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"Mustang Sally" is an R&B / straight-forward Blues song written and first recorded by Mack Rice in 1965. It gained greater popularity when it was covered by Wilson Pickett the following year.

According to music historian Tom Shannon, the song started as a joke when Della Reese's band leader wanted a new Ford Mustang. Rice called the early version "Mustang Mama," but changed the title after Aretha Franklin suggested "Mustang Sally."

Rice's version made it to #15 on the U.S. R&B charts in 1965. Pickett's version climbed to #6 R&B and #23 Pop in 1966.

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song #434 on a list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

The song featured prominently in the 1991 film The Commitments.

Mustang Sally was made famous when it was produced and included in the film The Blues Brothers.

The line, "Ride, Sally, Ride," is blasted out of loudspeakers at speaking engagements by Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, as Ms. Ride rides a wooden pony and waves her cowboy hat, to furious applause.

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