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
"Hip Hug-Her" – 2:22
"Soul Sanction" – 2:30
"Get Ready" (William Robinson) – 2:45
"More" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell) – 2:55
"Double or Nothing" – 2:51
"Carnaby St." – 2:14
Side two
"Slim Jenkins' Place" – 2:25
"Pigmy" (Mel Brown, Billy Larkin, Hank Swarn) – 3:55
"Groovin'" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) – 2:40
"Booker's Notion" – 2:25
"Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 3:24
"Slim Jenkins' Place" was originally titled "Slim Jenkins' Joint".
Personnel
Booker T. & the M.G.s
Booker T. Jones - Hammond organ, piano
Steve Cropper - guitar, piano on "Groovin'", claves on "Booker's Notion"
Donald Dunn - bass guitar
Al Jackson Jr. - drums, percussion
Technical
Loring Eutemey - cover design
George Rosenblatt - cover photography
Charts
Singles