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Written by: Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewis Steinberg, Al Jackson
Produced by: Jim Stewart
Released: Oct. '62 on Stax
Charts: 16 weeks
Top spot: No.3

The Stax house band hadn't thought of making its own hits until it cooked up this jam before a jingle session. As for the onions, guitarist Cropper said, "We were trying to think of something that was as funky as possible."

Appears on: Green Onions (Atlantic)

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