Mustang Sally (song) 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 similar title — "Mustang Sally & GTO". According to
If Your Girl Only Knew and it sold 600,000 copies domestically. It reached the top of the "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for two weeks. The song also peaked within the top 10 at number 6 on the rhythmic charts on November 2, 1996. Internationally "If Your Girl Only Knew" was also a hit in the UK, peaking in the top thirty of the UK singles chart at number 21 when it was originally released by itself. It was re-issued with "One in a Million" as a double A-side and reached a new peak position of number 15. Also in the UK the song peaked