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| Released = June 1967
| Released = June 1967
| Recorded = February 9, 1967<br/>April 26, 1967
| Recorded = February 9, 1967<br/>April 26, 1967
| Genre = [[R&B]]<br/>[[Instrumental rock]]
| Genre = [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[instrumental rock]]
| Length = 30:26
| Length = 30:26
| Label = [[Stax Records|Stax]]/[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| Label = [[Stax Records|Stax]]/[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| Producer = [[Booker T. & the MG's]]
| Producer = [[Booker T. & the MG's]]
| Last album = ''[[In the Christmas Spirit (Booker T album)|In The Christmas Spirit]]'' <br/> (1966)
| Last album = ''[[In the Christmas Spirit]]'' <br/> (1966)
| This album = '''''Hip Hug-Her'''''<br/> (1967)
| This album = '''''Hip Hug-Her'''''<br/> (1967)
| Next album = ''[[Back to Back (Booker T album)|Back to Back]]'' <br/> (1967)
| Next album = ''[[Back to Back (Mar-Keys and Booker T album)|Back to Back]]'' <br/> (1967)
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Hip Hug-Her is a soul album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, released on Stax Records in June of 1967. The title track was the band's most successful single since their debut "Green Onions". Their cover of The Young Rascals song "Groovin'" was also a hit (#10 R&B, #21Pop).

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

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