It was released as a single from the album and reached No. The song featured prominently in the 1991 film The Commitments and appears on the film's soundtrack album, sung by Andrew Strong.Buddy Guy recorded the song in 1991, featuring Jeff Beck.
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441, when the magazine published its 2010 update of the list. 434 on a list of Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Wilson Pickett's recording of the song at No. 28 in the UK Singles Chart on its original release and No.
4 in Canada on the ( RPM) charts, and No. When Cavaliere does his flashback concerts, he also recounts how Rice thanked him for having been the B-side of the Young Rascals' hit " Good Lovin'," explaining that the royalties were paid by records sold - thus, the B-side writer was paid for an equal number of sales as the A-side. In the liner notes for The Rascals Anthology, Felix Cavaliere states that The Young Rascals recorded "Mustang Sally" and " Land of a Thousand Dances" before Pickett and that Atlantic Records "copped those two songs from them and gave them to Pickett" to record. His variation goes, "All you wanna do is ride around, Sally/Ride, Sally, ride/One of these early mornings/You're gonna be wipin' your weepin' eyes." Rice got part of the chorus from the children's game song (recorded by various artists) "Little Sally Walker," versions of which include the lyrics "Ride Sally ride, wipe your weepin' eyes," with variations. Rice called the early version "Mustang Mama," but changed the title after Aretha Franklin suggested "Mustang Sally" because he used the name Sally in the chorus. He decided there might be a song in the situation, changing it to be about a woman who doesn't want to do anything but ride around in her new car. Rice had never heard of the Mustang, which had just come out, but he teased Shields about wanting a smaller car. Rice and other band members were teasing Shields about the pending gift, and Shields replied that he did not want a Lincoln he wanted a Ford Mustang. Rice was visiting singer Della Reese, who was considering buying a new Lincoln Continental for her drummer and band leader Calvin Shields for his birthday. The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals.Also in 1966, John Lee Hooker recorded an entirely different song with a similar title - "Mustang Sally & GTO."Ĭredits are adapted from the liner notes of The Muscle Shoals Sound: 3614 Jackson Highway. It gained greater popularity when Wilson Pickett covered it the following year on a single, a version that was also released on the 1966 album The Wicked Pickett. The song uses an AAB layout with a 24-bar structure. It was released on the Blue Rock label (4014) in May 1965 with "Sir Mack Rice" as the artist. " Mustang Sally" is a rhythm and blues (R&B) song written and first recorded by Mack Rice in 1965. 1966 single by Wilson Pickett "Mustang Sally"
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