‘Brown Sugar’ – The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are famous for the important topics they’ve explored: Slavery, sadomasochism and interracial sex to name a few. They also do this in a catchy way. Mick Jagger wrote some verses on a notepad at Muscle Shoals Studios with Richards assisting with a raunchy riff. Add some cheerful punctuation and you have a classic Stones concert.
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‘Ignition (Remix)’ – R. Kelly
R. Kelly’s industrial metaphor for ‘booty-knocking’ in “Ignition” is more complicated than initially intended; at the request of Radio Chicago, the lyrics were minimised. The first release of the song was followed by a popular remix on Chocolate Factory.