4 December 1969
Studio Muscle Shoals (Sheffield)
Genre
Length3:50
Label Rolling Stones
Songwriter(s) Jagger–Richards
Producer(s) Jimmy Miller
The Rolling Stones singles chronology
"Honky Tonk Women"
(1969)		"Brown Sugar"
(1971)		"Wild Horses"
(1971)
Audio sample

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [51] Platinum70,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [52]
Physical 		Silver250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [52]
Digital 		Gold400,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

The Rolling Stones [53]

Additional personnel

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