Rolling Stones drop ‘Brown Sugar’ due to ‘conflicts’ over slave lyrics

By Virginia Aabram

Published October 13, 2021 5:13pm ET

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Rolling Stones drop ‘Brown Sugar’ due to ‘conflicts’ over slave lyrics — There’s no sugarcoating it: Rolling Stones hits are interpreted differently in 2021. “Brown Sugar,” the band’s second-most popular song, which opens with the lyrics, “Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields,” quietly disappeared from performances this year after criticism for depicting rapes of enslaved women. “You picked up on that, huh? I’m trying to […]

There’s no sugarcoating it: Rolling Stones hits are interpreted differently in 2021.

“Brown Sugar,” the band’s second-most popular song, which opens with the lyrics, “Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields,” quietly disappeared from performances this year after criticism for depicting rapes of enslaved women.

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