<P> 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 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 . </P>
<P> 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 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 . </P>
where did the rolling stones record brown sugar
where did the rolling stones record brown sugar
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals , Alabama
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals , Alabama