“Like Sugar” marks Chaka Khan’s return to music after a nearly eleven year hiatus. With a 1970s disco feel, the song samples the 1975 disco track “(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop” by New York funk group Fatback Band, which regained popularity in 2017 after being used in part one of the Netflix original series The Get Down, in which it was further remixed by singer Sarah Ruba, whose additional verse is lyrically interpolated by Khan. Ruba also provides backing vocals on the track.