| "Mustang Sally" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Wilson Pickett | ||||
| from the album The Wicked Pickett | ||||
| B-side | "Three Time Loser" | |||
| Released | 1966 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 3:08 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mack Rice | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Wexler, Rick Hall | |||
| Wilson Pickett singles chronology | ||||
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"Mustang Sally" is a rhythm and blues (R&B) song written and first recorded by Mack Rice in 1965.[1] It was released on the Blue Rock label (4014) in May 1965 with "Sir Mack Rice" as the artist.[2] The song uses an AAB layout with a 24-bar structure.[3]
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.[4] Also in 1966, John Lee Hooker recorded an entirely different song with a similar title — "Mustang Sally & GTO."
In 2000, the Wilson Pickett version of "Mustang Sally' on Atlantic Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[5]