Song · Wilson Pickett
“Mustang Sally” by Wilson Pickett
From the album The Wicked Pickett (1967)
“Mustang Sally” by Wilson Pickett appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2007 and 2023. It was first released in 1967 on the album The Wicked Pickett. Its best result is #55 on the WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,944 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Mustang Sally" started out as Mack Rice's song, cut by Rice himself and put out on Blue Rock in May 1965, but it was Wilson Pickett who grabbed it the following year and souped it up into a hot rod. His version went out as an Atlantic single and turned up on The Wicked Pickett, with Jerry Wexler and Rick Hall producing and Tom Dowd and Hall recording.
The band is a murderers' row: Roger Hawkins on drums, Tommy Cogbill on bass, Jimmy Johnson and Chips Moman on guitars, Spooner Oldham on keys, and a horn line of Gilbert Caples, Charles Chalmers and Eddie Logan on tenor sax with Gene "Bowlegs" Miller on trumpet. Built on a 24-bar AAB frame, it grinds and struts while Pickett tears into it at full roar. The Grammy Hall of Fame took it in in 2000.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 666 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2010 | 55 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2023 | 706 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
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