# ID Booker T and the MG's song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027 "2002-08-08T21:01:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027/1 "2002-08-08T21:01:40Z")
I heard it last night on my way home from work, and I’ve heard it hundreds of times, I just don’t the title. It doesn’t have any lyrics, so that might make it hard, but it’s used in movies a lot for cruising music. You know, the one with the funky bass line, the high hat only drums, the organ, with the guitar only playing staccato chords except for the solo. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027/2 "2002-08-08T21:06:59Z")
Green Onions. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027/3 "2002-08-08T22:06:30Z")
I agree that Green Onions is the most likely answer, but they had another top-10 instrumental that gets a still gets a lot of airplay – Time is Tight – which might also be what you’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027/4 "2002-08-08T22:34:39Z")
Thanks for the info. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027/5 "2002-08-09T00:55:21Z")
A longshot: Hip Hug Her. And I believe that covers all of Booker and the MG’s hits and semi-hits. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027/6 "2002-08-09T00:58:36Z")
Wha–? I had a much more elegant answer, not sure what happened there… ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Great\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Dave)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027/7 "2002-08-09T03:59:45Z")
Well, it isn’t too late yet, Dooku. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027/8 "2002-08-09T04:20:42Z")
High Hat rhythms, staccato guitar, etc. I’m gonna go with **Hang 'Em High**. Who’s with me? 🙂 Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Bee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Larry\_Bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Bee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027/9 "2002-08-09T13:00:30Z")
Soul Limbo? ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027/10 "2002-08-09T14:15:20Z")
Another vote for Green Onions, just because the OP says it gets used as cruising music. Green Onions is Hollywood shorthand for instant Cool in movies and trailers. But I still like Hip Hug-Her and Melting Pot better. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027/11 "2002-08-09T18:42:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, it isn’t too late yet, Dooku. Well my original answer included some personal stories about why I love that song, not necessarily relevant to the OP. Plus, it took me about half an hour just to post the 2nd time… But it seems faster today, so here’s a [link](http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Booker%20T%20&%20The%20MG's.html) to a good site with Bios, Discography, plus a link to “The best of you” from Booker T’s 1980 album. A long time ago I had a lovely mix tape of Booker T and the MGs, Sam and Dave, BarKays, Wilson Pickett, etc. When I got back from College one semester I noticed the label had been written over with “NKOTB” in my cousin’s handwriting. "Mustang Sally…guess you better slooo—HANG TOUGH!!! HANG TOUGH!!! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-booker-t-and-the-mgs-song/123027/12 "2002-08-09T18:47:54Z")
?? Why didn’t that link work? Looks OK to me… ::shrug::