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Mississippi Queen
Mountain
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- Album
- Climbing!
- Released
- 1970
- Genres
- classic rock, blues rock, southern rock
- Length
- 2:31
- Tempo
- 140 BPM
- Label
- Columbia/Legacy
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About this song
The song is the first track from Mountain's hit album Climbing! and reached number 21 on the charts. Drummer Corky Laing has described how the song came about: during a club performance in Nantucket, the power went out, and he began shouting it to a woman visiting from Mississippi who was wearing a see-through dress.
What it's about
The song tells the story of a man who meets a woman in the South and becomes obsessed with her. He starts buying her dresses to keep her pretty and gradually loses his friends as a result.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 2 other songs, like “K11 by RAWINTHEVOID”.
- Covered 8 times, including “Mississippi Queen by Black Stone Cherry”.
- Written by Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, David Rea and Corky Laing.
- Produced by Felix Pappalardi.
- Recorded at The Record Plant.