McCartney composed the song during Wings' stay in
Nashville, Tennessee after visiting a
country music club in
Printer's Alley. The song has a strong country influence and includes contributions from Nashville session musicians
Vassar Clements,
Lloyd Green and
Johnny Gimble, supporting Wings. In the US, "Sally G" charted separately from "
Junior's Farm" on
Billboards country chart and Hot 100, peaking at number 51 and number 39 respectively (number 17 when still listed with "Junior's Farm"). On the
Easy Listening chart, it reached number 7. The song's debut album release was as a bonus track on the CD version of
Wings at the Speed of Sound. ==Reception==