Green Onions

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instrumental composition song

"Green Onions" is a classic 1962 instrumental soul track by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, renowned for its distinctive Hammond organ riff and enduring influence on R&B and popular music.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Green Onions canonical 6
"Green Onions" 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf instrumental composition ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct Stax house band ⓘ
backingBand the M.G.'s ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 3 ⓘ
chartPositionUSRBChart 1 ⓘ
composer Al Jackson Jr. ⓘ
Booker T. Jones ⓘ
Lewie Steinberg ⓘ
Steve Cropper ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era 1960s ⓘ
featuresInstrument Hammond organ ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
firstReleaseFormat 7-inch single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasBside Behave Yourself ⓘ
hasNoLyrics true ⓘ
hasPart organ riff ⓘ
hasRecognition considered a classic of 1960s soul ⓘ
frequently included on greatest songs lists ⓘ
includedIn album Green Onions ⓘ
influencedGenre blues rock ⓘ
funk ⓘ
soul jazz ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
key F minor ⓘ
length approximately 2 minutes 55 seconds ⓘ
mainRiffPlayedBy Booker T. Jones ⓘ
notableFor distinctive Hammond organ riff ⓘ
influence on R&B music ⓘ
influence on popular music ⓘ
performer Al Jackson Jr. ⓘ
Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Booker T. Jones ⓘ
Lewie Steinberg ⓘ
Steve Cropper ⓘ
recordingLocation Stax Records studio ⓘ
surface form: Stax studio, Memphis, Tennessee
recordLabel Stax Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1962 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
structure 12-bar blues ⓘ
tempo medium ⓘ

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Booker T. & the M.G.'s → notableWork → Green Onions ⓘ
Booker T. & the M.G.'s → notableAlbum → Green Onions ⓘ
Booker T. Jones → notableWork → Green Onions ⓘ
Stax studio → recordedSong → Green Onions ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Green Onions"
Al Jackson Jr. → notableWork → Green Onions ⓘ
Soul Dressing → follows → Green Onions ⓘ
Steve Cropper → wroteOrCoWrote → Green Onions ⓘ