Hip Hug-Her

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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 debut, "Green Onions" while 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.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Hip Hug-Her" (Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones) – 2:22
2. "Soul Sanction" (Cropper, Dunn, Jackson, Jones) – 2:30
3. "Get Ready" (Smokey Robinson) – 2:45
4. "More" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero) – 2:55
5. "Double or Nothing" (Cropper, Dunn, Jackson, Jones) – 2:51
6. "Carnaby St." (Cropper, Dunn, Jackson, Jones) – 2:14

Side two

1. "Slim Jenkins' Place" (Cropper, Dunn, Jackson, Jones) – 2:25
2. "Pigmy" (Mel Brown, Billy Larkin, Henry Swarn) – 3:55
3. "Groovin'" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) – 2:40
4. "Booker's Notion" (Cropper, Dunn, Jackson, Jones) – 2:25
5. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 3:24

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

Personnel

Booker T. & the M.G.s

• Steve Cropper - guitar, piano on "Groovin'", claves on "Booker's Notion"
• Booker T. Jones - Hammond organ, piano
• Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass
• Al Jackson, Jr. - drums, percussion

Charts

USA - Album

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1967	Black Albums	#4
1967	Pop Albums	#35

USA - Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Peak Position
1967	"Groovin'"	Black Singles	#10
1967	"Groovin'"	Pop Singles	#21
1967	"Slim Jenkin's Place"	Black Singles	#70

External links

• Review of "Hip Hug-Her" at Allmusic