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"Sally"
Single by Gogol Bordello
from the album Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike
ReleasedFebruary 2006
Recorded2004–2005
Genre Gypsy punk
Length3:02
Label SideOneDummy 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)

"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.

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.

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