Rolling Stones and Kiss are both classic rock bands with a certain swagger, so it only makes sense to intentionally rip one of Kiss’s more popular songs into Rolling Stones. In fact, the kiss song in question was originally as inspiring as the Rolling Stones song, as the name implies. However, Kiss member Paul Stanley went that route.
The song that inspired the Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar”
It all starts with rock ‘n’ roll singer Freddie Cannon. He gave the world a hit song called “Tallalahsi Lacey” in 1959. During the Rolling Stone interview, Mick J. Jag Gray said he wrote a groove for “Brown Sugar,” reminiscent of a “Tallahassi vaccine” groove.
Because of this, “brown sugar” can be seen as one of the many examples of 1970s pop culture designed to mimic the 1950s. After that, the cycle of influence will continue when Kiss is inspired by “Brown Sugar”.
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Members of Kiss’s time stole each other’s song titles
Kiss went into depth about the composition of his songs in the book KISS behind the mask: Official official biography. In the book, the band members say they were impressed by everything from Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” to Fab for the Three Stooges. Jean Simmons also said that he tried to make Rolling Stones’ ‘Brown Sugar’ one of the biggest hits of his band.
I said [Kiss’] Paul [Stanley] Simmons admitted that he was writing a song called “Black Diamond” and that he would play the Rolling Stones song “Brown Sugar”. “They sound like they’re sisters, ‘Brown Sugar,’ said Black Diamond’s younger sister, an experienced prostitute walking the streets. That was going to be my story, she took to the streets for a living for ‘Black Diamond’. ‘
The next day Stanley also wrote another song called “Black Diamond”. Because of this, Simmons changed the title of his song “Black Diamond” to “Christine Sixteen.” The finished song was not about a prostitute.
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How ‘Christine Sixteenth’ compares to ‘Brown Sugar’
“Christine Sixteenth” sounds like “Brown Sugar” but has a very different theme. The former is about an older man who falls in love with a 16 year old while the latter is about Entebel South. How did the two songs compare in the chart?
“Brown Sugar” has reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It is one of several No. 1 singles by Rolling Stones, making it one of the group’s biggest hits. Similarly, ‘Christine Soxton’ became one of Kiss’s biggest hits, however, it only reached 25th on the Billboard Hot 100.
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This is surprising, as Kiss has only reached the top 10 three times and is never the No. 1 single. Regardless of how “Brown Sugar” and “Christine Soxin” were introduced, it’s interesting how the tissue is connected between these two marked 1970’s rock songs.
