Sep 19, 2008

The Commitments - Mustang Sally




"Mustang Sally" is an R&B / straight-forward Blues song written and first recorded by Mack Rice in 1965. It gained greater popularity when it was covered by Wilson Pickett the following year.

According to music historian Tom Shannon, the song started as a joke when Della Reese's band leader wanted a new Ford Mustang. Rice called the early version "Mustang Mama," but changed the title after Aretha Franklin suggested "Mustang Sally."

Rice's version made it to #15 on the U.S. R&B charts in 1965. Pickett's version climbed to #6 R&B and #23 Pop in 1966.

The song has become a staple of blues bands all over the world and is played quite often, becoming to blues what "Stairway to Heaven" is to rock. During the 80s, many guitar store employees put up humorous "No Stairway to Heaven" signs to discourage the daily onslaught of noodlers playing the song. In that vein, John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room has had a sign on the stage for more than a decade that says, "No Mustang Sally."

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song #434 on a list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Mustang Sally
Guess you better slow that mustang down
Mustang Sally, now baby
Guess you better slow that mustang down
You've been running all over town
Oh, I guess you gotta put your flat feet on the ground
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride, Sally, ride)
One of these early mornings
I'm gonna be wiping those weepin' eyes, yeah
I brought you a brand new mustang
It was a nineteen sixty five
Now you comin' around to signify a woman
Girl, you won't, you won't let me ride
Mustang Sally, now baby (Sally, now baby)
Guess you better slow that Mustang down, alright
You've been running all over town
Oh, I guess you gotta put your flat feet on the ground
All you wanna do is ride around Sally (ride, Sally, ride)
One of these early mornings
I'm gonna be wiping those weepin' eyes, yeah
Those weepin' eyes, oh yeah, those weepin' eyes
Those weepin' eyes, yeah, yeah, yeah, those weepin' eyes
Those weepin' eyes
Oh, those weepin' eyes
Yeah, yeah, yeah, hey yeah.

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1 comment:

  1. HI
    I LIKE ITS NICE, AND A LIKE THE BLUES TOO.

    THANKS FOR SHARE

    etma 62

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