Cover art for Hey Negrita by The Rolling Stones

Hey Negrita

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Apr. 23, 19761 viewer

Hey Negrita Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hey Negrita, hey now
Move your body, move your mouth
Shake lady, the way down south
Shake baby, in your home town

[Verse 2]
Como se llama, what's your game?
I'm just a poor man, what's your name?
Shake your body, do it up now
Shake body, move it up now

[Refrain]
Hey Negrita, hey now
Hey conchita, shake it up now
Ah yeah, do it up now
Mueve las caderas, do it up now

[Bridge]
Flash of gold in your ears, child
Flash of gold in your eyes
Saw the gleam in your mouth
Saw the steel in your thighs

[Verse 3]
Do it up now
Bate las caderas, do it up now
Just a momentita, not so fast
I need money, my sweet ass
[Verse 4]
I said "Listen I'm a poor man, my pay is low
Here's one last dollar, then we go
"One last dollar," she says "I got my pride"
Going to get your boss, boy, going to tan your hides

[Refrain]
Hey Negrita, hey now
Hey Negrita, do it right now
Come on boys

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
Shake it up! Shake it up!
Hey Negrita, hey now
Hey Negrita, hey now
Hey Negrita, hey now
Hey Negrita, hey now
Hey Negrita, hey now
Hey Negrita, hey now
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

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Hey Negrita is the Black and Blue’s fifth song. Credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Ron Wood apparently wrote the song’s main riff, a piece of music he took with him to Munich’s Musicland Studios where he and other guitarists were auditioning for the second guitarist slot left open after the departure of Mick Taylor.

Of the song’s substance, Janovitz says, “Jagger again chooses not to shy away from controversy… "Negrita,” a Spanish term translating as “little black girl,” was a pet name he had coined for his wife at the time, Bianca, a Latina. The song, however, is undeniably sexy, and Jagger is playing with the stereotypical Central and South American approaches to the battle of the sexes

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Credits
Percussion
Lead guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Recorded At
Musicland Studios (Munich, Germany)
Release Date
April 23, 1976
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