Mustang Sally (song) Australian charts and #17 on the New Zealand charts. Mustang Sally (song) "Mustang Sally" is a rhythm and blues (R&B) song written and first recorded by Mack Rice in 1965. It was released on the Blue Rock label (4014) in May 1965 with "Sir Mack Rice" as the artist. The song uses an AAB layout with a 24-bar structure. It gained greater popularity when Wilson Pickett covered it the following year on a single, a version that was also released on the 1966 album, "The Wicked Pickett". Also in 1966, John Lee Hooker recorded an entirely different song with a
American Top 40 the Top 40; in each case, only one version was played each week alternately. Don McLean's 1971 hit "American Pie", which was 8:33 long, was split into two segments for the single release. When the song aired on AT40, each part was played alternately, with the entire song played when it reached #1. In early 2013, Justin Timberlake's single "Mirrors" had to be edited for time, as the song is over eight minutes long. On several occasions, the show would play remixed versions of charted songs. Notable examples included Enya's "Only Time", Mikaila's "So In Love With Two", Whitney Houston's