# Is "Mustang Sally" about sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mustang-sally-about-sex/248384 "2004-06-03T02:21:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mustang-sally-about-sex/248384/1 "2004-06-03T02:21:29Z")
I friend said that years ago he read where Wilson Picket admitted it was about sex. But as far as “sex songs” go, it’s pretty lame, even for the time. Or maybe I’m just used to today’s music, where there’s no room for doubt when a song is about sex. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mustang-sally-about-sex/248384/2 "2004-06-03T02:36:52Z")
FtG’s 1st Law of What RocknRoll songs are about: _All_ RocknRoll songs are about sex. Every single one of them. Even the ones that appear to be about drugs. If they ain’t about sex, they ain’t RocknRoll. (Note the converse is not true. Many other genres are also entirely about sex. Esp. the stuff by that Mozart guy.) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mustang-sally-about-sex/248384/3 "2004-06-03T02:44:35Z")
[Here is what](http://www.freep.com/news/metro/dreamcruise/2002/sally16_20020816.htm) the writer, Mack Rice, has to say about the origin of the lyrics. Turns out that sometimes a car song _is_ just a car song… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mustang-sally-about-sex/248384/4 "2004-06-03T03:18:54Z")
Bullshit. It’s about sex. I mean, listen to it. It’s about sex. Sheesh, can’t anybody listen between the lines anymore? It’s about sex. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mustang-sally-about-sex/248384/5 "2004-06-03T10:59:05Z")
I seem to remember hearing somewhere that it’s about a prostitute. ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mustang-sally-about-sex/248384/6 "2004-06-03T12:35:43Z")
> [@The Asbestos Mango](#): > > Bullshit. It’s about sex. I mean, listen to it. It’s about sex. Rock is such that even songs inspired by a nonsexual source wind up sounding like they’re about sex. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mustang-sally-about-sex/248384/7 "2004-06-03T12:43:50Z")
And this board is such that even songs inspired by a nonsexual source will be interpreted to be about sex. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mustang-sally-about-sex/248384/8 "2004-06-03T12:50:50Z")
I always thought it was about a partyin’ maniac chick. Kinda drunk and loose and didn’t much give a shit about anything but having a good time. I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mustang-sally-about-sex/248384/9 "2004-06-03T12:58:46Z")
The song is about a _car_. Nothing more, nothing less. But cars, now – they’re \*all \* about sex. . . 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mustang-sally-about-sex/248384/10 "2004-06-03T13:23:58Z")
But _Pink Cadillac_ on the other hand… 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mustang-sally-about-sex/248384/11 "2004-06-03T20:59:42Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > But _Pink Cadillac_ on the other hand… > > 😉 > > Q 'Cause that’s about gay sex. (Ya see how this works?) 😃