Wilson Pickett’s first hit on Atlantic Records, it reached #1 on the R&B
charts and peaked at #21 on the pop charts. The song has become a
1960s soul standard, and placed at #134 on Rolling Stone’s list of the
500 Greatest Songs of All-Time. It is also one of The Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, Pickett’s only
such entry. The song is currently ranked as the 89th greatest song
of all-time, as well as the seventh best song of 1965, by Acclaimed
Music.