Hip Hug-Her
Studio album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Released	June 1967
Recorded	February 9, 1967 April 26, 1967
Studio	Stax Recording Studio, Memphis
Genre	Southern soul[1]
Length	30:26
Label	Stax/Atlantic
Producer	Jim Stewart
Booker T. & the M.G.'s chronology
In the Christmas Spirit (1966) Hip Hug-Her (1967) Back to Back (1967)
Singles from Groovin'
"Groovin'" Released: June 12, 1967

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Allmusic	[2]

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.

All tracks composed by Booker T & the MGs (Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones), except where noted.

Side one

1. "Hip Hug-Her" – 2:22
2. "Soul Sanction" – 2:30
3. "Get Ready" (William Robinson) – 2:45
4. "More" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell) – 2:55
5. "Double or Nothing" – 2:51
6. "Carnaby St." – 2:14

Side two

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

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

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

Singles

• Review of "Hip Hug-Her" at Allmusic