Sally (Gogol Bordello song)

"Sally" is a song by gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, written by frontman Eugene Hütz. The song was packaged as a double single along with "Start Wearing Purple", and released as the band's second single in February 2006. It belongs to their third album Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike.

"Sally"
Single by Gogol Bordello
from the album Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike
ReleasedFebruary 2006
Recorded2004-2005
GenreGypsy punk
Length3:02
LabelSideOneDummy Records
Songwriter(s)Eugene Hütz
Producer(s)Steve Albini
Gogol Bordello singles chronology
"When the Trickster Starts a-Poking"
(2002)
"Start Wearing Purple" / "Sally"
(2006)
"Not a Crime"
(2006)

Meaning

The song talks about a Cultural Revolution, and implies that this also belongs to the younger generations. In 2009 the band held an open competition to design Sally drawings.[1]

The Sally character is also mentioned in the band's song "Avenue B", which is featured in the same album.

gollark: I think the current figure is that climate change is something like 95% accepted among climate scientists.
gollark: Yes, incorrect beliefs on some things are probably correlated with incorrectness on others.
gollark: Over here, something like half of students go to university at 18?
gollark: Whether some "college educated" people believe anything is basically irrelevant to whether it's true, though.
gollark: > So do college educated people.... how is that related?

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