Hip Hug-Her

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Hip Hug-Her
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Studio album by
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
ReleasedJune 1967
RecordedFebruary 9, 1967
April 26, 1967
Studio Stax Recording Studio, Memphis
Genre
Length30:26
Label Stax/Atlantic
Producer Jim Stewart
Booker T. & the M.G.'s chronology
In the Christmas Spirit
(1966)		Hip Hug-Her
(1967)		 Back to Back
(1967)
Singles from Groovin'
  1. "Groovin'"
    Released: June 12, 1967
Professional ratings
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Hip Hug-Her is the fifth studio album by the Southern soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released on Stax Records in June 1967. The title track was the band's most successful single since their 1962 debut, "Green Onions", reaching #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967, and #6 on Billboard's R&B chart. Their cover of the Young Rascals song "Groovin'" was also a hit (number 10 R&B, number 21 pop). The album was their last to be produced by Stax co-founder Jim Stewart, because the band started to produce themselves starting with Doin' Our Thing . The title track Hip Hug-Her is featured during the opening credits of the feature film Barfly (1987) with Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Booker T & the MGs (Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones), except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Hip Hug-Her" – 2:22
  2. "Soul Sanction" – 2:30
  3. "Get Ready" (William Robinson) – 2:45
  4. "More" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell) – 2:55
  5. "Double or Nothing" – 2:51
  6. "Carnaby St." – 2:14
Side two
  1. "Slim Jenkins' Place" – 2:25
  2. "Pigmy" (Mel Brown, Billy Larkin, Hank Swarn) – 3:55
  3. "Groovin' " (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) – 2:40
  4. "Booker's Notion" – 2:25
  5. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 3:24

"Slim Jenkins' Place" was originally titled "Slim Jenkins' Joint".

Personnel

Booker T. & the M.G.s
Technical

Charts

Chart (1967)Peak
position
US Top Pop Albums35
US Top R&B Albums4

Singles

YearSongChartPeak position
1967"Groovin'"US Hot 10021
1967"Groovin'"US Hot R&B Singles10
1967"Slim Jenkin's Place"US Hot R&B Singles70

References

  1. ↑ "Hip Hug-Her - Booker T. & the MG's | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  2. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r2306
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